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INTEREST: Producer: Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell 3 Idea Can't Be Made Til 2nd Film Breaks Even




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Nionel



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:41 am Reply with quote
Sounds like an easy way to drum up sales.

"You want to see Ghost in the Shell 3? Go buy the second one!"

It's sad when business gets in the way of art, but I understand that Production IG can't operate at a loss, so this is just how it has to be.
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Rajiy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:51 am Reply with quote
Make it, or don't make it, most people won't really care either way.

Years passed, and the world kinda moved on both from GitS, and Oshii.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:44 am Reply with quote
If is hasn't broken even in two decades, what makes him think it's gonna happen now?
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animaters



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:07 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
If is hasn't broken even in two decades, what makes him think it's gonna happen now?


there is no way they didn't make any profits from this after 2 decades with just a budget of 18 million dollar. like wtf?

did they mean the box office?
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Thespacemaster



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:53 am Reply with quote
No offense but this seems more like an underhanded tactic to get desperate fans to buy more copies of the movie or are planning a re-release and get them to pay to see it. Otherwise i have no idea how they plan to make it break even.

seriusly what the heck does he mean by that anyway? even if the 2nd movie has not broken even they had more sales from other merchandise/movie deals, tv shows and varius games they have released since.
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chronium



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:17 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
If is hasn't broken even in two decades, what makes him think it's gonna happen now?


Especially when I don't think they're even licensing it out to any streaming service.
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:23 am Reply with quote
I would like to see a Ghost in the Shell movie sequel, but nothing related to the Innocence GitS movie. I am probably in the minority on this, but didn't really care for the Innocence movie. I thought it was a departure from the original movie and the manga and it probably killed the future of other Ghost in the Shell anime movies.

I agree with many above that if the Innocence movie didn't make a profit, I don't see how it will now. So there is probably something else going on.

I would love to see more of Masamune Shirow's works be made into anime or revisited. Including Ghost in the Shell, but not Innocence.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:27 am Reply with quote
Has it occurred to anyone here that he might have been kidding? Like, that he was yanking Oshii's chain about how the movie wasn't profitable, and that this might not actually have any bearing on whether a GitS 3 gets made?

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Rajiy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:29 am Reply with quote
icomeanon6 wrote:
Has it occurred to anyone here that he might have been kidding? Like, that he was yanking Oshii's chain about how the movie wasn't profitable, and that this not actually have any bearing on whether a GitS 3 gets made?
It did, but I am pretty sure that he was at least half serious about it.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:45 am Reply with quote
animaters wrote:
v1cious wrote:
If is hasn't broken even in two decades, what makes him think it's gonna happen now?


there is no way they didn't make any profits from this after 2 decades with just a budget of 18 million dollar. like wtf?

did they mean the box office?


Just because the budget was that low doesn’t mean it recouped it’s budget.

The Ratchet & Clank movie cost around 20 million dollars to make and only made about 14 million dollars underperforming so badly it killed the Sly Cooper movie that was supposed to come out behind it.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:32 pm Reply with quote
Yeah it almost sounds like a cruel joke, I don't think it can possibly meet those figures now. But I guess he's serious if he says he also wants to see the movie made? It was Production IG that originally shot down Oshii's pitch video anyway, so I can't imagine the final result making them happy even if they went for it. Still, it's the movie I want to see most in the world, even if it's just me and Oshii who like it.

TarsTarkas wrote:
I am probably in the minority on this, but didn't really care for the Innocence movie. I thought it was a departure from the original movie and the manga

You are definitely not in the minority because everyone says this constantly.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:36 pm Reply with quote
They’ve got a new 4K edition, so people might be tempted to spring for that. That’s how it might turn a profit today instead of earlier.

When I saw the special promotional screening in Boston years ago, there were only two of us in the theater (I think the other may have been Mike Toole).
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