Forum - View topicNEWS: John Wick Anime Planned as Prequel Feature Film
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MFrontier
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Hope it can do the franchise justice.
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varmintx
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I do really love this franchise and happy that it exists, but a part of me still wishes that it was just that one, barebones, lean, mean action movie that only hinted at a much larger world instead of the actual much larger world that has been laid out in front of us.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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On the one hand I think a John Wick anime sounds neat but also I don't think every movie series has to be a never ending franchise especially when the series already has a conclusive ending.
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JustMonika
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This sounds amazing. I can't wait!
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WANNFH
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...but most likely they do, considering the 5th movie is in the works besides the anime and spinoff movies. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Gonna be hard to make a 5th movie work considering they had two different endings and chose one that would have to either lead to them retconning that in a nonsensical way. Or just doing another prequel. |
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Beatdigga
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I get why they're doing this, because John Wick is the only franchise Lionsgate has left that's in the green, but after The Continental was just "Eh", I don't feel good about it.
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GATSU
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Beat: That last Hunger Games made money.
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residentgrigo
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Lionsgate must be desperate to try out a seemingly cinematic R-rated animated film due to how risky the proposition of even a PG-13-rated animated film is. The Boy and the Heron made 47 million in the US, which could very well be an upper limit for such releases in America. A John Wick anime? Sure, let´s try it. The Continental tanked and Ballerina had to be handed to another director to be reshot. There is only room to grow and animating actors is much better than de-aging them with CGI.
Lionsgate still has Saw and a Twilight TV show to play with aside from another Hunger Games prequel. |
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jdnation
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Anime has been hot, so everyone from Disney to other Hollywood studios is trying to get in there.
We recently had Terminator. And some LOTR one is on the way, I think... but maybe that's not anime. Anyway, an episodic stylish John Wick anime could work... Somebody needs to fill in the vacuum left by Black Lagoon. But it has to be choreographed and animated to a high degree, over the top, yet grounded, with some awesome noir-ish adult visual direction. Otherwise, there's no point. Somebody get Takeshii Koike on the phone! His work on Lupin IIIrd is perfect. |
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