| Deadline Hollywood has reported that HBO is in talks with Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) to develop a TV series based on the manga Monster. Del Toro will be co-writing with Stephen Thompson (best known for his writing on Doctor Who and Sherlock.) The project was originally planned for a feature film, but proved too complicated to fit into a normal feature-length time frame. Del Toro was eventually able to convince Naoki Urasawa, the author of Monster, to talk to HBO about a TV series instead. Source: Deadline |
NaruleachApr 24, 2013 11:00 PM
| Monster on HBO I'm wh- I'm kind of speechless haha. And really excited? (please be good, please god be good, this could be so excellent if they hit the mark) |
StreetFighterApr 24, 2013 10:52 PM
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| I don't know about anyone else, but I'm massively excited for this to take off. HUGE fan of Monster, both the manga and anime. Guillermo Del Toro has my vote for bringing Urasawa's story to life as well. |
| Personally, I'm super excited! Monster is one of those series that would totally work as a live action tv series. |
| I think it's pretty cool, I really hope it works. I might have to rewatch Monster pretty soon just to refresh myself of the story. |
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| pretty nice |
| wow this is cool |
| damn why TV series? a series of movie like trilogy will be better |
| Whoa. This could be amazing. |
| Monster can easily work as live action but since its HBO expect copious amounts of sex scenes. D: Also, who is sexy enough to make a good Johan? |
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dankickyou said: who is sexy enough to make a good Johan? That is true, I'll like to add as an avid fan of well-characterized villian ( Johan, Griffith, Hannibal, Joker in TDK ), I would like to see them nailed it right down to the aesthetics and mannerisms. |
| Whoah, this is kind of badass. If they can nail it, it'll be amazing. |
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Jure said: Whoa, this can't be real. Monster on HBO. Great news. I am really looking forward to watch this. It's good they decided to make this a series. If anyone can pull this of, than it's HBO. plus Guillermo Del Toro his a pretty good director, he should also make a live action adaptation of Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack on Titan) since his also good at action movies like Hellboy and Pacific Rim |
| >HBO Tenma's going to get laid 24/7 |
| This should be interesting and sounds like it can be pulled off. I'm for it. |
| Placing my bet on it flopping. |
dankickyou said: Monster can easily work as live action but since its HBO expect copious amounts of sex scenes. D: Also, who is sexy enough to make a good Johan? Neil Patrick Harris anyone? :D |
| I'm so exited for this |
| Highly overrated show, maybe it'll work better as a TV show? Although they'd need keanu reeves to get that level of non-emotion on the MC. |
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Knil said: dankickyou said: Monster can easily work as live action but since its HBO expect copious amounts of sex scenes. D: Also, who is sexy enough to make a good Johan? Neil Patrick Harris anyone? :D Yes please. |
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| say what?~! pd: I.. I would laugh just watching at his face I think he is (pretty awesome but) not adequate.. oh what the hell!.. is monster! |
saiyagokApr 24, 2013 11:28 PM
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| I would definitely watch it, in fact I'm pretty damn excited about it. |
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| To bad it'll be on HBO you know... Since HBO IS GAY. I would watch it but since it's on HBO and I don't have HBO ya... |
HeavenlyUser said: To bad it'll be on HBO you know... Since HBO IS GAY. I would watch it but since it's on HBO and I don't have HBO ya... HBO>>>You |
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| if they americanize it (ie. set it in america, have all the characters be american etc.) then the whole thing will be worthless. i'd like for them to cast an english speaking japanese man as tenma, and have the whole thing set in germany. but this won't happen. it sounds good on paper, but when you think about it, it won't come close to the source material. |
| I could never get into the anime or the manga, but hey. Who knows, a live-action series might work for me. Well, just don't butcher it. |
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| wow i exited with this one :))))))))))) |
dankickyou said: HeavenlyUser said: To bad it'll be on HBO you know... Since HBO IS GAY. I would watch it but since it's on HBO and I don't have HBO ya... HBO>>>You nonono Me>You>Everything else>everything else again>HBO |
plus Guillermo Del Toro his a pretty good director, he should also make a live action adaptation of Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack on Titan) since his also good at action movies like Hellboy and Pacific Rim Why would he even bother with that show? Don't let the gore fool you, it's not that good. |
| " a TV series based on the manga Monster." Help. The monster inside me is about to explode. |
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HeavenlyUser said: dankickyou said: HeavenlyUser said: To bad it'll be on HBO you know... Since HBO IS GAY. I would watch it but since it's on HBO and I don't have HBO ya... HBO>>>You nonono Me>You>Everything else>everything else again>HBO I will slap your shit punk. Me=Godzilla>HBO>other stuff>other stuff>road kill cat>dung beetle>poo>Whale poo>you. |
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| This problably is the one of the best news I have read on MAL for a long time. This is just amazing, and I'm pretty much speechless. If this pulls through, we're in for a real nail biter here! |
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| If done right this could be great. Let's hope they do it right. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Considering it's Del Toro, I wouldn't worry about any localization issues. |
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| That is impressive. Wow! |
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| Holy shit... Best news of the month. I'm really excited |
| If it's better than the original anime adaptation then bring it on. The dragged on too much. |
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| Im excited!!!!!! |
| Stephen Thompson is planning on joining ... Sherlock is AMAZING so I have high hopes |
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Kratos_Ortega said: This problably is the one of the best news I have read on MAL for a long time. This is just amazing, and I'm pretty much speechless. If this pulls through, we're in for a real nail biter here! Yeah, but Kratos, I'm just worried about this... BigSimo said: if they americanize it (ie. set it in america, have all the characters be american etc.) then the whole thing will be worthless. i'd like for them to cast an english speaking japanese man as tenma, and have the whole thing set in germany. but this won't happen. it sounds good on paper, but when you think about it, it won't come close to the source material. Inb4 Kenzo Tenma -> John Smith |
| Urasawa's masterpiece adapted into a real live tv show? This must be a dream. If done the right way and good quality actors, high budget, this could be awesome. Also HBO, which means no censors. |
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deadleeserious said: Tyrel said: If it's better than the original anime adaptation then bring it on. The dragged on too much. Given most HBO shows have 5 or more seasons....unless Del Toro specficially sets out to do this as one season miniseries, the likelyhood is it will be "dragged" on longer than the original. Which is fine by me tbh! Well it all depends of course. If it can keep me more interested than that of the anime, big plus. |
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| Okay this could be...good ? |
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| Whoa Guillermo Del Toro, Stephen Thompson and HBO? This could actually work O_O |
| Man, this is amazing!! HBO's never disappointed me. I'm in so hard. Please keep us posted on the new developments :) |
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