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Top 10 Anime Films of All Time
Posted 8 months ago
With Demon Slayer's box office success, we're tackling the impossible task of naming the Top 10 Anime Films of All Time!
Ghost in the Shell
- Theatrical - Wide 2017-03-31
- Cast Beat Takeshi Scarlett Johansson Michael Pitt Juliette Binoche Chin Han
- Directed by Rupert Sanders
- Written by William Wheeler
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Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, GHOST IN THE SHELL follows the Major (Johansson), a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced... See more with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.
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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Stephen Sampson
Posted 5 years ago
For years, Awesome Art We've Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to...
Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Beetlejuice, Cujo, The Goonies
Posted 5 years ago
Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...
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Ghost in the Shell (Movie Review)
Posted 9 years ago
PLOT: A cyber-enhanced government operative has to take down a terrorist who is systematically killing members of the company that created her. REVIEW: GHOST IN THE SHELL is one of those movies that I'm so ambivalent toward I can barely...
Review: Ghost in the Shell
Posted 9 years ago
PLOT: The Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the field commander of an anti-terrorist unit called Section 9. Possessing an artificial body but a human brain, she and her upgraded cohorts hunt a mysterious cyber-terrorist, Kuze (Michael Pitt) who’s attempting to dismantle...
Scarlett Johansson appears in first Ghost in the Shell image
Like it or not, Paramount is making a live action adaptation of the popular Japanese anime GHOST IN THE SHELL. With Rupert Sanders (SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN) at the helm, the film is now in production, and the first...
Posted 10 years ago
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First look at Scarlett Johansson from Rupert Sanders’ Ghost in the Shell
Posted 10 years ago
Paramount and DreamWorks have announced that filming has begun for GHOST IN THE SHELL starring Scarlett Johansson, and they've also released the first image from the upcoming movie. SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN's Rupert Sanders is directing the live-action adaptation...
Beat Takeshi joins Scarlett Johansson in Rupert Sanders’ Ghost in the Shell
Posted 10 years ago
Paramount and Dreamworks have announced that Beat Takeshi (also known as Takeshi Kitano when directing) has been cast in GHOST IN THE SHELL, making him the first Japanese actor to join the studios' big screen take on Masamune Shirow's iconic...
Michael Pitt is Ghost in the Shell’s Laughing Man
Posted 10 years ago
Back in November, it was announced that Sam Riley, who can be seen falling in love and fighting zombies in this weekend's new release PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES, had been cast as the villainous Laughing Man in director Rupert Sanders'...
Michael Pitt lands villain role in Scarlett Johansson’s Ghost in the Shell
Posted 10 years ago
The live-action adaptation of GHOST IN THE SHELL has been in works for some time and despite the vast majority of fans feeling less than receptive towards the project, it seems to finally be moving forward, and very quickly at...
Sam Riley is Ghost in the Shell’s Laughing Man
Posted 10 years ago
GHOST IN THE SHELL seems somewhat inescapable. I have never watched the 1995 anime film (or much anime at all), but I have heard and seen it referred to on a regular basis over the last twenty years. Of course,...
Pilou Asbæk signs up for Ghost In The Shell
Posted 11 years ago
That live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL film that very few fans seem all that enamored with continues moving forward, and today DreamWorks added another significant piece. Pilou Asbæk has signed on to co-star opposite Scarlett Johansson as Batou, second in...
Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Last Action Hero, The Punisher, TMNT
Posted 11 years ago
Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...
Scarlett Johansson says Ghost in the Shell film starts production in 2016
Posted 11 years ago
Scarlett Johansson is, thanks to her Black Window character in the Marvel films and her very surprising summer hit LUCY, today’s hottest female action star. Who saw that coming? She probably has about 10 more Marvel movies in...
Ghost in the Shell, starring Scarlett Johansson, sets 2017 release date
Posted 11 years ago
Earlier this month we learned that Dreamworks' live-action adaptation of the popular anime GHOST IN THE SHELL had found its star in Scarlett Johansson, and now we've learned when we can expect the film to hit cinemas. Dreamworks has set...
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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Cliffhanger: How a Troubled Shoot Became a 90s Action Classic
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