Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has been chosen to star in the long mooted live-action Ghost in the Shell film being produced by Dreamworks, proving to be quite the shock for fans of the classic series.
Back in 2008, Dreamworks had obtained the license to make a live-action movie for the classic future-based drama, though very little news has been revealed about the movie since then, saving her involvement – unlikely to bode well for the fateful film.
The movie has been stated to still be in the pre-production stages, though Scarlett Johansson’s involvement may indicate the production phase is nearing – knowing Hollywood’s record for poor anime-to-movie adaptations however, chances of the film being an absolute atrocity is a high possibility.
As much as I’m against her starring in this, that is an incredibly pretty picture of her.
Considering her role in all those Marvel movies and that one ripoff of Limitless, I’d at least say that this is a good casting choice.
THey shouldnt even try to make this.
It’s going to suck because they couldn’t even be bothered to find an Asian to play Mokoto.
Or is was a marketing decision:
Americans will never go see a movie with a Japanese/ japanese-american female lead.
Either way its already a complete cluster-f♥♥k: just look at the quality of the live action Kite.
Why is Hollywood insisting on screwing with the classics? They can’t even get the adaptions of their own books and tv shows right.