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Christopher Yost To Script Chinese-American Production Of 'The Monkey King' For Global Audiences

It’s a great time for screenwriter Christopher Yost. He’s been gaining notoriety for his body on work on numerous Marvel projects, including Thor: The Dark World in 2013, and all ahead of the upcoming threequel, Thor: Ragnarock and Stewart Hendler’s Max Steel. Suffice it to say, Friday was a big day for Yost as news became public on his latest cinematic east-meets-west venture. For this, we leer over to the popularity of the mythological story of The Monkey King, written centuries ago by Wu Cheng’en and adapted for film after film after film. The past several years has shown its continuing viability as a popular brand, one which might as well have earned a comparison to most comic-book properties as of late; In recent years, Jet Li gave a dual performance in the 2008 film, The Forbidden Kingdom, in which he portrayed the very same role ahead of Soi Cheang’s […]

GHOST IN THE SHELL To Get A Limited UK Theatrical + Steelbook Release + US Blu-Ray Release

Lee B. Golden III

2014 is the year that fans of manga author Ghost In The Shell get to partake in the 25th anniversary of the original manga’s release. The celebration is taking shape in one form or another, particularly in Japan where fans of the popular graphic novel get to take a gander at an entire exhibit between now and September 8 at Hanshin Department Store in Umeda, Osaka, Japan. Meanwhile, fans overseas will also be getting their party on for a forthcoming re-release of the popular award-winning animated 1995 feature film from Oshii Mamoru on September 27 theatrically in the U.K.. Accordingly, Empire unveiled the poster to promote the limited event which you can check out below. SYNOPSIS: Set in the year 2029 and following World Wars III and IV, a Japanese-led Asian block dominates world affairs. The alliance maintains its international supremacy through its elite security force whose cybernetically enhanced operatives […]