Live Action Anime

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It seems that our assertion last month that Warner Bros.’ plans to adapt Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to live action had fallen through may have been premature. ANN reports (without so much of a mention of bloody-disgusting.com’s claims that the project was “dead as a doornail”) that in an interview at Comic-Con International last week, Mad [...]

Electronic Arts hit video game is now set to get it’s very own sci-fi/horror live action adaptation. It even has a director attached to the project already. D.J. Caruso the director of Eagle Eye is said to be signed on to direct the the film.
At the moment they are looking for a writer and waiting [...]

It was announced today at Comic Con by Dark Horse Comics that films based on The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service and MPD-Psycho mangas are in development over at Universal studios well at the same time Dark Horse Comics is still in negotiations with Universal Studios over the rights to a film version of CLAMP’s Clover [...]

At the Entertainment Weekly The Visionaries panel at Comic Con today James Cameron announced that he is in fact still very interested in making a live action adaptation of Battle Angel Alita. However at the same time he also pointed out that although he wants to make this film he can’t give a specific time [...]

With all the great news coming out of Comic Con we get some awesome news for TMNT fans! Producers Scott Mednick and Galen Walker were in attendance and spoke about some plans for the upcoming live action TMNT movie.
“I love the Turtles. They have a special quality, the key is that we want to make the greatest Turtle movie ever,” [...]

Check out our first look at Walt Disney Pictures Tron 2!  There is an embed below courtesy of FirstShowing or you can click the following links to watch the trailer in HD!
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Black Jack: The Movie
Format: Movie (92 Minutes)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Studio: Shochiku
Director: Osamu Dezaki
This last week has seen the conclusion of the 2008 Olympic Games, and while professional sports generally don’t interest me, I do however have a fondness for world records. I was as amazed as everyone else when Usain Bolt seemingly effortlessly smashed the [...]

Movie Trailers – Movies Blog

August 21, 2009 will be a day that those of us that are fortunate enough to have an IMAX near them, will want to request off work.
During his presentation at Comic Con James Cameron announced that for one day only 20th Century Fox (please hold your boos until the announcement is over) will be taking [...]