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Akira/Old Boy Rumors Denied... Battle Royale is Coming... a Live Action Noir... Maybe
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Column by Scott Green
Perez Hilton has thrown cold water on the talk that Zac Efron will play a principle in the Hughes Brothers live action Akira adaptation. A rep for the Hughes Brothers has also denied the rumors.* Anime News Network is also reported that Mandate Picture has informed them that talk of a new script for the live action adaptation of the Old Boy manga is "all Internet rumor mill."* Conversely, Hollywood Reporter is saying that Starz has picked up a Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert (Spartacus) adaptation of girls with guns anime Noir for development. Stephen Lightfoot (Criminal Justice and House of Saddam) is the writer and executive producer. The 2001 Bee Train anime series follows a pair of young assassins; one of which can't forgot her traumatic past, the other which can't remember hers. It was released in North America by the defunct ADV Films, and recently bee, what fans call, "rescue licensed" by FUNimation for release in 2011. Two latter Bee Train anime, Madlax and El Cazador de la Bruja, are considered part of a thematic trilogy with Noir.* Kenta Fukasaku's 3D conversion of his late father, Kinji Fukasaku's, adaptation of the novel Battle Royale will be released in North America by Anchor Bay. Battle Royale II: Requiem will also be released in 2D. The 3D version of "Battle Royale" opens in Japan on November 20. The original Battle Royale novel, infamous for its scenario in which high school students are given random weapons and locked into a death match, is available in North America from Viz Media. A manga adaptation was released by Tokyopop.
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Readers Talkback
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Did anyone really want Efron in this?
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Am I the only one that thinks the popular young adult novel, "The Hunger Games" kind of rips off its story from "Battle Royale"? I haven't read either book yet but when I was first recommended "The Hunger Games" as a novel I should check out, I found the description reminded me of BR...
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As for Noir... It could work, though I didn't find the anime to be anything special... a couple of cool scenes, but ultimately m'eh... Good music though...
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Yes, there are huge similarities between Hunger Games and Battle Royale, but then aren't there also similarities to Lord of the Flies in both of them? ANd I must say that while the basic idea for Hunger Games is extremely similar to Battle Royale, the novel kind of takes things in a different direction. (Just finished it this past weekend, lol. Haven't read the sequels yet.)
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Ruled I tell yah!
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Could be fun. They added a ton of CG enhanced 3D to it. I still think the original version will be better though - more "pure".
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...until the bullshit ending, which absolutely sucked! I hope the make an American version of it and leave out the existential/philosophical/metaphysical bullshit that was in the original film. The original film is worth a look, though...
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...until the bullshit ending, which absolutely sucked! I hope the make an American version of it and leave out the existential/philosophical/metaphysical bullshit that was in the original film. The original film is worth a look, though...
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is one of my all time favorite animes, I'm a little worried about someone trying to turn it live action and screwing it all up.
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Certainly doesn't need some live action remalkke to "validate" it.
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Unless it's set in Japan, features Japanese actors, and doesn't shit all over the original anime and manga, LEAVE AKIRA THE FUCK ALONE.
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...an American Battle Royale might give us the opportunity to watch Hillary Duff and Miley Cyrus do the ole Mexican Stand Off over the poisoned soup before blasting away in an orgy of bullets- and isn't that why we go to the movies?
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was better in manga form. To me it never really worked even as an Anime either. I wish Steven Speilberg could adapt Domo, now that would be an awsome fucking movie.
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Thats Domu!!!!my bad.
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He's now breaking more movie news than AICN is? Maybe Harry & Co. can start drawing lewd doodles on Struzan posters to get back some of their heat...
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Grrrr<BR><BR>Noir is an odd choice for him though.
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I had a teacher like that!
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Full of that classic Japanese acting style of young men looking like they all have a weeks worth of constipation to shift. Teeth clenched and lips flared. Hilarious.
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