http://liveactionanime.org Your #1 Source For Live Action Anime! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:36:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you haven't heard (apparently I didn't, thanks to an extremely busy schedule, my apologies), the screenwriter for Dreamworks upcoming adaptation of the cyber-punk classic Ghost in the Shell will be submitting a draft of the script in the coming weeks. The screenwriter, Laeta Kalogridis, also noted that fans should ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/03/09/live-action-ghost-in-the-shell-script-draft-coming-soon/ Michael Bay's official website has posted an update on the upcoming Transformers 3 movie announcing that parts of the film will be shot in Chicago and Moscow. Spoke with Michael today and got some little info on TF3: there will be big action sequences shot in Chicago and Moscow this time ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/26/transformers-3-locations/ In this year's 13th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine it was announced that live action television adaptation of Miki Yoshikawa's Yankee-kun to Megane-chan manga has been green lit. It was also announced that actor Hiroki Narimiya (Gokusen, Akihabara @ DEEP, NANA) will play Yankee-kun (the delinquent) Daichi Shinagawa, while ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/25/yankee-kun-to-megane-chan-manga-goes-live-action/ The Hollywood Reporter announced on Monday in one of it's articles that writer Alex Tse (Watchmen) wrote a script for Warner Brothers live action adaptation of Ninja Scroll. The original anime film from 1993 was written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company acquired the live ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/25/watchmens-alex-tse-wrote-script-for-ninja-scroll/ Canadian horror magazine Rue Morgue reports that author Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D) is busy working on a live action adaptation of Vampire Hunter D with the producer of the Biohazard video game (Resident Evil in North America), writing a new novel about vampires (Yashakiden), and planning a new Vampire ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/21/live-action-vampire-hunter-d-in-the-works/ A new short TV spot is out now check it out below: Source: ComingSoon.net http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/21/a-new-the-last-airbender-tv-spot/ Props go to ANN for this bit of news Shock Till You Drop has posted an interview with Laeta Kalogribis, the current screenwriter for Steven Spielberg's planned live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell cyber-police manga. Kalogridis was once also hired by James Cameron to script his planned adaptation ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/19/ghost-in-the-shell-writer-akiras-dicaprio-interviewed/ Well it looks like director James Cameron is planning on adapting Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga after he makes the sequel to the blockbuster Avatar. That's what Producer Jon Landau told the MTV Splash Page website. He also explained how director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, The ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/19/battle-angel-film-planned-after-avatar-2/ Thanks go out to joeydlf for sending us the link. Source: Anime Vice http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/17/a-few-live-action-gantz-scans/ It's finally arrived: only a few days after its spot at the Superbowl, the full theatrical trailer for The Last Airbender hit the internet last night. At a little over two minutes, it expands on the some of the footage we've already seen in flashed with other bits and pieces ... http://liveactionanime.org/2010/02/11/theatrical-trailer-for-the-last-airbender/