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The Hughes Brothers (Book of Eli) Involvement In the Live Action of Akira

New York Magazine’s Vulture blog reports that the Hughes brothers — the directors behind Menace II Society, Dead Presidents, From Hell, and The Book of Eli — are negotiating with the Warner Brothers movie studio to direct the planned live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira manga. ComingSoon.net reported in December that Mark Fergus and [...]

Tales From Earthsea: Video Review

Today’s review takes a look at the Studio Ghibli fantasy adventure Tales From Earthsea, adapted from the novels by Ursula K. Le Guin and controversially directed by Goro – son of Hayao – Miyazaki. The film was the subject of a mixed response, finding both strong proponents and detractors among critics and audiences. Does it [...]

Live Action Evangelion Still Alive

Earlier this week, producer Joseph Chou made an announcement on ANN’s podcast that WETA’s live action adaptation of Neon Genesis Evangelion is still “very active”. The movie, which has been in limbo since 2003, seems to be creeping closer to being fully realized.

In the interview, Chou went on to say, “there is a lot of [...]

New Teaser for The Last Airbender!

As of yesterday, a new 30 second teaser for M. Night Shyamalan’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender emerged online following its spot on the Superbowl. Check it out below:

It contains only a few tantalising shots and a single line of voiceover, but it’s enough to make me more excited for The Last Airbender [...]

Sony Pushes Back Priest Release Date For 3D Conversion

Props to ANN once again for this bit of news.
The ShockTillYouDrop.com website reports that the release date for the live action movie adaptation of Min-Woo Hyung’s Priest horror manhwa has been pushed back from August 27, 2010 to January 14, 2011. The website reports that the reason for the change is so the movie can [...]

Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Writer Discusses Film

Credit goes to ANN for this item of news.
The websites MoviesOnline.ca and ScreenRant.com have both posted interviews with Laeta Kalogridis, the current screenwriter for Dreamworks’ and Steven Spielberg’s planned live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s cyber-police manga Ghost in the Shell. Kalogridis was once also hired by James Cameron to script his planned adaptation of [...]

New Avatar: The Last Airbender Promo Pics

Lots of buzz has been surrounding the upcoming adaptation of the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. A few days ago domestic and international posters for the film were released, and you can take a look at that over on Last Airbender Fans. Also today, a new promotional pic of Aang was released, which [...]

Priest adaptation to have a 2D animated intro

Thanks go to ANN for this bit of news. Scott Charles Stewart, director of the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Korean manhwa Priest, announced on Friday that the film would have a prologue segment done in 2D animation. The segment, which will purportedly be R-rated will feature a look at “the war between man and [...]

Gantz Live Action Teaser Released

We’ve all heard the news of the Gantz anime series getting a live-action treatment not too long ago. Well, some footage has finally been released and even though it’s not much, it will still allow people to speculate, which is always fun! The first film will be released in early 2011 and the second will follow in [...]

Official Tekken Live Action Trailer

Well boys and girls it’s been a pretty damn long wait, and I have to say by the look of the trailer I can’t predict that it will be a great movie, but compared to other awful video game adaptations, it’s definitely a step in the right direction.
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