Dreamworks aquires rights Ghost in the Shell Live Action, 3D

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2008-04-16 12:24pm

Article from Variety

Interesting. Not sure about the 3-D thing, but it is indeed interesting.

I'll remain optimistic until a director is announced.

Darth Onasi · Post by **Darth Onasi** » 2008-04-16 01:25pm

Am I the only one who's immediate reaction was "3D boobies!"?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2008-04-16 01:25pm

So since Speilberg is attached to this, is Tom Hanks going to play the Major?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2008-04-16 02:05pm

VF5SS wrote:So since Speilberg is attached to this, is Tom Hanks going to play the Major?

Assuming he has a gender change operation, a nationally change operation and a mood-change operation then of course, he's perfect.

CaptHawkeye · Post by **CaptHawkeye** » 2008-04-16 02:05pm

If it does happen it's probably going to rely on the lame preachiness of the first movie. I'd hope for them to aim more for the series, (not like SAC is jewel encrusted either) being the lesser of two evils since it manages to get in some decent fights and some of the CSI murder mystery stuff is ok until they get to the explanation part which usually ends up being the same thing as the last guy.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2008-04-16 02:48pm

Darth Onasi wrote:Am I the only one who's immediate reaction was "3D boobies!"?

Probably. Everyone else's was "hhhuuuurrghhh".

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-04-16 03:20pm

I hope they end up sitting on the rights long enough for them to evaporate.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2008-04-16 03:50pm

Mr Bean wrote: Assuming he has a gender change operation, a nationally change operation and a mood-change operation then of course, he's perfect.

It was joke, man. It's not like they're gonna cast anyone from Japan haha

I really hope this movie sticks true to the manga and has Shirow giving random asides as to the make of the weapons Batou is using and what sandwich he is eating.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2008-04-16 04:07pm

VF5SS wrote:
Mr Bean wrote: Assuming he has a gender change operation, a nationally change operation and a mood-change operation then of course, he's perfect.
It was joke, man. It's not like they're gonna cast anyone from Japan haha

I really hope this movie sticks true to the manga and has Shirow giving random asides as to the make of the weapons Batou is using and what sandwich he is eating.

As was I, can't you guess from the nationally change operation bit?

On another note, I loved the English voices from Stand-Alone Complex, but no idea if the actors behind them could play the rolls.

Ryushikaze · Post by **Ryushikaze** » 2008-04-16 04:27pm

VF5SS wrote:
Mr Bean wrote: Assuming he has a gender change operation, a nationally change operation and a mood-change operation then of course, he's perfect.
It was joke, man. It's not like they're gonna cast anyone from Japan haha

I really hope this movie sticks true to the manga and has Shirow giving random asides as to the make of the weapons Batou is using and what sandwich he is eating.

I can see it now. throughout the entire movie, a little 2 ft tall Shirow sprite babbles at the audience about utterly pointless crap while drowning out cyberpunk suspense.

Then one of the DVD extras is the movie without Shirow's commentary.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-04-16 05:04pm

This is the last thing I wanted to read while I have the flu. The producer is some comic book movie twat and the writer is some hack who does movies about black gangstas ranting and barking and beating their chests about how the hood is all out warfare and the toughest place in the world, etc, etc. Somebody put the lid on this stinker when you take it out to the curb.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2008-04-16 05:10pm

Ryushikaze wrote:
I can see it now. throughout the entire movie, a little 2 ft tall Shirow sprite babbles at the audience about utterly pointless crap while drowning out cyberpunk suspense.

And don't forget random anthropomorphic horse porn.

Ohma · Post by **Ohma** » 2008-04-16 05:12pm

VF5SS wrote:
And don't forget random anthropomorphic horse porn.

I'm fairly sure I don't really want to know but, where did that happen?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2008-04-16 05:14pm

It doesn't happen so much inf Ghost in the Shell or even Appleseed (that's just robot beefcake), but watch out for any of his artbooks. They'll most likely involve some kind of Minotaur beast having fun with Shirow's shiny women.

Ohma · Post by **Ohma** » 2008-04-16 05:17pm

VF5SS wrote:It doesn't happen so much inf Ghost in the Shell or even Appleseed (that's just robot beefcake), but watch out for any of his artbooks. They'll most likely involve some kind of Minotaur beast having fun with Shirow's shiny women.

Ah yes, the artbooks, I forgot about those.

(mmm robot beefcake)

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2008-04-16 06:36pm

I can see the publicity sheet now...

"Steven Spielburg's re-envisioning of the seminal anime classic Ghost in the Shell stars Bruce Willis as Batou, a middle-aged cyborg cop mourning the loss of his wife Motoko, while still having to raise his son Togusa (played by Shia LaBouf)."

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-04-16 06:44pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I can see the publicity sheet now...

"Steven Spielburg's re-envisioning of the seminal anime classic Ghost in the Shell stars Bruce Willis as Batou, a middle-aged cyborg cop mourning the loss of his wife Motoko, while still having to raise his son Togusa (played by Shia LaBouf)."

I see what you did there.

Darth Onasi · Post by **Darth Onasi** » 2008-04-16 07:01pm

VF5SS wrote:It doesn't happen so much inf Ghost in the Shell or even Appleseed (that's just robot beefcake), but watch out for any of his artbooks. They'll most likely involve some kind of Minotaur beast having fun with Shirow's shiny women.

Or fish monsters.
Or alien things.
Or weird mutant men with tentacle hands.
Or just plain weird things.

Still, the lesbian threesome in the Ghost in the Shell book was nice. If that made it on the big screen, I'd watch it. (yeah right)

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2008-04-17 02:04am

Variety wrote:Avi Arad is at the forefront of comicbook-based material, having produced the three "Spider-Man" films, the three "X-Men" movies, the two "Fantastic Four" picss and the upcoming "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk."

TithonusSyndrome wrote:This is the last thing I wanted to read while I have the flu. The producer is some comic book movie twat and the writer is some hack who does movies about black gangstas ranting and barking and beating their chests about how the hood is all out warfare and the toughest place in the world, etc, etc. Somebody put the lid on this stinker when you take it out to the curb.

I liked the first two 'Spider-Man' movies, but thought the third sucked. I liked the first two 'X-Men' movies, and have yet to see the third, but from what I heard, it sucked. I also heard the two 'Fantastic Four' movies sucked.

If we're lucky, we'll get two awesome live-action 'Ghost In the Shell' before some jackass writer and director turns the third movie into a crime against nature. If we're unlucky, we'll get reminders of how NOT to make a comic book movie, as the 'Fantastic Four' films apparently were.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-17 02:38am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I can see the publicity sheet now...

"Steven Spielburg's re-envisioning of the seminal anime classic Ghost in the Shell stars Bruce Willis as Batou, a middle-aged cyborg cop mourning the loss of his wife Motoko, while still having to raise his son Togusa (played by Shia LaBouf)."

You missed out the wrongful imprisonment and the hilarious UN war/Iraq war allegory!

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2008-04-17 02:57am

It turns out the Puppet Master had nothing to do with the cyberbrain hacking.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2008-04-17 10:21pm

Didn't Ridley Scott already make a live-action Ghost in the Shell movie 25 years ago?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-04-17 10:27pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:Didn't Ridley Scott already make a live-action Ghost in the Shell movie 25 years ago?

Nah, that was a live-action Snatcher movie.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-04-17 10:32pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:Didn't Ridley Scott already make a live-action Ghost in the Shell movie 25 years ago?

He obviously did a terrible job, since it was nowhere near pretentious enough and didn't spend NEARLY enough screen time on shots of Tokyo skylines with screeching 'music'!

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-05-14 11:04pm

CaptHawkeye wrote:(not like SAC is jewel encrusted either)

You're kidding, right?
I mean...You ARE kidding, right?

SAC is one of a very select group of anime that I have never had a friend dislike - the others being Cowboy Bebop, FLCL and, to date, Yakitate Japan.