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Wachowskis' Ninja Assassin Apparently Not Ninja Scroll... 'cause WB's Got the Scroll Rights


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Column by Scott Green

Rumors have persisted that the Wachowski produced, James McTeigue directed Ninja Assassin was an adaptation of popular (in North America) anime feature Ninja Scroll.

Guess not...

Assassin may have another Ninja to contend with, because as Anime News Network points out, Variety has revealed that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to adapt "Ninja Scroll" into live action. The feature, which will be co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Madhouse,the studio behind the anime, will be written by Alex Tse (Watchmen).

Appian Way will also be working with WB on the live action adaptation of sci-fi anime classic Akira.

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good
by future help
Oct 26th, 2008
08:15:56 PM
dude
by StrokerX
Oct 26th, 2008
08:24:02 PM
More Ninjas
by frongbak
Oct 26th, 2008
08:24:37 PM
Ninjas gotta eat!!
by The real Jack Bauer
Oct 26th, 2008
08:32:44 PM
Akira has a beer and cheets on his wife
by BeeDub
Oct 26th, 2008
08:38:30 PM
Ninjas, it's like the 80s all over again.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 26th, 2008
08:42:42 PM
YES! TETSUO!!!!!
by DURANGO66
Oct 26th, 2008
08:44:31 PM
MICHAEL MANN SHOULD DIRECT AKIRA
by DURANGO66
Oct 26th, 2008
08:46:49 PM
No Way This Goes Down
by A-COD
Oct 26th, 2008
08:48:44 PM
Ninjas
by fivezero
Oct 26th, 2008
08:55:20 PM
Sweet, they saved the ninjas from the green screen!
by Mike_D
Oct 26th, 2008
08:57:32 PM
A-COD
by Monkey Butler
Oct 26th, 2008
08:58:51 PM
BeeDub
by Thrillho77
Oct 26th, 2008
09:26:26 PM
can never have enough ninjas...
by ls420
Oct 26th, 2008
09:28:02 PM
Night of a million, zillion ninjas
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 26th, 2008
09:32:57 PM
Both projects sound like they're in good hands.
by dr sauch
Oct 26th, 2008
09:35:33 PM
Did Speedracer bomb?
by Amy Chasing
Oct 26th, 2008
09:49:49 PM
With the risk of being obvious
by CharyouTree
Oct 26th, 2008
09:52:47 PM
NINJA
by David Lazarus Long
Oct 26th, 2008
10:14:54 PM
Speaking of Assassins....
by BacardiRocky
Oct 26th, 2008
10:36:22 PM
Plus
by Toonol
Oct 26th, 2008
10:41:44 PM
A remake of Ninja Scroll? I think not
by Player 1
Oct 26th, 2008
10:54:56 PM
...and another thing, Speed Racer rocked
by Player 1
Oct 26th, 2008
10:58:06 PM
I'm quite excited about this movie.
by a goonie
Oct 26th, 2008
11:34:45 PM
Seriously if Leo plays...
by StrokerX
Oct 26th, 2008
11:47:17 PM
Use the original name
by Urge to Kill
Oct 27th, 2008
12:42:18 AM
I remember when I first saw Ninja Scroll
by most excellent ninja
Oct 27th, 2008
02:02:21 AM
Speed Racer was amazing.
by most excellent ninja
Oct 27th, 2008
04:26:48 AM
Wait Speed Racer Bombed??
by Varakor
Oct 27th, 2008
04:33:28 AM
Akira live action featuring Rosie O'Donnell nude scene
by Iowa Snot Client
Oct 27th, 2008
04:35:48 AM
Leo likes anime it would seem....
by The Amazing G
Oct 27th, 2008
04:48:19 AM
Speed Racer is like...
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 27th, 2008
05:51:43 AM
A-COD
by most excellent ninja
Oct 27th, 2008
06:31:54 AM
most excellent ninja...
by vaudeville villain
Oct 27th, 2008
07:49:28 AM
Children also cost about 1/6 of Speed Racer
by JackRabbitSlim
Oct 27th, 2008
08:28:14 AM
JackRabbitSlim
by Shigeru
Oct 27th, 2008
10:22:20 AM
I hope they show the chick getting eaten out!
by Snake Foreskin
Oct 27th, 2008
10:23:01 AM
Live Action Ninja Scroll?!! Awesome.
by Mr Nicholas
Oct 27th, 2008
11:57:38 AM
Nasty In The Pasty, I could only wish for that
by MurderMostFowl
Oct 27th, 2008
12:48:22 PM
"Full-Time Ninjas" is next, baby!
by stlfilmwire
Oct 27th, 2008
01:57:00 PM
most excellent ninja
by A-COD
Oct 27th, 2008
05:03:11 PM
The Kouga Ninja Scrolls was already adapted
by Dingbatty
Oct 28th, 2008
02:11:33 PM

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