Scarlett Johansson and Ghost in the Shell live action movie

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http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7494305/scarlett-johansson-ghost-in-the-shell-movie

According to the above link Scarlett Johansson has sign on to a live action version of a Ghost in the Shell movie.

Scarlett Johansson, who demonstrated that women make awesome, bankable action stars with last year's Lucy, has signed up for DreamWorks' adaptation of the anime Ghost in the Shell, according to Variety. Rupert Sanders, best known for Snow White and the Huntsman, will direct a script by Bill Wheeler.

The 1995 animated film Ghost in the Shell is itself an adaptation of the manga of the same name. Directed by Mamoru Oshii, the film follows Motoko Kusanaigi and her security agency squad members on their search for a malicious hacker named the Puppet Master. That's really just the introduction, as the film blooms into a masterpiece about technology, sex, and paranoia.

"DreamWorks principal Steven Spielberg is a huge fan of the original," says the report on Variety, "and has long wanted to get this film off the ground." Hollywood has a pathetic history of making action films with female leads, but it's also known to emulate recent successes. With Johansson's financial and creative hits Lucy and Under the Skin receiving acclaim — not to mention her role in Marvel blockbusters like The Avengers and Captain America: Winter Soldier — her talent and celebrity could be what's necessary to finally get the film made.

On the minus side Hollywood hasn't very reliably adapted anime to live action at all.

On the plus side the involvement of Steven Spielberg who is reportedly a fan of the anime and an actor as good as Scarlett Johansson is indicative of an effort to actually make a quality film.

I wonder who would play Batou... Tom Hardy was a name that came to mind, but there are probably others who can play the role.

What are your opinions about the likely outcome of this project and what other actors would you like to see in prominent roles?


Perhaps Benedict Cumberbatch as or Hugo Weaving as the voice of the AI they are tracking?

In any case it is certainly going to take a couple of years to make it to the screen if all goes well even if they get going on production asap.


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[SSSnail]

Will she be in really tight spandex? If so then yes!

 

[Puppies04]

Will she be in really tight spandex? If so then yes!

 

[mikeymikec]

That film is gonna suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Spielberg? Spielberg?!? Is there going to be a CGI whatever-the-fuck-it-was at the start as well?

Why not sign up Michael Bay and really fuck it up.

Perhaps they'll follow it up with that live action Akira remake they've been threatening us with.

That's really just the introduction, as the film blooms into a masterpiece about technology, sex, and paranoia.

Did they watch the same film I did? WTF?

 

[Drako]

Meh, we will always have the original.

 

[blankslate]

Did they watch the same film I did? WTF?

the author might be conflating the manga and the movie. In any case sex as it existed was a very faint undercurrent compared to the other two...

As for her outfit it'll probably be a version of the least revealing ones from all the anime series and movies.

Probably something like the black widow costume from the Avengers I think.


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[clamum]

As someone who likes sci-fi, I've of course heard of "Ghost in the Shell," but that's about it. Never read the manga or seen the animated movie but I'm looking forward to this movie. I like Spielberg and Johansson and the subject matter is my kinda thing.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Ugh.

I loved the original. But, the follow ups (sequel and series) just didn't do it for me.

I am none too excited about the live action movie.

 

[KeithTalent]

As someone who likes sci-fi, I've of course heard of "Ghost in the Shell," but that's about it. Never read the manga or seen the animated movie but I'm looking forward to this movie. I like Spielberg and Johansson and the subject matter is my kinda thing.

All of this.

KT

 

[Hugo Drax]

Her Cameltoe in 3d will get people into the theaters to watch this movie.

 

[Anubis]

not who I would have chosen for this movie

and im pretty sure itll suck

 

[shortylickens]

I like her, but she's the wrong actress for the role.

Same with Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux.
By the way, that movie sucked.

 

[Phokus]

Lucy was god awful

 

[Anubis]

I like her, but she's the wrong actress for the role.

Same with Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux.
By the way, that movie sucked.

oh god yes yes it did

 

[KeithTalent]

Lucy was awesome.

KT

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Lucy was awesome.

KT

Lucy was horrible.

Bad attempt at Limitless.

 

[KeithTalent]

Lucy was horrible.

Bad attempt at Limitless.

Limitless was terrible.

KT

 

[Anubis]

KT you have the backwards. limitless was actually plausible and decent. Lucy was shitty SciFi done poorly

 

[zinfamous]

That film is gonna suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Spielberg? Spielberg?!? Is there going to be a CGI whatever-the-fuck-it-was at the start as well?

Why not sign up Michael Bay and really fuck it up.

Perhaps they'll follow it up with that live action Akira remake they've been threatening us with.



Did they watch the same film I did? WTF?

Spielberg is mentioned because of Dreamworks. He will certainly have producer credits, but he is not writing or directing.

 

[zinfamous]

Lucy was awesome.

KT

Lucy was horrible.

Bad attempt at Limitless.

Limitless was terrible.

KT

KT you have the backwards. limitless was actually plausible and decent. Lucy was shitty SciFi done poorly

I never saw Limitless, but I thought Lucy was horrible.

 

[KeithTalent]

KT you have the backwards. limitless was actually plausible and decent. Lucy was shitty SciFi done poorly

Who cares about plausible? I wanted a fun, over the top, crazy-ass sci-fi action flick not a boring-ass movie about a guy buying fucking stocks. What a snooze.

Lucy was a bit much at the end, so it kind of lost me there, but it was far more entertaining than Limitless ever was.

KT

 

[JEDI]

I wonder if it's going to be the Laughing Man story line.

and what sex?

 

[Kadarin]

FWIW it looks like Lucy is due out tomorrow on iTunes.

 

[futurefields]

scarlett was hot a decade ago

 

[shortylickens]

scarlett was hot a decade ago

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