Guillermo del Toro is Directing a Secret Project For J.J. Abrams Called ZANBATO

It looks like Guillermo del Toro has set up the next film project that he will be directing. This is a secret project from producer J.J. Abrams that is set up at Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot.

The movie is said to be called Zanbato and according to Collider, it’s supposed to be about a “young female ninja”, but Del Toro has weighed in on that info and says that it’s not a ninja project. Here’s what he had to say on Twitter:

BTW- NOT a Ninja project.

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) March 1, 2019

That being said, one thing he doesn’t refute is that the story will revolve around a young girl around 10 to 15 years of age. I imagine the girl will have some kind of special skills that could be ninja-like. As for the title of the movie, Zanbato, a zanbato is “an especially large, single-edged sword dating to the Heian period of historical Japan. The name zanbat? translates to ‘horse-slaying sword’ or ‘horse-chopping saber.'”

So, I can see why one might think the movie would involve a ninja. While there are no concrete story details, it’s still exciting to learn that Del Toro and Abrams will be working on a film project together.

There’s no information on when the filmmaker will start shooting the film, but this is something that he and his team have been working on for the past 6 years. It’s still in the development stages, and I can’t wait to learn more about it and see what del Toro is planning!