Even as anime gets more popular, otaku sometimes still have to deal with people’s inaccurate perceptions on the medium. Producer and executive Marisa Balkus, whose background includes working at Crunchyroll and Netflix, gives a long talk about her career and the anime industry, and part …Read more »
Variety’s article on “10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2023″ included a reveal on a new screenwriter attached to Hollywood’s live-action Naruto movie: Tasha Huo. “Adapting iconic characters or IP makes the writing of it easier, because the passion for writing it is already there,” she …Read more »
The Hollywood live-action remake of Your Name has a new director, and His Name is Carlos López Estrada. That’s the word from Variety, which reports that López Estrada is also writing the latest edition of the script. Several writers and directors have been attached to …Read more »
My oh my. My Hero Academia will be getting a live-action adaptation, it was announced today. The adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit manga will be produced by Legendary, the folks behind the Hollywood version of Godzilla and Detective Pikachu. Producers Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter …Read more »
Bust out those dance pads, folks. Believe it or not, a feature film based on video game Dance Dance Revolution is in development. The film, being produced at production label Stampede is about “a world on the brink of destruction where the only hope is …Read more »
Westworld’s James Marsden is about to head somewhere even stranger. The actor has signed on to star in the live-action/animation hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog film, Variety reports. Sonic will be directed by Jeff Fowler, an animator who will make his feature directorial debut with the …Read more »
With the news the Super Mario Bros. would be heading to the big screen, we forgot for a moment that Mario’s speedy blue rival has a head start. The Hollywood take on Sonic the Hedgehog, announced back in 2014, will be released November 15, 2019, …Read more »
Move over, Akira—an Hollywood adaptation of a far more obscure (though no less 80s) Japanese property is on the way. Producers Roy Lee (It) and Scott Bernstein have teamed up to bring Kow Yokoyama’s mecha series Ma.K to the big screen. Even if you’ve never …Read more »
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