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Rupert Sanders’s GHOST IN THE SHELL Movie Teases Kusanagi, Self-Discovery And Aramaki At Point Blank Range

Alas, the first footage has finally arrived to promote the Paramount/Dreamworks release of the new sci-fi cyberpunk fantasy, Ghost In The Shell which opens in theaters on March 2017. And so with it, if you’ve been tuning in, returns the elephant in the room – the unnerving contention surrounding the casting with respect to its roots as a Japanese anime, and the ensuing topic of whitewashing Asian characters as per the usual practice of Hollywood. Is it okay? Of course not. That said, if director Rupert Sanders can still manage to fuse a story together for its first-time iteration for the big screen, it’ll be a win, even if it doesn’t fly in the faces of those in protest since there’s still a point to be made. Undoubtedly, lead actress Scarlett Johnansson, front and center as Major Motoko Kusanagi, is usually terrific at what she does on screen, and at […]

Sam Riley Joins Rupert Sanders's Manga/Anime Adap, GHOST IN THE SHELL

Lee B. Golden III

It’s no easy thing to deal with a Hollywood adaptation of a beloved Japanese animated property and such a case includes the latest developments surrounding Snow White & The Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders’s latest, Ghost In The Shell. The brouhaha hasn’t really settled since actress Scarlett Johansson was cast for the lead role which happens to be Japanese with an associated name based on the classic anime, and with filming set for New Zealand, further casting announcements are being made that stray farther from the Japan setting in the preceding manga and anime. Thus, with Johansson and actor Pilou Asbæk joining in the role of “Borgen”, Variety confirms that actor Sam Riley has been cast to play the main villain. Dreamworks and Paramount are backing and producing the film for its release in March of 2017 with a script by Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman. Production starts sometime between January […]