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Teriyaki Terrier
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To be honest, it's a relief that Zac Efron isn't involved in the movie, but Morgan Freeman is pretty cool, so it would be much easier for him to pull puff an anime role like Akira or something more than Zac.
And finally, the rumor that a old boy live action movie is proven to be one of hundreds internet rumors. Frankly, I bet the number of internet rumors much more than several hundred, but that is a entirely different story. |
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Scamp
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Shame. I was starting to warm up to the idea of Zac Efron being eaten by a giant mutant baby
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Maybe if it were a Hare and Guu parody or something along that nature, that might happen, but other wise I can't imagine that happening with a live action show like Old Boy or Akira. |
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vashfanatic
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Um.... duh? Zefron has become the go-to guy for rumors designed intentionally to freak out fans about adaptations.
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bunnyhopper
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it's the same for the rumoured "FMA adaptation", now dead.
Basically the idiots at Hollywood really want to get Zack FFFFFFFFron into an anime-adaptation movie, but everytime they pass around casting rumours to test the waters, they find that fans (the only people who would watch said movies) are overwhelmingly FFFFFron-haters. |
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Mushi-Man
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I'm glad that Efron has nothing to do with the Akira movie, that is a huge relief. But I still have my fingers crossed that Morgan Freeman is still going to be involved, I'm not sure if he would have been the best fit for Colenol but he could be thrown in their somewhere.
The Old Boy news is kind of a let down, Mark Protosevich wouldn't have been to bad of a fit. But maybe it's for the best, maybe a better fit would be someone like William Monahan (The Departed), sure his last couple of movies have been iffy but maybe he can get some of that old magic back. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Studio executives could not possibly care less about internet fan rage. This has been confirmed to me by several people who are working on or have worked on Hollywood adaptations. A few hundred nerds being mad about something does not have any impact on whether or not they greenlight a decision. |
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Scamp
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Yeah, a live action Hare Guu starring Zac Efron. He'd be perfect as the village chief |
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Sunday Silence
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And yet, didn't you say:
So, in a sense, Hollywood would benefited from a little nerd-rage once in a while, no? |
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GATSU
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Sunday: The Geek Factor only works when the studios respect what makes the source material so appealing in the first place. When they greenlight crap like Kick-Ass and hope it crosses over, though, all bets are off.
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Dagon123
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And Akira will be no different, what big studios don't realize is that they can't just say "Well were gonna try and appeal to a wider audience, thats the big picture, so we can change everything, even if it completely alienates the only people who give a crap about it" 2 words: Dragonball Evolution The next time someone says "DERP HERP we can make it work give it a chance" DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION At least if you're gonna do Akira, for the love of god at least try and make it like the movie at least, Everytime I see the article where they say "PG-13" AND "Akira" in the same sentence, I flash forward to when it comes out, I'm gonna see the halfway mark, and just leave the theater, knowing good and well, if Japan hasn't done it yet, Hollywood isn't even in the same ballpark to try |
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Charred Knight
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except for the fact that Otaku nerd rage about everything. They don't want outsiders to touch their favorite series.
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luisedgarf
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Except those fan are going to be the one who are going to watch their movies and losing money in the process. Seriously, does American movie studios really LOVES to waste money SO MUCH? Does the whole deal with MGM's bankruptcy doesn't make them think twice about wasting money, resources and time in STUPID projects? |
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vashfanatic
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I dunno. For every angry rant against the idea of adapting a show, I hear someone else begging for a live action Black Lagoon or what have you. But you are correct: fans will generally find something to complain about in any adaptation, present company included. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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"And yet"? Why are you trying to frame this like I'm somehow contradicting myself? They don't care. Zac Efron's box office reliability means far more to them than some nerds bitching. That hasn't changed. |
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