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"If these guys have any sense, they will try to get some Production I.G. (Stand Alone Complex) people involved..."

They don't and they will not. You wanna know why? Because they don't know SHIT about anything. They just see this is as a vehicle to produce the same shit they always do and slap the GitS name on it.

And fucking Charlize Theron? Nigga pleeeze

KILL ME NOW

3+ year lurker coming out of the shadows for this one.

To be perfectly honest i dont think anyone in hollywood could do justice to the major. She is a force unto herself and no actresses have the physical prowess, charisma and sexuality that she displays across the GITS series. Im sure fans of the series could come up with a wishlist, but pulling it off is another thing altogether.

I agree with Claude that a proper adaption is tantalising to imagine, but in reality it would be just like Aion Flux- extraordinarily disappointing and poorly done, no matter what A-lister you tie to it.

So, I'm guilty of having never seen anything Ghost in the Shell related. At all.

Say I wanted to watch it, where do I start? I did a quick search on GitC and things looked kind of complex.

The way that anime is styled and frames the characters- the long pauses, the unmoving closeups, the surreal expressions from faces with such large eyes, etc- says to me that it would be foolish to try and recreate that in live action.

Instead they should find an actress who is good at creating character performances, and let her play to her strengths rather then try and recreate a 2-D women. Sin City was so effective at this because it played up the parts that fit the syle, and hid the parts of the performance that diluted the character.

So, out of their choices I'd go for Mila too- pretty, but she's really good at full body acting, and staying interesting on screen. She's just a little twitchy sometimes.

If they wanted some nice daring choices I'd vote Parker Posey or Michaela Conlin (from Bones).

I'm seconding Sean's question, where does one start if you've never seen any GitS?

Oh yeah, and people: start with the 1995 anime directed by Mamoru Oshii if you're trying to get into GitS. AFter that comes the sequel, again by Oshii, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, an awesome and beautiful film even though the title makes me cringe. It just sounds too video game-y!

After that, they made two TV series (also anime) called Stand Alone Complex and Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig, in 2004-2005, followed by a full-length feature in 2006. These three projects were made by Kenji Kamiyama and not Oshii. Which is why I've been hesitant to get into them, but seeing as Mr. Weaver has praised them, it's in the queue.

Much as I'd love to, I don't trust Hollywood with this. I mean, 3-D??? What the existential robotic fuck??? Plus it's a remake, which is, as far as I can tell, sort of the kiss of death. I mean, has there ever been a remake that didn't suck? The only way I would have hope for an actually good movie would be if they got Oshii on board somehow, which is probably not going to happen.

Alright I'll see the 1996 movie as soon as I have a chance, thanks.

I remember watching the first GitS. I also remember trying to be a legitimate anime fan and give the sequel a go too. And I remember being totally unimpressed with both. Anime, while awesome, like anything else has works that try too damn hard. GitS came across that way to me. And I I'm one of those Eva apologists.

If I couldn't be into it even with all the boobs and stuff...

Scratch that. Live action, I could be into it with all the boobs and stuff.

They are going to need to find a new face or sumthin for this... preferably Asian, maybe a Japenese or Korean tv star or something b/c there is no current hollywood actress who could do this role justice.

Milla J. is umm.... I don't know, I don't think she gives off a good enough vibe. Plus i'm pretty sure her boobs aren't big enough

Charlize Thereon... what a fuckin joke

I hope to god no one even mentions Angelina Jolie

ScarJo has big boobs but nothin else really fits

Michelle Yeoh: As much as I love her, she's a bit too old, she would have been perfect like 10 years ago

I really hope they realise this and give up before they get to Evangelion.

Posted by: Steph at October 28, 2009 3:14 PM

They've been trying for years:

http://eva.trivialbeing.net/index.php?c=compendium

They've been trying for years:

http://eva.trivialbeing.net/index.php?c=compendium

Posted by: coryo at October 28, 2009 4:22 PM

Oh god. I knew they'd been trying but I thought it was stuck in development and would probably never happen. It's even worse that it's based on the sucess of Transformers and that they're making it a 'giant robot movie'. Ugh, horrible.

Jovavich. Most definitely.

I loathed The Fifth Element: script, casting, movie. I rarely find Willis watchable in anything and MJ's character (Leeloo-sheesh what a name)irritated the crap out of me.

Then I accidentally watched Resident Evil (3?), got instant girl crush which has just grown hotter after seeing Ultraviolet. That woman is the complete action-hero package. Physically fit and completely convincing as THE lady who will literally hand you your ass.

And if casting is dependant on the idiocy of comic-book breast size, production bigwigs will be limited to the "Pamela Anderson/Jordan Price, et al bin." No human, female or tranny, enhanced or not, meets manga female proportions. Barbie, by comparison, appears anorexic.

Jovavich in a booby suit fer sure. I get my ass-kickin' action hero looker--y'all with the titanic tit fetish get, ummm fetished.

Of course I'll forget to see the theater release and will get around to the DVD possibly this lifetime.

After looking at the other possible casting pages on this site I'm going to throw my vote in for Radha Mitchell. Hot, can act circles around most of Hollywood, does action. And she's pretty good at sitting still and looking deep, which this movie is going to need.

Apart from that, Zoe Bell might be a good choice too. She can hold an audiences attention, is interestingly good looking, does her own stunts. And she is the only (western) actress suggested so far that looks like she could pull a tank apart bare handed.