Live-Action Attack on Titan Films' Eren, Mikasa, 11 Others Unveiled in Costume 

Live-Action Attack on Titan Films\' Eren, Mikasa, 11 Others Unveiled in Costume (Update)

Japanese film news websites Eiga.com and Sanspo unveiled the first character visuals for the upcoming live-action

The cast includes seven characters that are new to the film versions of the story. Sanspo reports that Hasegawa\'s character Shikishima holds the key to the film\'s story as "humanity\'s strongest man."

said he did not pay as much attention to whether or not the cast members looked like the original characters. Instead, he had many discussions with

and went with actors who could act out the "characters\' spirits."

confirmed that the project will span two films and stated that, with the supervision of Isayama, the story will be based on the world and characters of the manga, while incorporating new characters and new formidable enemies.

, who is also friends with Isayama, is working on the scripts together with Isayama and Watanabe.

Both films are slated to open next summer.

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