Scarlett Johansson to Headline ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Live-Action Movie

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  On 1/13/2015 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

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prolapsus oozus

So, about Scarlett...

  On 1/13/2015 at 9:05 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Ooze said:

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amenG

*cue SJ being made in a vat*

*cue SJ falling off a building backwards*

*cue SJ doing some invisibility*

*cue some talk about the nature of our ghosts*

*cue SJ pulling something open so own arm rips off*

*cue end credits*

something like this?

idc really. as long as we keep getting good series & movies from production I.G.

We need more Scarlett Johansson pics in this thread.

  On 1/13/2015 at 8:56 AM, chenGOD said:

I have a fantastic idea. It is entirely possible that this novel idea will blow your minds.

 

Stop talking about how shit it's going to be, don't go see it, and let your consciousness be free of it.

I'm just doubting it looking at Hollywood and the current lineup. Of course final judgement is always reserved for an actual viewing! It could be enjoyable for reasons the original won't be, but I doubt it'll follow in a similar vein to the original/series.

  On 1/13/2015 at 4:59 PM, kokoon said:

We need more Scarlett Johansson pics in this thread.

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:18 PM, baph said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 4:59 PM, kokoon said:

We need more Scarlett Johansson pics in this thread.

 

beautiful

Should have cast a Japanese woman...

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:18 PM, baph said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 4:59 PM, kokoon said:

We need more Scarlett Johansson pics in this thread.

 

He said Scarlett Johansson not Chris Walken.

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:27 PM, Braintree said:

Should have cast a Japanese woman...

Well YEAH but...did you expect one?

Yeah dude. That's SJ.

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:34 PM, Brisbot said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:27 PM, Braintree said:

Should have cast a Japanese woman...

Well YEAH but...did you expect one?

 

Sigh.

I am sorry for your loss

*our loss

Came across this article that has a few good points about casting in Hollywood.

http://mic.com/articles/107856/the-next-scarlett-johansson-movie-illustrates-a-huge-problem-with-race-in-hollywood

Kill whitey.

  On 1/13/2015 at 7:46 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

Well, if it turns out anything like the 2005 Aeon Flux Hollywood adaptation then not only will it alienate the core franchise fans, but it'll be a critical and box office failure as well.

We'll always have this regardless:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsiepGvjjTM

 

^ NSFW probably.

Some people wanted to do the opening credits segment as live action: http://io9.com/it-took-30-artists-to-redo-ghost-in-the-shells-opening-1583363629

Will probably look leagues better than the actual big budget movie.

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:27 PM, Braintree said:

Should have cast a Japanese woman...

... to represent a genre of animated movies where they usually make people as white as possible so they can appeal to as many white neckbeards as possible?

There's a style to GitS that retains some of their Asian-ness (especially compared to something like Trigun). I think it would be a lot more interesting to cast an Asian woman lead to at least have a nod to the fact that it's a Japanese story, and then do whatever you like with the rest of the cast. Aramaki definitely looks Japanese, but Batou and Boma could be anything. And since they're all in 'shells' anyway, that would work.

Plus, anime isn't trying to appeal to white people...

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:44 PM, Braintree said:

Some people wanted to do the opening credits segment as live action: http://io9.com/it-took-30-artists-to-redo-ghost-in-the-shells-opening-1583363629

Will probably look leagues better than the actual big budget movie.

 

That looks really astounding. The fact they're making it on a shoestring and it makes Avatar look ugly is even more impressive.

A full film like that could take sci fi by storm.

I think I'd just rather see more Anime of GITS than a live action adaptation.

That fan made intro looks awesome.

  On 1/13/2015 at 6:30 PM, rostok said:

 

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:44 PM, Braintree said:

Some people wanted to do the opening credits segment as live action: http://io9.com/it-took-30-artists-to-redo-ghost-in-the-shells-opening-1583363629

Will probably look leagues better than the actual big budget movie.

 

 

That looks really astounding. The fact they're making it on a shoestring and it makes Avatar look ugly is even more impressive.

 

A full film like that could take sci fi by storm.

 

I will be amazed if it feels like a Ghost in the Shell THING.

Guys producing the movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Arad

I like a couple of the movies Avi Arad helped produced, but only a few...

  On 1/13/2015 at 7:36 PM, VIII said:

the original gits movie was the best out of all of the other series/remakes/sequel imo

I enjoyed the series+ its movies the most since we got to know the characters so well. I also saw it first so, that might have something to do with it.

  On 1/13/2015 at 5:27 PM, Braintree said:

Should have cast a Japanese woman...

This brings up an interesting point about race and how it is portrayed and perceived in manga or anime. There was a very interesting study done about this, I'll attach the PDF here, anyone who's interested can take a read.

Animation-2009-Lu-169-90.pdfFetching info...

  On 1/13/2015 at 8:15 PM, kokoon said:

TY for delivering what I expected to see in this thread when I opened it up.

Also, I'm totally surprised at the ScarJo hate here. Yeah, making GITS into a live-action feature is like trying to make Akira into a- shit I guess they are doing that too . . . .

Anyway, yeah, she was phenomenal in Under the Skin and I don't think I've ever seen her in a role where she didn't seem to play it well (didn't see Lucy, maybe that was a downer for people here since it's in a similar sci-fi action context?)