The movie will also be made into a live-action movie. On 27 September 2017, J.J. Abrams and Eric Heisserer said that they were working on a remake of "Your Name". They also said that Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions would release the movie. Toho will release the movie in Japan. Some people were worried that the live-action movie would be like the "Ghost in the Shell" live-action movie. They were worried that there would be whitewashing in the movie. Eric Heisserer said that the Japanese movie makers wanted "Your Name" to have a Western viewpoint.