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NEWS: Indomina to Produce Live-Action Afro Samurai Film




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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:17 am Reply with quote
Now who will they get to play the part. I could see Samuel doing it. Unless they have someone else in mind.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:24 am Reply with quote
Well if Quentin Tarantino dose this movie then it mite be good
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:39 am Reply with quote
Whaaaaaa-- oh wait, Samuel L. Jackson is producing, this is going to be awesome.
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LagannImpact



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:18 pm Reply with quote
Other than the manga, Afro Samurai is one property that was produced almost entirely for Western audiences. No Japanese audio version of the show exists. So it would seem to me a Samuel L. Jackson-produced live action version of the franchise would make sense. Hopefully it will be good and not epic fail like some of the more recent anime-to-Hollywood adaptations (Dragonball: Evolution or Speed Racer, anyone??)
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Primus



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:50 pm Reply with quote
LagannImpact wrote:
Other than the manga, Afro Samurai is one property that was produced almost entirely for Western audiences. No Japanese audio version of the show exists. So it would seem to me a Samuel L. Jackson-produced live action version of the franchise would make sense. Hopefully it will be good and not epic fail like some of the more recent anime-to-Hollywood adaptations (Dragonball: Evolution or Speed Racer, anyone??)


This movie is going to bomb harder than a wrestler's attempt at serious acting. Nothing is going to change that. Have you even heard of this studio? I know I haven't.
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:03 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
Now who will they get to play the part. I could see Samuel doing it. Unless they have someone else in mind.

He said previously that he wouldn't be, that they needed someone younger for the role.
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:10 pm Reply with quote
So long as they axe that Ninja Ninja character, then I approve of this. God, what an insipid worthless character.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:14 pm Reply with quote
Primus:
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Have you even heard of this studio? I know I haven't.


They're picking up a lot of live-action foreign action titles, lately, so I think they know their stuff.
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MrTerrorist



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:32 am Reply with quote
Anything by Samuel L. (Mother-bleep-) Jackson is gold.
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LagannImpact



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:11 pm Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:
So long as they axe that Ninja Ninja character, then I approve of this. God, what an insipid worthless character.


I disagree. Every movie needs comic relief, and though Samuel L. Jackson needs a younger actor for the lead role, he would kick ass (just as he did in the anime) in the role of Ninja Ninja.

But anyone ELSE playing that character would be epic fail indeed!
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:49 pm Reply with quote
LagannImpact wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
So long as they axe that Ninja Ninja character, then I approve of this. God, what an insipid worthless character.


I disagree. Every movie needs comic relief,


Not necessarily from a periphery character though, like some fans didn't like Mr. Satan/Hercule or videogame fairies or Kon to sell merchandise from Bleach. But if S.L.J. does play the character, he may yet rescue the part.
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AlvinTheLanche



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:48 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
Now who will they get to play the part. I could see Samuel doing it. Unless they have someone else in mind.


well, samuel doint it good so i thing he will be the one who play it.




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