Live-action

New character poster for Death Note’s Light Turner revealed

Posted 9 years ago

I’ve never seen DEATH NOTE the anime, though I’ve always loved the premise. The idea that just writing someone’s name in a book leads to their death, and the implications of that, seems to lend itself to many interesting situations....

L from upcoming live-action Death Note receives character poster

Posted 9 years ago

I'm actually really curious about Netflix's upcoming live-action adaptation of the anime DEATH NOTE. I really like director Adam Wingard's previous films THE GUEST and YOU'RE NEXT (haven't seen BLAIR WITCH yet), and I love the premise of the anime....

Live-action Jetsons series in early development at Warner Bros.

Posted 9 years ago

Get ready to meet the live-action versions of George Jetson, Jane Jetson, Elroy Jetson, Judy Jetson, and, of course, Astro and Rosie, because according to a report by TVLine, Warners Bros. is in early development of a live-action sitcom remake...

Sofia Coppola wanted to turn The Little Mermaid into a dark fairy tale

Posted 9 years ago

Several years ago Sofia Coppola signed on to direct Universal's live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID, but the following year she departed the project due to those pesky "creative differences." At the time she said that she realized she wasn't...

Cowboy Bebop to get live action revival from Thor writer

Posted 9 years ago

Despite the critical and commercial lashing GHOST IN THE SHELL received, studios are still out there looking for the next hot anime property to give the live action treatment. There’s no shortage of shows and movies to choose from, and...

Sam Mendes in early talks to direct Disney’s live-action Pinocchio

Posted 9 years ago

Disney's onslaught of live-action adaptations of their animated classics continues, but, with the recent BEAUTY AND THE BEAST taking in $1.2 billion at the box-office, who can blame them? The studio has plenty of adaptations in the pipeline, including PINOCCHIO,...

Portlandia’s Carrie Brownstein to direct subversive take on Fairy Godmother

Posted 9 years ago

Fairy tales are an easy thing for Hollywood to adapt, since you don't actually need to pay licensing fees for IPs or anything. Which is why there was that whole fad of "gritty fairy tales", like SNOW WHITE AND THE...

Jordan Peele in talks to direct Akira!

Posted 9 years ago

With GHOST IN THE SHELL getting the live-action movie treatment, all I could think was, "Well, hopefully, this means we will be getting that long-awaited AKIRA live-action flick soon too." That is, if GHOST IN THE SHELL is a hit…...

New details emerge on Disney’s live-action remakes of Aladdin and Mulan

Posted 9 years ago

Whether you like them or not, Disney seems intent on giving just about every one of their animated movies the live-action treatment, the latest of which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, hit theaters today. Make sure to check our own Eric Walkuski's...

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