It was always only a matter of time until modern Hollywood resigned itself to remaking anime. Which isn’t to suggest that the uniquely Japanese medium is somehow unworthy of being used as fodder for Western blockbusters — on the contrary, anime has provided some of the most progressive, adventurous, and visionary filmmaking of the last 30 years — but rather to acknowledge the palpable whiff of inevitability with which Paramount is releasing “Ghost in the Shell.”
It’s not like studio executives are obsessive fans of the franchise, it’s not like former Paramount CEO Brad Grey bought every new DVD of “Stand Alone Complex” as it was released in the United States and can walk you through every detail of the Laughing Man case, it’s not like the people in power were just patiently waiting for the entertainment climate to warm up to the idea of a star-studded Major Kusanagi...
It’s not like studio executives are obsessive fans of the franchise, it’s not like former Paramount CEO Brad Grey bought every new DVD of “Stand Alone Complex” as it was released in the United States and can walk you through every detail of the Laughing Man case, it’s not like the people in power were just patiently waiting for the entertainment climate to warm up to the idea of a star-studded Major Kusanagi...
- 3/31/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A weird truth: Even in the midst of the current comic book gold-rush, major studios can't seem to get a good anime or manga adaptation off the ground—although the influence of those works can be seen everywhere. This weekend's Big Hero 6 is based on a Marvel comic that's heavily (perhaps even problematically) inspired by anime and manga. As tangentially connected to the art form as Big Hero 6 is, could it be the harbinger of a sea change in Hollywood's approach to manga and anime? Tackling this question can be kind of tricky—after all, "anime" and "manga...
- 11/7/2014
- by Joshua Rivera
- EW - Inside Movies
In the past few years, time loop movies have been making a slight comeback in mainstream Hollywood. The genre is one rarely ventured into, with good reason, but the quality we’ve seen recently has been spectacular. So with baited breath, and fingers cross, I am wholeheartedly looking forward to Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow this summer.
The biggest reason I am it is not the fact that Tom Cruise is front and centre, but rather that Emily Blunt is right beside him in the female lead.
Blunt has been rising through the ranks over the years, making huge strides across a slew of genres with movies like The Adjustment Bureau, Your Sister’s Sister, and Looper, not to mention Disney’s upcoming Into the Woods. She traverses independent and blockbuster movies like few are capable of, and seeing her return to blockbuster territory here is what’s got...
The biggest reason I am it is not the fact that Tom Cruise is front and centre, but rather that Emily Blunt is right beside him in the female lead.
Blunt has been rising through the ranks over the years, making huge strides across a slew of genres with movies like The Adjustment Bureau, Your Sister’s Sister, and Looper, not to mention Disney’s upcoming Into the Woods. She traverses independent and blockbuster movies like few are capable of, and seeing her return to blockbuster territory here is what’s got...
- 4/16/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bill Paxton has entered All You Need is Kill talks. The Haywire actor is in negotiations to join Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in the Warner Bros sci-fi action film, reports Variety. The film is based on the animated Japanese novel by writer Hiroshi Sakurazaka with artist Yoshitoshi ABe, which centres around Cruise as a warrior fighting to defend a futuristic Earth against an alien invasion. Finding himself caught in an inexplicable time loop, he fights the same day (more)...
- 9/19/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Tom Cruise is in talks to star in Warner Bros.' sci-fi film "All You Need Is Kill."According to Variety, Doug Liman is directing from a script by Dante Harper with Joby Harold penning the rewrite.Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally and Jason Hoffs are producing through 3 Arts Entertainment.The film, based on the 2004 Japanese graphic novel "All You Need Is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe, centers on a soldier (Cruise) in a war against aliens who finds himself caught in a time loop in which he wakes up in the past after having been killed on the battlefield. As his death and resurrection repeat, he tries to change his fate.Cruise will be seen in "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol"...
- 12/2/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
One thing is for certain, that man Cruise likes to keep busy, not content with having one film in the bag with Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, one more currently in production (Rock of Ages) and a further one set to start (Horizons) word is that the star is also considering lining up sci – fi adventure We Mortals Are. The Yoda sounding title (Star Wars get it?) is based on a 2004 Japanese graphic novel entitled All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe. The plot would see Cruise playing a soldier defending Earth from an alien attack, getting killed in battle the hero then becomes stuck in a time loop and becomes involved in the most testing of groundhog days over and over. With each passing day he gains strength and skill and as he tries to change his fate. Cruise is no stranger to taking on alien...
- 12/1/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (gercooney)
- www.themoviebit.com
Tom Cruise is set to star in Doug Liman’s adaptation of All You Need Is Kill. Variety reports that Cruise will star in the film from Warner Bros. based on the Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka that features art by Yoshitoshi ABe.
Here is the description of the story: There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again... When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the B*tch of War. Is the B*tch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death? Dante Harper wrote...
Here is the description of the story: There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again... When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the B*tch of War. Is the B*tch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death? Dante Harper wrote...
- 12/1/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Tom Cruise has agreed to star in the Doug Liman-directed All You Need Is Kill at Warner Bros. Pictures, reports Variety . The film will be based on the Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka that features art by Yoshitoshi ABe. It is described as follows: There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again... When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the B*tch of War. Is the B*tch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death? The trade adds...
- 12/1/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Variety reports that Doug Liman (Fair Game, Jumper, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) will direct the big-screen adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's 2004 science fiction-actioner, All You Need is Kill, for Warner Bros. Liman will direct All You Need is Kill from Dante Harper's screenplay. Harper sold a spec script to Warner Bros. this past April for seven figures. Liman was attached to direct a new adaptation of Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers as well, but another, unrelated adaptation (in 3D, of course) has already gone into production, putting Warner Bros.' take on hold for the foreseeable future.
Described as a Groundhog Day/Starship Troopers mash-up, All You Need is Kill was originally published for a young adult audience ("light novel" in publishing parlance) with illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe. All You Need is Kill centers on a future war between humans and aliens, the Gitai. The central character,...
Described as a Groundhog Day/Starship Troopers mash-up, All You Need is Kill was originally published for a young adult audience ("light novel" in publishing parlance) with illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe. All You Need is Kill centers on a future war between humans and aliens, the Gitai. The central character,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Mel Valentin
- Cinematical
Doug Liman has officially signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 novel “All You Need is Kill” for Warner Bros. More about Sakurazaka’s award-winning novel (with illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe): The story is told from the first person point of view of the protagonist Keiji Kiriya. Keiji is a new recruit in the United Defense Force, fighting against the mysterious creatures called ‘Mimics’ which have laid siege to Earth. Keiji is killed on his first sortie, but through some inexplicable phenomenon wakes up having returned to the day before the battle, only to find himself caught in a time loop as his death and resurrection repeats time and time again. Keiji’s skills as a soldier grows as he passes through the time loops trying to change his fate. According to Wiki, there are four main characters in the novel: Keiji Kiriya - A...
- 8/24/2010
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
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