Takashi Miike’s Shield of Straw is getting an English-language remake

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline is reporting that Chris and Paul Weitz are developing an English-language remake of Takashi Miike's SHIELD OF STRAW (WARA NO TATE) through their Depth of Field banner, with All Nippon Entertainment Works and Nippon Television. A director hasn't been...

Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse gets October release in North America

Posted 11 years ago

Some of the craziest things I've ever seen in a movie have been moments from films by the incredibily prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike. Samuel Goldwyn Films is now set to bring more Miike insanity to western audiences, having acquired...

New teaser for Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse starring Yayan Ruhian

Posted 11 years ago

A couple of months ago we were treated to a 30 second tease of Takashi Miike's new gangster vampire film, YAKUZA APOCALYPSE: THE GREAT WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD, and now we have an appropriately insane new teaser trailer that highlights...

Teaser trailer for Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse, starring Yayan Ruhian

Posted 11 years ago

Takashi Miike's insane-sounding YAKUZA APOCALYPSE: THE GREAT WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD sounds like vintage Miike, centering around an assassin who finds himself in a vampire shitstorm. With Yayan Ruhian of THE RAID fame front and center, YAKUZA APOCALYPSE looks like...

Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body picked up by Shout Factory

Posted 12 years ago

Takashi Miike’s latest bit of insanity, OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, has been acquired by those beautiful bastards over at Shout Factory for distribution, reports Variety. The deal covers all digital, home entertainment, broadcast and theatrical for cross-platform releases in the...

Director Richard Gray talks “violent and bloody” Audition remake

Posted 12 years ago

Back in June we learned that THE LOOKALIKE director Richard Gray had been tapped to helm a new adaptation of Ryu Murakami's 1997 novel AUDITION, which was made into the film of the same title in 1999 by the great...

Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will debuts an explosive teaser

Posted 12 years ago

Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike has another piece of insanity to share with us, this one a real mind-blower (literally). Called AS THE GODS WILL, it’s based on a manga about a group of high schoolers who find themselves playing...

XYZ Films to rep Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse at TIFF

Posted 12 years ago

With TIFF gearing up for next month, Deadline is reporting that XYZ Films will handle U.S. sales for a pair of Japanese genre pics, including Takashi Miike's newest, YAKUZA APOCALYPSE. Let's hope that means a release date will be slated...

Takashi Miike returns to horror with the trailer for Over Your Dead Body

Posted 12 years ago

It’s a good day when you get to see something new from the twisted mind of Takashi Miike, especially when it’s his return to the genre. Yesterday we saw the first set of stills from his supernatural chiller OVER YOUR...

Ghostly new stills from Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body

Posted 12 years ago

Making its premiere as part of the Vanguard section of the Toronto International Film Festival this September is a new Takashi Miike film entitled OVER YOUR DEAD BODY. This being a Takashi Miike film, it looks wonderfully insane and you'll...

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