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DIE HARD · Peasant Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 31 Location: kolkata

The American film production company DreamWorks has revealed that it has licensed the rights to adapt Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell cyber-police manga into a 3D live-action film. The story of an elite paramilitary unit in future Japan has already been adapted into three animated films and two television anime series. DreamWorks has released the second animated Ghost in the Shell film, Innocence, in North America. DreamWorks also released Millennium Actress and produced Transformers, another live-action science-fiction film with Japanese roots.

Variety reports that Universal and Sony also negotiated for the rights, which the Production I.G anime studio was pitching for the manga's original publisher Kodansha. What turned the dealmaking in DreamWorks' favor was co-founder Steven Spielberg's enthusiasm for the project. The entertainment trade newspaper quotes the acclaimed director and producer: "Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories. It's a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks."

Avi Arad (formerly of Marvel Studios as well as of the Spider-Man and X-Men movie franchises), Arad's son Ari, and Seaside Entertainment's Steven Paul brought the project to DreamWorks and will produce. Jamie Moss (Street Kings, Last Man Home) has been assigned to script the project.
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Dante · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject:

Link?
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DIE HARD · Peasant Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 31 Location: kolkata

Here you go:

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variety mag article

http://www.filmjunk.com/2007/01/22/ghost-in-the-shell-live-action-movie-on-the-way/
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pitchan · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:16 am Post subject:

GOOD GOD WHAT?

I love the anime show. I REALLY hope they don't destroy it with kitsch and bad casting and bad storyline/plot.
I can only hope.
And yeah I only think of worst case scenario as in, live action movie=bad xD
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DIE HARD · Peasant Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 31 Location: kolkata

I was wondering who would fit the role of the Major(and Batou for that matter)... any guesses?

I would bet anything on this turning out to be another one of them eye candies with huge explosions and awesome special effects accompanied by a zilch plot. Yeah,I know it's pessimism but I can't help it....
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Dante · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject:

Still Spielberg being associated with the project is good news, i think!
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DIE HARD · Peasant Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 31 Location: kolkata

But how much does Spielberg know about GITS...or anime in general? Is he a true fan of the series as he so boldly proclaims,or is he forcefully jumping on the anime live action bandwagon just because it seems hip and fashionable right now?

I'll reserve my judgement till further news....
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Kanish Premji · Peasant Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 66

GITS is so damn overrated that it's not even funny anymore.

ryu_shotokan_master · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject:

spielberg was also tied to transformers II...
just sayin...
just sayin..
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