Masamune Shirow’s legendary cyberpunk franchise Ghost in the Shell has had its Hollywood adaptation in the works for some time now, with the latest news being that Dreamworks has assigned Laeta Kalogridis as lead writer.
Seasoned writer Kalogridis is taking over from Jamie Moss, who was originally set to adapt the popular Japanese franchise to a more western market.
She has written scripts for a number of Hollywood films, and is also involved with the Hollywood adaptation of Battle Angel Alita, apparently with few disasters to her credit (although she did help write a Tomb Raider movie).
Also involved in this project are Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment. Avi Arad, formerly of Marvel, has been involved with many of Marvel’s TV and movie adaptations, including such titles as Spider Man and The Hulk.
Dreamworks has planned this adaptation as a “Live Action 3D”, presumably implying a heavy CG component, just as with the anime and even manga versions.
Fans will undoubtedly be watching with bated breath to see how Hollywood handles this major franchise and whether another embarrassingly successful rape ensues.
With such titles as Ghost in the Shell and Battle Angel Alita in the works (and less promisingly, Akira), it seems Hollywood may now be doing more to further the fortunes of anime as an art form than the industry itself, which appears lately to have devolved into obsessively cannibalising an increasingly sterile set of schoolgirl themed titles for the sake of a narrow niche market… Even Hollywood has a long way to sink before it reaches the depths of the moe boom.
Via Variety
It better have a lot of ‘pauses’ and naked robots, or it’s gonna fail.
What better way to destroy a perfectly good title than to make a fucking Hollywood adaptation.
f♥♥k Hollywood.
GHOST IN THE SHELL ROCKS!!! so I’m definitely keeping my eye out for this. I hope it won’t be a disappointment like the other Hollywood adaptation/remake. although with its track record, not so hopeful.
btw, I heard that instead of setting in Japan, it’ll set in Hong Kong, but will the story still be about Japan’s National Publice Safety Commission, Section 9? Cuz it would be a real bitch if it’s not even be about them and instead creating some other counterpart.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
They’re gonna r♥♥e this anime!! x3
Why…..damnit why must they r♥♥e anime……did they not learn their lesson with that abomniation that was DragonBall…..