Fairy Tail (Live-action film)

Fairy Tail is a 2019 American-Japanese epic Action Adventure film produced, co-written and directed by Jon Favreau. It is the film adaptation based on the anime/manga series by Hiro Mashima. It was produced by Lucasfilm, A-1 Pictures, Kodansha and Favreau's production company Fairview Productions, and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast include Natalie Alyn Lind, David Mazouz, Scarlett Johansson, Dylan O'Brien, Abby Ryder Fortson and Jackson Robert Scott.

Plot
The world of Earth-land is home to numerous guilds where wizards apply their magic for paid job requests. Natsu Dragneel, a dragon slayer wizard from the Fairy Tail guild, explores the Kingdom of Fiore in search of his missing adoptive father, the dragon Igneel. During his journey, he befriends a young celestial wizard named Lucy Heartfilia and invites her to join Fairy Tail. Lucy forms a team with Natsu and his cat-like Exceed partner, Happy, which is joined by other guild members: Gray Fullbuster, an ice wizard; Erza Scarlet, a magical knight; and Wendy Marvell and Carla, another dragon slayer and Exceed duo. The team embark on numerous missions together, which include subduing criminals, illegal dark guilds, and ancient Etherious demons created by Zeref, an immortal dark wizard.

After several adventures, Natsu and his companions find Zeref living in isolation on Fairy Tail's sacred ground of Sirius Island. A battle over Zeref ensues between Fairy Tail and the dark guild Grimoire Heart, which attracts the attention of the evil black dragon Acnologia. The Fairy Tail wizards survive Acnologia's assault when the spirit of their guild's founder and Zeref's estranged lover, Mavis Vermillion, casts the defensive Fairy Sphere spell that places them into seven years of suspended animation. After later participating in the Grand Magic Games tournament, Fairy Tail wages war against Tartaros, a dark guild of Etherious that aim to unseal a book believed to contain E.N.D., Zeref's ultimate demon. When Acnologia returns to annihilate both guilds, Igneel – revealed to have sealed himself within Natsu – emerges to battle Acnologia, only to be killed in front of a helpless Natsu, who departs on a training journey to avenge Igneel.

After Natsu returns one year later, Fiore is invaded by the Alvarez Empire, a military nation ruled by Zeref, who intends to acquire Fairy Heart, a wellspring of infinite magic power housed within Mavis's preserved body beneath Fairy Tail's guildhall. While battling Zeref, Natsu is informed of his own identity as both Zeref's younger brother and the true incarnation of E.N.D., whom Zeref resurrected as a demon with the intention of being killed by him. When Natsu fails to do so, Zeref absorbs Fairy Heart from Mavis in a bid to rewrite the present timeline with one where he might prevent the atrocities he and Acnologia have caused. After Natsu defeats Zeref to stop the drastic changes to history his actions would create, Mavis lifts her and Zeref's shared curse of immortality by reciprocating his love, which kills them both.

Meanwhile, Fairy Tail and their allies detain Acnologia within a space-time rift created by the use of Eclipse, Zeref's time travel gate. However, Acnologia escapes while his disembodied spirit traps all of the present dragon slayers within the rift to maintain his godlike power. Lucy and the other wizards across the continent immobilize Acnologia's body within Fairy Sphere, while Natsu accumulates the other dragon slayers' magic and destroys Acnologia's spirit, killing him and freeing the dragon slayers from captivity. The following year, Natsu and his team depart on a century-old guild mission, continuing their adventures together.

Cast

 * Natalie Alyn Lind as Lucy Heartfilia
 * David Mazouz as Natsu Dragneel
 * Scarlett Johansson as Erza Scarlet
 * Dylan O'Brien as Gray Fullbuster
 * Abby Ryder Fortson as Wendy Marvell
 * Millie Bobby Brown as Carla
 * Nicholas Hoult as Jellal Fernandes
 * Jackson Robert Scott as Happy (voice)

Promotions/tie-ins

 * LEGO will release the new Fairy Tail sets after Star Wars.
 * Hot Topic will release Fairy Tail related items including T-shirts, outfits, posters and apparel.
 * Funko will release new Pop! figures and collectibles based off the movie.

Release
March 22, 2019