Hollywood Grabs Ninja Scroll & Full Metal Panic
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2009 03:15 JST
- Tags: Full Metal Panic!, Hollywood, Live Action, Ninja Scroll, Warner Brothers
Two major anime titles, Ninja Scroll and Full Metal Panic, are set for live action adaptations and are nearing pre-production.
Ninja Scroll is to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio (and Warner Brothers) headed company Appian Ways, whilst Mandalay Pictures has acquired the rights to Full Metal Panic.
Reports suggest DiCaprio is considering casting famous male group SMAP as the leads in the live action Ninja Scroll. He is said to be intent to “cast with Japanese people” in the adaptation, which he acquired the rights to last year.
Appian Ways also holds the rights for another legendary anime movie, Akira, though no details on this were given.
DiCaprio, said to be a great fan of both movies, has stated that filming won’t start until everyone involved is satisfied with the script.
SMAP’s agency was not forthcoming in a recent statement to Nikkan Sports: “We have nothing to say yet, but if it does come true, we would certainly like to talk about it further.”
Additionally, news that Mandalay Pictures has successfully acquired the rights to a live action adaptation of the Full Metal Panic! series also surfaced.
In what could be the the news that makes or breaks the movie, actor Zac Efron is apparently set to play Japanese born (but Afghan raised) lead Sousuke Sagara.
It is not clear whether the character will be changed to fit the casting of a non-Japanese actor, but this seems far from improbable
Possibly the success of Dragonball Evolution has whetted the appetites of Hollywood studios for more fresh IP; being able to take huge liberties with the original works whilst packing the cast with Hollywood stars likely also helps…
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Please tell me this won't happen.
As long as they're able to keep the goodness of anime characters and the story, IF they can.
Ugh, this is just so fucking wrong on so many levels. Are they tring to piss me off? How dare they try to ruin FMP like this! And Zac Effron...ohh, that little bitch...I hated that kid enough as it was. FMP is one of my all time faves, and this is just unforgiveable!
ninja scroll is just awesome,
i am excited, just hope they make it rated r like the anime.
There is some hope. There was reported sightings of Zac in Akihabara and I think he reads Death Note.
There is a chance it might not be so bad. It all depends on Zac's though.
If...
1) Zac's level of knowledge goes beyond Naruto and other stuff like that
2) Zac has enough influence over the production
then there's a chance...
That's probably not true but rather based on all the jokes of Zac Effron look like Light.
OH FUCK YOU HOLYWOOD FUCK YOU WHY ZAC EFRON HE IS SUCH A WUSS -.-
DO NOT WANT!
Someone please tell me why, in the midst of all this "Hollywood grabbing anime", with Fox killing Dragon Ball like they tried to kill the X-Men, Keanu grabbing Bebop (in what, scary enough, seems to have the highest upside), DiCraprio grabbing Ninja Scroll (and don't forget Akira), Zac Efron starring in FMP! (they will have to change all the names, since there's no way it's going to be set in a Japanese high school), and Cameron still taking his time getting around to Battle Angel Alita, that the single most logical, single most made-in-heaven, single most oh-my-God-that-would-own-all Hollywood + anime match remains unexplored?
Tarantino + Black Lagoon
Tell me that wouldn't kick every kind of ass... And as big of a Hong Kong action otaku as Tarantino is, you wouldn't have to worry about the cast being "whitewashed"... Well, except for Eda... Mmmm... Ali Larter in a nun's habit...
FUCKKKKKKKKKk , FUUCKKK YOU HOLLYWOOD, STOP SCREWING WITH THINGS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION. IF YOU WANT TO RELEASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AT LEAST DON'T ASSOCIATE IT WITH THE SOURCE MATERIAL BECUAUSE 99% CHANCE YOU WILL SCREW IT UP
You should send them an email advising them that, because they have different thoughts about "live action".
Another DB:E. *getting that torrent ready*
Oh great~ Now we have a military schoolboy dancing with cheerleaders and basketball players in the school basketball court instead of kicking terrorists' arses..
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Him again... Not that HS Musical guy...
I will personally bitch slap Efron if he turns Fmp into a musical.
I am so with you, but that isn't far enough. They are going to ruin FMP! Gag that bastard, beat him, put him in cement shoes and drown the S.O.B
so will i!
alright let's make a line. take your turns ppl...
[mow serving: China]
Furumeta has good potential.
Perhaps the moviemakers can consider sourcing Japanese acting talent for the roles?
"Japanese acting talent"
HAHAHAHAHA
you do realize that April fools was last week right?
so it is gonna be packaged as crappy teen movie just like DragonBall. He was always different but didnt know that he was different. Sagara Sousuke has survived wars but can he survive *record scratch* High School.
I am of those that think that the 2D should continue being 2D and never should cross to the other side where the dimension that is added is known as "FAIL"
Sean Connery is too Old guys. How about Adam Sandler as Sagara Sousuke?
He was middle-eastern & hilarious in Zohan! He's the best American for the job!
Take ur pick
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DiCaprio has a higher chance of impressing us. Fingers crossed.
hmm the ninja scroll sounds like it'll work out good.
on the other hand, fmp looks to be a disappointment if those rumours are said to be true.
It's funny to see all the haters even before any more details come out. Let's at least get a few more details before we pull out the cyanide tablets, eh?
But I definitely saw some posts with some thought behind them, especially when it comes to the humor value in FMP being Sosuke, the raised-by-wolves military fanboy, bringing heavy armaments to school. In Japan (where guns are prohibited), that's so ridiculous, it can be funny. In the US? Columbine + Va Tech means it won't be funny, period, even if they set the school in Japan.
So I don't know how they can complete Sosuke's character without that humor. Maybe they can substitute some other off-beat stuff in an American high school setting? Hopefully, they'll find a good tsundere archetype for Kaname. That was so much of her charm, IMHO.
Ninja Scroll can totally work. I've always liked Leo as an actor (esp in Romeo and Juliet), and I think he can do a pretty good job with a ninja/samurai flick set in a historical Japan.
Ciao!
There should be a law against hollywood sullying anime. Screw you hollywood, screw thou!
Zac Efron. What the fuck.
Western rape of anime at its finest when HSM fans go see a FMP for Zac Efron.
FMP I can dig because of the mecha.
wut?
sousuke become like that?????
wtf...
let see what disaster next
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Anything with Kimura Takuya is always worth watching... but Hollywood adaptation with Kimura Takuya? Cannot compute.
In another news, FUCK NO to the FMP adaptation. Haven't they done enough with Dragonball? :(
Don't want.
I wish they'd stop raping anime like this.
Zak Efron!!!!
No No No No FUCK noOOOOOOOOO
NOT FMP, dont fucking let him go near it
Now where is that F***ron assassination I've been hoping for?
Zac Efron
No.
Zac Efron fuck no.
ummm, I'm gonna have to go with FAIL! I think its gonna just end up like dragonball...EPIC FAIL!
what the? a Hollywood FMP w/ that gay HSM Zac Efron as Sousuke?? they are totally gonna ruin this it would be much better if they put Mr.T disguised as Bonta-kun instead
Oh god no not zack lol i hate the guys guts enough as it is but to trample onto an anime i like is going a step too far.
Zac Efron must DIE.
Who said Dragonball Evolution was a success, yea it was a success to people who doesn't watch dragonball before, but for those who does, it's TOTAL FAILURE.
I would have to disagree for an artist from Hollywood to star in FMP, at least an Asian looking american is fine,but no not whites, it just doesn't match -_-
Hollywood should keep their hands out of the anime
I'm still in a state of shock that they are mentioning "DBE" and "success" in the same sentence. That makes NO sense WHATSOEVER. I bootlegged the movie and the screwed it up in the first 10 minutes. I refuse to admit it was even slightly good. If this is the path for good series, I don't know what I'm going to do.
they are going to ruin full metal panic!! ninja scroll is somehow acceptable since they put in japanese cast. western cast is just unacceptable especially for asian like sousuke sagara
Tom Cruise as Sagara Sousuke? I bet Scientology will be involved...
Man, this is almost as bad as the Code Geass live-action film starring Shia LaBeouf as Lelouch and a green-haired Megan Fox as C2.
Goddamit Hollywood! Leave our anime alone!
Hollywood must stop making movies from anime.
Just take a look at the Dragon-Ball z they tried to make. FAIL
this is fucking bullshit!!! fucking holywood!!!!
FMP live action by Hollywood will work 'IF' they're using an all new character (from another branch of Mithril maybe, NA Mithril?).
Jindai High School Musical?
Instead of Wildcats, Bouta-kuns...
this will totally bomb and suck the balls of a dead man.
Sean Connery playing Captain Sergei Kalinin!!?? i highly doubt this will ever happen,i mean he had a lot of offers in the last few years and he did not accept any so i doubt he will play a role in a movie like this,he retired for good,still as a FMP fan i do look forward to this movie even though i should not have any high hopes for it,maybe only if i will see that it ill at least have a decent director.
oh man i hope they do fuck up FMP like what happened to Dragon ball
it'll be screwed up even without u hoping
Sean Connery as Sergei is fucking perfect. Oh wow.
sean connery as kalinin=hell yes
zac efron as sousuke=dont know if want.
leaning towards no for him. just can't see him doing a good job. at least full metal panic would be a doable movie as a opposed to dragonball, which was already ridiculous to begin with. hopefully hollywood doesn't decide to kill anymore anime franchises with bad movies(longshot i know).
Hollywood strikes again.
Yay
now i can see more shit-movies made by
american's-fucking-directors-who-don't-even-know-the-proprer-anime-itself-and-criate-a-random-shit-movie-with-poor-desgin-and-history.
For real, just because an animation is well aclaimmed this is not excuse to make whatever they want just bescause they think that will sell.
2nd!
Those fricking bullers messing up good anime with this shitty little white backstreet boys wanna be. That shitty little snot must have never even seen fmp much less heard about it he'll put no soul into the character and whose gonna play my beautiful Chidori chan or Tessa some old whore bag I bet, mother cunts.
Don't worry. In 10 years they might start making proper adaptations.
How good is your memory?
Fuck everyone else, this could work. They even are trying to get Japanese actors to pander to weeaboo's, this is a step in the right direction.
Still waiting for my live action Tsukihime, oh it will come, and Hollywood will then truly fuck up a story that would work fine Americanized. Yes, they will somehow fuck up a vampire story.
YOU'RE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD
Imagine Twilight. Only worse.
That is exactly what I imagine, they will totally omit Nero and Roa, and instead make it a pure romance drama.
And then the streets will run red with the blood of those involved, cut into seventeen pieces.
Just wait till they lay their hands on Ga-Rei Zero or Shakugan no Shana.
Then it will rain fire.
Wait. How about this? Wait till they lay their hands on Tsubasa or Code Geass!
Ah, here's a good one! Redoing Magical Index in the style of the Harry Potter movies. Totally.
DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS
Geass would be amazing,if made as a b-movie
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lucky star
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SUZUMIYA HARUHI!!
TAKE YOUR FUCKING PICK HOLLY-FUCKS
to be honest, I'm surprised they didnt do Pokemon...yet
Bwahaha. But I'd want stuffed animals for Pokemon, not CG :D
I... I really don't mind Zac as Sousuke. I mean there's no way in hell they'd cast an Asian, much less as a Middle Eastern, so it's the best we could hope for.
You'd rather have Raw Eggs than it cooked?
Kindly look At Mandalay Pictures impressive resume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_Pictures
Pleased?
i guess ur one of those douchebags who didn't mind justin chatgay as goku either? and the BEST we could hope for? jesus..he doesn't and can NEVER look battle hardened. he looks gay..sousuke does not. if there's no way in hell they'll cast an asian for an ASIAN role..here's an idea.. DON'T DO A LIVE ACTION MOVIE ASSHOLES!!!!
fuck
im only interested in who is playing mao
I have nothing much to add here.
FMP! is going to be a complete fail, while Ninja Scroll might succeed if what they say is true.....
To be honest, FMP LA news worries me. The reason the anime works because it is set in Japan where certain culture trope works. How Hollywood gonna make convincing adaptation in USA for FMP LA?
Ninja Scroll LA is more exciting for me though.
btw, what happened to DBE? is it a box-office bomb? I hope they'll reconsider getting this anime adapted if the sales of DBE are not that high....
if not, they truly are cash cows suckers...
Ninja Scroll could work if they take a serious tone with it.
Kill Bill + The Last Samurai = Ninja Scroll
Did you just state that The Last Samurai has had a serious tone?? When I watched The Last Samurai it pretty much felt like a twisted parody of Mibu Gishi Den (aka When The Last Sword is Drawn). Seriously, better off watching that movie instead, it comes with a great soundtrack (Hisaishi!) and without Ninjas and Scientology. And here's the connection to the topic: A Ninja Scroll movie is bound to fail. Hollywood can't produce Japanese movies, no matter how much Japanese actors they hire. It will always feel like a wicked parody, at best. I can forgive them for ruining Godzilla, but heck, they couldn't even turn total fantasy stuff like Transformers or Dragonball into a proper movie! If these are already 'too Japanese' for them to handle, how can they even think of attempting to make Historical Samurai-Epics or Ninja-Fiction (remember all those American Ninja movies from the 80s?)?? It's like those 'Chinese weeks' at fast food restaurants in the US. Most people prefer the fake over the original when their only motivation is searching for some exotic tastes to temporarily spice up their boring life...
And Full Metal Panic won't work either. They will be unable to emulate the original's comedy elements, unless they get someone like Shouji Gatou to write the script (but even then, the actors will probably fail at execution). Also, what about the fanservice? Anyone remembers the Weta Workshop's teaser pic for the Evangelion Live Action? American, thirty-something, slutty and desperate housewives in plug suits: DO NOT WANT!!!
Lol...preach on dude!
Stop Dreaming mate. lol
though, i'd love to see a mix out of both.
there is already a forum post for FMP LA here..wanna bash or glorify Zac Efron? Go here: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=594
Yes, for my thoughts on FMP, check there.
But I think Ninja Scroll has a chance by a Hollywood studio. It's been around for a while and has a close following and interest. A cult status if you will.
These are the exact reasons why think an FMP adaptation will not work, in addition to it being such a new title, fans of the anime are small but growing. Give it some time, decades even, like Astro Boy!
"actor Zac Effron is apparently set to play Japanese born (but Afghan raised) lead Sousuke Sagara."
errrm...would anyone find it weird if a non-Japanese playing a (supposingly) Japanese character? But then again we had American (?) played as the main character of Guyver live actions...so I'm guess they are just gonna take the concept,westernize, and not gonna keep the background as Japan then?
Dear god, don't make me remember Peter Ustinov as Charlie Chan. They even glue-fixed his eyes to make him look Asian...
Have you seen Hollywood have any qualms about putting white people in places they don't belong before? It's not going to change here either.
AFAIK, Sousuke is not a Japanese either. Just like Setsuna F. Seiei, middle-east person with Japanese name supposedly use as codename
Nope, Sousuke is Japanese, he was found by Kalinin in a plane wreckage with supposed Japanese parents, his name comes from one of the only belongings Kalinin was able to salvage from the crash.
Zac Effron as Sousuke Sagara? No. Dead God, please no.
Dead god, living god, and the whole plethora. Just no.
Rather have another season of the FMP! anime.
amen
so with you. bring fmp season 3 out
No actually this is VERY GOOD Publicity if the Movie doesnt flop 9which I hope it doesn't)
Because more people will see FMP and will insight people to watch the original animated series or at the very least want to read up on it! Although i disagree with Zach Efawhatshisname to be Sousuke !!!
SO YEAH!!!!!!! Season THREE!!!!!!!!!
Keep dreaming