NHK has announced a live-action version of
Futatsu no Spica (
Twin Spica), set to premiere June 11.
The main character, Kamogawa Asumi, will be played by 16-year-old
Sakuraba Nanami. I've never seen her act before, but she is a good visual match for the part:
The Japanese space agency JAXA is consulting on the project. They did a good job helping out
Rocket Girls a while back, so that's a great sign.
Here's the wiki entry at D-Addicts:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Futatsu_no_Spica
And for those of you who read Japanese, here's the official NHK announcement:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/5000/17533.html