Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: BEAST


 * This article is about the live-action film. For the light novel, see Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST. For the manga, see Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST (Manga).

Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: BEAST (映画「文豪ストレイドッグス　ＢＥＡＳＴ」, Eiga Bungō Sutorei Doggusu BEAST) is an upcoming live-action film based on the novel Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST. It features the actors from the series' stage plays, including Shōhei Hashimoto as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Yūki Torigoe as Atsushi Nakajima, alongside new cast members.

Cast

 * Shōhei Hashimoto as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
 * Yūki Torigoe as Atsushi Nakajima

Development
In July 2019, the title of the film was announced during the performance of Bungo Stray Dogs on Stage: Three Companies Conflict. On May 7, 2020, the film's official Twitter account released the first visualization together with the announcements of the stage play performances of Bungo Stray Dogs on Stage: Hashigaki and Bungo Stray Dogs on Stage: DEAD APPLE. On the same day, the film's official website was launched.

On September 10, 2021, the film's Twitter account released its first title visual and a teaser stating "No one knows what the future holds" (未来は誰にもわからない,), alongside a seven-day countdown on its official website that ends on September 17, 2021. Teasers were also released beginning on September 11, 2021, with one teaser image being posted on the film's Twitter account each succeeding day.

Casting
On April 1, 2020, the film's website posted comments from Shōhei Hashimoto and Yūki Torigoe, who will reprise their respective characters from the stage plays. Torigoe also stated that actors from the stage play will appear in the film along with new cast members.