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

Well, at least it's not Akira...

yet...

How's Alita: Battle Angel coming along? ...regarding live-action manga, i do like those Gantz thingies..

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the Gatchaman live action was pretty wretched, and we all (try not to) remember Dragon Ball.

Battle Royale and Oldboy are pretty good you guys.

Yeah, but this is an American movie with a nine-figure budget. BR and Oldboy were both based on books/manga weren't they?

Yeah for sure, but so is GITS and Akira (based on mangas).

I trust these US movies will be massive cock ups though, no chance in hell they're going to be good.

Aren't they shooting GITS in 3D? If so that has to ramp up the budget.

i honestly don't get why this is a problem. you have a movie with a large budget based on a property most people aren't familiar with. you need to market the movie and you do that around actors people in the united states recognize. that's why movie stars like johansson exist, not for their acting ability, but to get financing. sorry, if you want an all japanese cast, your hollywood production is no longer a thing, especially on a risky cyberpunk property when the last couple of cyberpunk movies bombed horribly and the most notable one of all (blade runner) was a dud at the box office. nothing about ghost in the shell is inherently "japanese". unlike akira, which would literally make no sense at all if they change the setting or character's ethnicity, gits is basically just a science fiction story dealing with philosophical questions about existence, reality and humanity. this is, again, outrage culture reacting to something that should be fucking common sense. 

It's just another boring remake no one wanted. See: busters, Ghost

People who don't know GITS are going to think this is the sequel to Lucy.

  On 8/23/2016 at 7:03 AM, doublename said:

People who don't know GITS are going to think this is the sequel to Lucy.

i started to lol then realized it's true. 

  On 8/23/2016 at 6:47 AM, keanu reeves said:

i honestly don't get why this is a problem. you have a movie with a large budget based on a property most people aren't familiar with. you need to market the movie and you do that around actors people in the united states recognize. that's why movie stars like johansson exist, not for their acting ability, but to get financing. sorry, if you want an all japanese cast, your hollywood production is no longer a thing, especially on a risky cyberpunk property when the last couple of cyberpunk movies bombed horribly and the most notable one of all (blade runner) was a dud at the box office. nothing about ghost in the shell is inherently "japanese". unlike akira, which would literally make no sense at all if they change the setting or character's ethnicity, gits is basically just a science fiction story dealing with philosophical questions about existence, reality and humanity. this is, again, outrage culture reacting to something that should be fucking common sense. 

it's not about japanese cast. in the manga and the movies etc many of the characters are caucasian in appearance or only partly japanese features... it's just that she's a shit choice for the part.  it's typical hollywood though.. you're right.. financing etc.. blah blah.. but too often there's a chance to make something good or at the very least.. interesting.. and they just don't know fuck about shit and squeeze out a turd.. not everyone can be the coen brothers

is she shit casting? the original anime is quite shit tbh. it's mostly static shots of talking heads reciting tedious philosophy that kind of vaguely explores themes pertaining to artificial intelligence and "what it means to be human". johansson was pretty good in under the skin, as an alien which was essentially an android. i'm sure she can play this character to the extent it needs to be played. to the extent the movie needs to exist at all, which it doesn't. hollywood isn't literally mulholland drive btw, there are so many moving parts involved in movies getting financed and shot that it's miraculous any are watchable at all.

  On 8/23/2016 at 8:01 AM, keanu reeves said:

is she shit casting?

yes. she is.  and her voice is all wrong. but it always is. 

obviously opinions vary regarding the anime. 

regarding mulhullond drive. .yes of course.. it's not that. but i'm having  a little fun with it. not being so serious except about scarjo being wrong for the part. deadly serious about that. i'm going to bring it up at the next meeting. 

I doubt very much that Scarlet Johansson will be the worst thing about this movie.

^ yeh

They should just make GITS season 3. THX!

  On 8/23/2016 at 5:58 PM, Brisbot said:

They should just make GITS season 3. THX!

There are 6 episodes of ARISE, and a new movie that follows.

  On 8/22/2016 at 8:17 PM, iococoi said:

How's Alita: Battle Angel coming along? ...regarding live-action manga, i do like those Gantz thingies..

Cameron is so goddamned busy with trying to make Avatar into Star Wars I doubt this will ever see the light of day.

Good thing too - that title stinks of 90's "americanized" anime (anime created to appeal to a Western audience).

  On 8/23/2016 at 5:58 PM, Brisbot said:

They should just make GITS season 3. THX!

yeh i'm sure hollywood are going to make hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars with a 3rd season of an anime no one is going to watch.

SUUuuuure. 

season 3 with scarlett johansson in the lead role

im so excite for this

i dont care

the old one will remain the old one, this is like a bonus, why you hate so much

see a time like a whole. both movie, manga and anime always existed

why is this a problems

scarlett is dope