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BlackRose321
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Futon Critic has reported that the live action version of Witch Hunter Robin has been dropped from development. I wonder though, where did this information come from? I haven't seen it on here (Sorry if I missed it) and I can never find anything on Sci Fi...
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4537 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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It was one of a slew of live-action adaptations of anime which were announced by American studios around 2002 to 2004 (or announced by a distributor in search of a studio) that never actually got out of the very early stages of preproduction.
It's almost a running joke: when an American studio (or, in this case TV channel) announces that they've optioned the rights to produce a live-action version of an anime, it's a guarantee that it will never be made. In this specific case, I think the announcement was made about January 2004 that it would be on television for the fall season, but then... bupkis. |
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BlackRose321
Posts: 79 Location: In my head... |
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But where did the announcement come from? I can never find anything on it and as far as I can tell, Futon Critic doesn't get info like this first. I just wanted an article or announcement...something...
Why do so many get announced but dropped? |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4537 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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See here and here.
I think, at least in the cases of live action productions which would obviously require mega-budgets for special effects to even approximate the animated versions, like Fox's Dragonball Z and Warner Bros's Akira, while the studios were enthusiastic when they "optioned" the properties, when the guys in suits in the studios see the projected budgets for these projects, they very quickly chill on actually getting these projects developed any further, as the properties are considered too "niche" to give nine-digit budgets to. |
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Keonyn
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Majority of shows and movies that are announced and/or conceptualized never see the light of day. It's just most go by unnoticed becuase they're not based on anything we're familiar with or are new concepts. But in the case of a show based on something that fans of another genre are familiar with then it does get noticed both when it's announced and when it falls.
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Vash_the_Stamp3d3
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Well heres another one that is the works that wouldnt need a big budget, The Prince of Tennis Live movie. Heres the article here.
Wouldnt it be great if anime is made into live action movie. Since they are actually doing a live action Transformers I can imagine them doing any show like Gundam, Evangelion, sure its big budget but it would be nice. |
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dj rub
 Posts: 24 Location: Fayetteville, NC |
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I hear lots of stories about anime making it to the big screen in Live Action form.
Whatever happened to the Evangelion and Dragonball movies that I was so sure were going to happen? I saw actually advertisements for the DBZ movie on the official website saying that it was in production. Is this still going on? |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4537 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Evangelion: It's a project in search of a studio, since there's no way ADV and Gainax could afford to fund this by themselves, unless they dump WETA and use cheap actors in rubber suits. (Which I personally would pay to watch.) ADV keeps on hinting that the ball will start rolling and the studios will show interest once the director is announced, but they've been saying that they're in discussions with a director since last fall, and still haven't announced anything. Not saying it can't happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Dragonball Z: The last official announcement was early *last* summer that professional scribe Ben Ramsey would write the screenplay, which probably would have been completed by the end of last year. Considering that we've heard nothing official in well over a year now for a project that was originally touted as being on the "fast-track" to production only indicates just how much Fox has cooled on actually getting this thing produced. |
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DarkTenshi90
 Posts: 440 Location: Nebraska |
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Yeah, here's a website for the Evangelion movie coming out I found. It has some interesting news and what not ^^ http://eva.trivialbeing.net/ But, about the DragonBall Z movie, I really really couldn't see that as a film anyway. Not only it would be weird, it would look very unrealistic considering the fact that DBZ has a lot of things that regular actors couldn't produce and crappy computer technology would probably be used since making anime movies aren't as big as making superhero movies. It sucks, but more Americans know about superheros rather than anime, so it's expected. Besides, usually they make live-action anime movies in Japan. I haven't seen Japan make Spiderman or Superman. People like making things that the audience knows enough about to fork some cash over to see. If it was anime, people would look at it oddly, especially if it was DBZ, and yeah. |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4537 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Yes, that's where I get most of my news from, but the news has been more or less the same for the past year and a half, with nothing substantial about how ADV's plans could possibly ever become more than a pipedream too expensive to realize. |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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That really sucks about the Witch Hunter Robin live action. I really wanted to see it although it's not really a surprise as there's been nothing as far as news goes on it.
As for the EVA and DBZ live action no offense, but it's probabally for the best if they die out. I just don't see how they could ever be good and would only really apeal to fans of the respective anime versions like myself. Whiich more than likely equals a DTV release, which almost always means low profit and the film doesn't make even enough to break even with the cost of production. |
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Lupin_333
 Posts: 136 Location: Houston, TX |
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There was a live action Gundam movie that came out a few years ago. It was called G-Saviour and it used CG for the mecha sequences. I haven't gotten to see it yet, but they've had it at my local Suncoast for a long time now.
As for the EVA and DBZ movies... I was excited to hear that Weta Workshop was working on the EVA movie, but when I heard about all the changes they were making I felt ripped off. DBZ I could care less about, I think it would be cool if they did a CG animated version (think Advent Children), but I seriously doubt that it could be done until CG gets to a point where you can't tell CG from live-action. |
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Kruszer
Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I've read nothing but terrible reviews on this film and the general consensus from people I've talked to is that it blows, so I've been avoiding it like the plauge. I'd advise only getting it if you can find it really cheap somewhere. |
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Bruce Lee
 Posts: 715 Location: Seattle, Washington |
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Why? You didn't pay anything for it. |
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Teggy
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I don't think the world is ready for live US versions of anime. I mean, have you seen the Aeon Flux trailer? That's an american animation and the film still looks lame and doesn't remind me the slightest of the series.
I think it's going to take at least 5 more years when otakus like me are a little better established in the entertainment industry. It takes a certain amount of love and care to recreate the series while still preserving the original atmosphere and characters, and Hollywood doesn't seem quite ready for it. They're still just looking at the potential $$$ instead of creating quality films. |
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