Filed under: MISC | Tags: Animation, DreamWorks, Ghost in the Shell, James Cameron, Mamoru Oshii, Matrix, Steven Spielberg, Wachowski Brothers
It’s nice to have Stephen Spielberg in your corner. DreamWorks won the battle for the rights to adapt the famed Japanese cyberpunk manga Ghost in the Shell into a 3-D live action thriller after Spielberg took a personal interest in the project, reports Variety. DreamWorks beat out Sony and Universal, who were also chasing the property. “Ghost” is best known to American audiences by the anime adaptations directed by Mamoru Oshii. It also inspired the Wachowski Brothers to create The Matrix trilogy. (Cynopsis 4/16)
I watched this movie over 8 years ago and it shook me to my core. . .unnerving and beautiful simultaneously. It will be interesting to see what they do with it but it’s definitely not an easy work to transition for American audiences.
Ghost in the Shell Movie Opening
Six Flags plans to become an entertainment company with its own characters to entice thrill-seekers to its theme parks much like Disney, says CEO Mark Shapiro, a former ESPN exec who took the helm of the company in 2005. (Iwantmedia 4/16, http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080415/six_flags.html 4/15)
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