According to Deadline, Paramount is developing a live-action film based on the Beyblade fighting tops. The film will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (who worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises, as well as films like Bad Boys and Black Hawk Down). For those unfamiliar with Beyblades, these are toys that you shoot into an arena using a specialised launcher in the hopes of knocking your opponent’s Beyblade out of the ring or preventing it from spinning. They also appear in multiple manga series (the first of which debuted in 1999, around the same time as the toys), several of which have been adapted into animated television shows.
