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Rila Fukushima, a Japanese actor who co-starred in The Wolverine , has joined the live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell , says the Hollywood Reporter. Fukushima joins actors Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano in the film which opens March 31, 2017. Best known in …Read more »
It’s been about a week since the internet got its first look at Scarlett Johansson as the Major in Paramount Pictures/Dreamworks’ live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell . Since then, reaction to the image has been, in Ghost in the Shell terms, vast and …Read more »
Actor and director Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi, will play Section 9 Chief Daisuke Aramaki in the live-action version of Ghost in the Shell , reports Cinema Today. Kitano joins a cast which includes Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt (Laughing Man) and Pilou Asbæk …Read more »
Back in November we posted about the live-action Hollywood Ghost in the Shell lining up a potential Laughing Man with Control star Sam Riley. Now there's a new actor in talks for the role, Boardwalk Empire 's Michael Pitt. If Pitt signs on to play …Read more »
There's been a switch-up for the distributor behind 2017's live-action Ghost in the Shell film. According to Variety distribution has moved from Disney to Paramount, which is also financing the production. The rest of what we know stays the same, including the planned March 31, …Read more »
Some more casting news for Hollywood's live-action Ghost in the Shell film surfaced out of Deadline earlier today. We previously posted about Pilou Asbæk joining the production as Batou alongside Scarlett Johansson's leading role, and now it looks like the film might have its villain. …Read more »
Variety posted a casting update for Dreamworks' upcoming live-action Ghost in the Shell film, which stars Scarlett Johansson. Joining her will be Pilou Asbæk, who previously graced the screen with Johansson in the sci-fi action flick Lucy . Asbæk is set to play Batou, the …Read more »
It was tough to miss the loud accusations of whitewashing leveled at Dreamworks earlier this year when their live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Ghost In the Shell was announced, placing Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of Major Kusanagi. The news this week is that …Read more »
The Scarlett Johansson-starring live-action Ghost in the Shell film is still a few years off, but in the meantime, Japanese actors will be suiting up and hitting the stage in a play based on the Arise series. The play, which opens in Tokyo in November, …Read more »
The controversy over the casting of Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming live-action Ghost in the Shell film continues. It’s now the subject of an online petition aimed at Dreamworks, the producers of the film, which urges them to consider recasting the role with an Asian-American …Read more »
It looks like this thing is really happening, guys. The live-action Ghost in the Shell film starring Scarlett Johansson is set to premiere April 14, 2017. If it sounds kind of absurd to set a release date that far in the future – well, it …Read more »
Actor and comedian Beat Takeshi, whose real name is Takeshi Kitano, was recently at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan to talk about his upcoming historical movie Kubi, which he wrote, directed, and acts in. He also got to talking about the Japanese entertainment business …Read more »
After years of anticipation and a fair bit of controversy, the live-action Ghost in the Shell film finally hit theaters this weekend. Some liked it and some hated it, but if the box office results are anything to go by, most just didn’t bother in …Read more »
As I’m writing this, we are mere months away from the premiere of the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell . But before we get to the, ahem, Johansson-ization of Ghost in the Shell , let’s take a look at the anime and …Read more »
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