Almost 6 years since the manga series ended, Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga is getting a live-action film adaption!

Filming is scheduled to run from June to August of in Italy this year and is slated for a Winter (in Australia) release in 2017.

Yamada Ryosuke will star as Edward Elric in the upcoming film, but you might know him better as Nagisa from the live-action adaptation of Assassination Classroom or as a member of  pop idol group Hey!Say!JUMP!

Fumihiko Sori will be directing the new film. He has also worked on projects such as Appleseed and the Ping Pong live action film.

Which Fullmetal Alchemist scenes would you like to see in live action?