From AICN, So, a story popped up on Variety this morning announcing that Dreamworks has nabbed the rights to do-up famous anime GHOST IN THE SHELL as a live action (and 3D) feature film.
The interesting part is that it was Spielberg himself who spearheaded the acquisition.
Avi and Ari Arad are attached to produce and took the project around, where it found its way to Spielberg who urged it to be brought into the fold at Dreamworks.
The plan is indeed to make it a 3D film, live action and STREET KINGS' Jamie Moss is attached to script the adaptation. No word yet on director.
I'm no anime fan, but you don't have to be one to love GHOST IN THE SHELL. It's one of the titles that reaches across genre lines. Curious to see how they handle the project... It'd be amazing if they kept the movie adult (read R-rating), but released it still as 3-D experience. We're getting some horror films in 3-D, which is cool, but I'd love to see a violent, big time sci-fi flick in 3D as well. You?
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Could be cool.
You know, I'm happy that the new 3D thing isn't the same thing that constantly throws stuff "at" you and gives me a headache, but that very subtlety makes it seem weird to me that it's all the rage.
Regardless, a 3D sci-fi Tokyo cityscape would be very fun.
(Hint: if you ever watch the original Ghost in the Shell, DO NOT watch it with the English dub. There are talky parts in the the movie and the translated screenplay makes these parts quite tedious.)
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