Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Film Streams 2 More Videos to Introduce Major

[Koby]

Paramount Pictures began streaming two more videos on Friday for the live-action Ghost in the Shell film. The first video features interviews with actresses Scarlett Johansson and Juliette Binoche and director Rupert Sanders about the role of the Major. The second video introduces the Major and links to a website where fans can make a custom image using the "I Am Major" logo and share the image on social media.

 

 

 

Dreamworks and Paramount are co-financing and co-producing the film. Paramount Pictures is the film's new distributor, after Dreamworks ended its distribution deal with Walt Disney Pictures. The film is slated for release on March 31. Principal photography began in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2016.

 

The film's Japanese title is "Ghost in the Shell" in the phonetic katakana alphabet, instead of the "Kōkaku Kidōtai" title in kanji (攻殻機動隊) that is the Japanese title of the other works in the franchise in Japan. The film will open in Japan on April 7. The film's Japanese dub will feature Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, and Kouichi Yamadera reprising their roles as the Major, Batou, and Togusa, respectively.

 

Scarlett Johansson stars in the film as the Major, and Pilou Asbæk (Lucy) plays Batou. Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire) plays the Laughing Man. Director, comedian, and actor Beat Takeshi (also known as Takeshi Kitano) plays the Public Security Section 9 founder and chief Daisuke Aramaki.

 

French actress Juliette Binoche (2014's Godzilla, The English Patient, Chocolat) plays Dr. Ouelet, and Kaori Momoi (Sukiyaki Western Django, Memoirs of a Geisha, Helter Skelter) and Rila Fukushima (The Wolverine) also have roles in the film. The actors for the other Section 9 task force members are as follows: Lasarus Ratuere (Terra Nova) as Ishikawa, Tawanda Manyimo (The Rover) as Borma, Yutaka Izumihara (Unbroken) as Saito, Danusia Samal (Tyrant) as Ladriya, and Chin Han (Independence Day: Resurgence) as Togusa.

 

Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) is directing the film. Jonathan Herman (Straight Outta Compton) reworked the earlier drafts of the script written by William Wheeler (Hoax, The Reluctant Fundamentalist) and Jamie Moss (Street Kings). Weta Workshop and its co-founder Richard Taylor are working on the film.

 

Additional staff members include cinematographer Jess Hall (The Spectacular Now), editor Neil Smith (Snow White and the Huntsman), production designer Jan Roelfs (Fast & Furious 6), and costume designers Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay).

[Grundy]

Pumped about this . If the movie do well ( and I think it will ) , hopefully it will be the start of big budget anime/manga movies . I would love a proper adaptation of Akira ( I read that since the early 2000's Warner Bros acquired the rights to create a live adaptation , and 15-17 years later still nothing ...)

[blackblades]

20 hours ago, Grundy said:

Pumped about this . If the movie do well ( and I think it will ) , hopefully it will be the start of big budget anime/manga movies . I would love a proper adaptation of Akira ( I read that since the early 2000's Warner Bros acquired the rights to create a live adaptation , and 15-17 years later still nothing ...)

Not getting my hopes up.

[allan1973]

On 3/14/2017 at 8:51 AM, Grundy said:

I would love a proper adaptation of Akira

 

That would be Awe-(wait for it...)-some

[Dab is a Cunt]

The golden age arc in berserk would be nuts in live action. The question is who's big enough to be 18 year old guts?

[Tsukiyomi]

Here's an extended clip from the beginning of the movie.

 

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Hasn't changed my mind...

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...still planning to watch.