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Aronofsky secures LONE WOLF & CUB rights!
Hey folks, Harry here... Seems that Darren Aronofsky, with the help of Paramount and Mutual Film, have secured the rights to Kazuo Koike's legendary LONE WOLF AND CUB graphic novels.
Most Film Geeks worth their weight in salt, are diehard lovers of the exploits of Ogami Itto and the chronicler of his tale... little Sugito. The 6 film series by Kenji Misumi, Buichi Saito and Yoshiyuki Kuroda... well, it is a series of legend. Watching Tomisaburo create Ogami Itto over those 6 films is one of the great film series created.
However, I'd say most Americans are most familiar with LONE WOLF & CUB through the Sam Mendes directed adaptation of Max Allan Collins' gangster version of Kazuo Koike's original Samurai epic with ROAD TO PERDITION. And like Sam Mendes, it seems that Darren Aronofsky isn't planning on making a Samurai epic.
"Koike's samurai tale is expected to be contemporized by Aronofsky and his Protozoa partner Eric Watson, who'll produce." -- Michael Fleming, VarietyWe broke that Aronofsky was seeking the rights on this project back in April, and if he decides to do a more "contemporized" version of the tale... which I'm assuming would be more contemorary than 30's Chicago... then I fully support it as, frankly, I can see no earthly reason to think you could make a better faithful adaptation of the material than those original epic 6 films from Japan in the early seventies. I have my Region 3 DVDs of that series and they are held in a place of honor here at home. None can rule so mightily as Ogami Itto! It'll be interesting to see what Aronofsky has planned for the story.
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If they take the story out of feudal Japan, isn't it just another story LIKE Lone Wolf and Cub? I mean it's not that particular story anymore. What I love is THAT world. I will never get to see that particular time period with my own eyes. That's what the movies let me do. I get to see a world that doesn't exist anymore. I can look out the window and see today's world. I just think it will be a shame to update it, that's all.
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May 23, 2003 11:00:35 AM CDT
Darren Aronofsky is the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet an
by oceansized
Just thought I'd get that nonsense out of the way.
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The Road to Hell!
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Did anyone catch the Samurai Jack episode with the Ogami/Daigoro cameo? Very cool. Who the heck is "Sugito"?
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May 23, 2003 11:18:13 AM CDT
Why not just remake A'Clockwork Orange while your at it Darren
by ckla360
Or Touch of Evil; or Night of the Hunter; or Taxi Driver? I'm sure you can thing up some more titles Darren, as you pave your way ass first down the road of Mediocrity.
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May 23, 2003 11:23:20 AM CDT
Isn't this Baby Cart? Is that what harry was on about but didn't
by silentbobafett2
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If there's a good original, and a good recent reworking, why bother with another version? I don't get it. And I totally agree, President Evil, on his track record - nothing to get excited about here. As for Dark Knight Returns, I for one don't expect to see it any time soon - Watchmen is far more likely, and that's on the far side of never gonna happen.
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So is "Shogun Assassin". There's a single part movie also, produced in the 90
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Hopefully they mean "contemporize" as more of a stylistic thing ... but I doubt it. By the way, Requiem for a Dream was hypnotic -- and so damn disturbing that I will never watch it again (kind of like the ear-cutting scene in Reservoir Dogs but stretched out for two hours). Pi was a ludicrous, poorly acted, benignly pretentious piece of pseudointellectual fluff -- it was as believable as Electric Dreams (or whatever that "earthquake-proof brick" piece of shit was). It was an OKAY movie. It was not great by any stretch of the imagination.
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I don't know much about graphic novels but I have seen the graphic novel created here in the states called road to perdition. I even saw a show about the transfer from that graphic novel to the movie. I don't know what harry is on, but I do believe that he is not right.
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"However, I'd say most Americans are most familiar with LONE WOLF & CUB through the Sam Mendes directed adaptation of Max Allan Collins' gangster version of Kazuo Koike's original Samurai epic with ROAD TO PERDITION. "
Dude, what more could Harry have said to explain it - the grpahic you refer to was a contemporized version of LONE WOLF AND CUB. And it was fine. -
May 23, 2003 12:48:09 PM CDT
Hey Harry, replace those crappy R3s with Animeigo's new R1s:
by nocturnaloner
Sword of Vengeance and Baby Cart at the River Styx are out right now, with the others to follow:
http://www.animeigo.com/samurai/lwc.t -
good as the film series is, it can't possibly match the original manga -- let's not leave goseki kojima's contribution's unnoticed. frank miller's _ronin_ is basically kojima meets moebius. and, as to this contemporizing kick -- how can they? so much of itto's traveling the path of demons was the complex social order and bushi honor that pervaded edo-era japan. otherwise, it IS _cop and a half_. also, what is up with the _requiem_ = garbage booshit? it's as accomplished as it is deeply felt. back off on darren, at least until this misguided effort sees th light of day. memo to d.a. -- you'll save yourself alot of trouble and bad reviews if you take these rights you've secured and make an animated series out of _lone wolf_.
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Why? Just leave it alone. AnimEigo released a great set on video and LD. No reason for us to go and screw it up.
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Contemporary? How
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RECENTLY, THE US MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SO BEEN SO DEVOID OF ORIGINAL IDEAS THAT THEY SEE FIT TO REMAKE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR GRUBBY LITTLE HANDS ON, RAPE THE THING, FUCK IT UP ENTIRELY, RAM IT DOWN PEOPLE'S THROATS AND FOREVER SULLY THE REPUTATION THAT THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL HAD. BOLLOCKS TO YOU, YOU CORPORATE SCUMBAGS.
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..."who cares about this dreamer?"
This is not the super exciting stuff we were promised from Arnofsky. I remember the buzz in NY when PI first came out. And it wasn't all undeserved. Requiem was powerfully disturbing. All the other projects sounded like they had so much promise. This sounds like it might be "safe" enough to get some money behind it. -
THEY ARE UPDATING LONE WOLF AS A WESTERN-SERGIO LEONE STYLE, KEEPING INTACT THE SAMURAI SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL COMICS AND FILMS, BUT WITH A WANDERING ASSASSIN/GUNSLINGER AND HIS YOUNG SON....WHICH SOUNDS VERY COOL. AND KAZUO KOIKE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS APPROACH. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT ROLE FOR RUSSELL CROWE...
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Contemporize my left foot! Keep it with the Japs! "Father, are you killed.", "This is your best man? Lone Wolf would swallow him. HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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For a second there I thought, cool, somebody that knows whats up saved the series from some bullshit hack fuck doom. Now I'm not so sure. Contemporize? Ah shit. It never fucking ceases....
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Aronofsky hasnt made a bad movie yet..so I have to think they he is not going to let anyone down.
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This remake won't touch the original movie/TV adapations if on the basis that I doubt they'll even be as highly violent/sexual as the manga is, they would probably have to be NC-17 to be done right and we all know that ain't gonna happen. Probably will have a rap/rock soundtrack too. *** Also I agree, Harry should be getting the R1 Animegio DVDs and chuck those R3 versions. Get with the DVD geek program already!
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May 24, 2003 5:02:49 AM CDT
'Shogun Assassin' - the greatest of all the pirate videos when I
by workshed
Why don't American directors get 'it'? The Japanese kick the Americans collective butts into touch when it comes to imaginative, original thinking. Even New Zealand manages that particular feat.
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May 24, 2003 12:06:55 PM CDT
I think Aronofksy is a great director, though I am still unsure
by neonoir45
I believe that even though he has only directed a couple of films, Aronofsy is more than qualified as one of the best new helmers there is. It only took PT Anderson 2 flicks to get a huge fanbase, and I think they are on the same level. As far as lone wolf goes, it would be better to do an actual adaptation then a contemporization, as there are several of those already. While I am very interested in seeing how Aronofsky would do it, I think it would make more sense to do one set in japan, as many people have yet to see the legendary baby cart saga, myself unfortunately included. Still, it is daigoro, not sugito. Just thought it beared repeating.
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Let's face the music folks, Pi was decent for a low buget flick, Requiem for a Dream was good...it was not "OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING MOVIE SINCE 81/2!!!"
Aronofsky is moving into new territory for him and this venture could prove either very successful or very deadly. If he sticks to the basics of what made Lone Wolf great, I think it should be fine. If he starts going off track too far though, I have a feeling it's going to be quite a let down. Anyway just my humble opinion.
But personally, I would love to see him make a completly faithful adaptation of the Sin City books. Oh what an exploitation movie that would be! And his visual flair would match perfect. -
Didn't Aronofsky grab the rights for Theodore Roszak's "Flicker" earlier this year? He would be the perfect director for it - if he'd just get off of his ass and make a decision!
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Indeed, after Shogun Assassin and the original series what is the use...another 30's gangster film?
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It's "Daigoro", you flabby fuck...
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... the only director who should ever do another Lone Wolf movie is Takashi Miike. SUGOI!
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Awwwwwwwwwwwww come ON Harry. Even YOU can't be serious about liking this ?????
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