| According to Hollywood Reporter, US pay TV company Startz is developing a live action remake of anime Noir. The executive producers are Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man"), Robert Tapert and Stephen Lightfoot, who also writes the script. Source: Hollywood Reporter |
dtshykNov 11, 2010 11:46 PM
| Hmm, not sure if want... |
| So many ways this could go wrong. But on the other hand, Sam Raimi... |
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| That new ... |
| I think this will be very interesting :) |
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| its possibility that noir anime can be great movie cos it dont have Kamehameha or Bankai |
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| Yeah ! Another great anime that will be made into random shitty live movie by americans... *sigh* |
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| Fuck no. |
| Just the thought of the epicness that is Noir being defiled by something like Live Action makes me sick. :x |
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| Sam Raimi is cool. Maybe this live action can be good. |
| It can work, the anime isn't too fantastical to be a believable live-action production. You'd think this would air on Lifetime Oxygen though with all the dead men in suits that are going to show up. |
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| Let's hope it won't end up like crap like DB was. |
| i hope it turns out good, but with sam's recent incarnations like drag me to hell and spiderman 3, i'm actually kinda scared. |
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| I am the only one who is excited over this news? I don't expect it to be the exact thing as the original though. btw forgive my ignorance is this a movie or a tv series? |
dillianNov 12, 2010 6:18 AM
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luinthoron said: So many ways this could go wrong. But on the other hand, Sam Raimi... My thought exactly. Algazero said: i hope it turns out good, but with sam's recent incarnations like drag me to hell and spiderman 3, i'm actually kinda scared. Oh come on, Drag me to hell was a brillant movie. |
| -Fixing- |
| not intrested anyway |
| I actually laughed out loud when I read this. Not having high hopes for that. Maybe also because I didn't particularly like the anime ^^. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Watching it for the LULz |
| Sam Raimi, the master of making stuff that doesn't put me to sleep, adapting Noir, an anime that came close to putting me to sleep MANY times? Sold. Besides, Noir could easily work in live-action. I mean, the anime series itself wasn't that animated to begin with... |
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| live action and sam raimi this could work |
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| I think Noir is a very underrated anime, it had great music, and a pretty good story which unfortunately did not come across as well as it should have because they were stuck with an idiotic studio which didn't show blood... |
| ick... |
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| This could be good. It is an anime that can be made into a realistic live action series. I think there are better series they could do (Monster) but I will definitely check this out. |
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alexcampos said: I think Noir is a very underrated anime, it had great music, and a pretty good story which unfortunately did not come across as well as it should have because they were stuck with an idiotic studio which didn't show blood... It's called censorship. And don't get too excited about Sam Rami. Oh yes I think he is a fine director, but that's just that, a director. Assuming this is a TV series of some kind (being Starz) Rami is the Executive Producer. Generally in the world of Television the Executive Producer is the one who charges the project (like a chief director would on an anime) But 9/10 times the executive producer is the one who actually created the series to begin with. When someone like Sam Raimi or Jerry Bruckheimer Executive produces a series they really get a network interested and see to it that the polite episode is made and after that they don't do anything with the series. |
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| hmmm, could awesome if done well |
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| Noir is one of the few animes that I think can have a GOOD American movie adaptation. |
| Have yet to watch the anime, but this DO NOT want. They will most probably change a lot of the plot as well its Sam Raimi after all... |
| This actually might not go so poorly, and it won't be because of Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Those two raped pillaged and burned Legend of the Seeker to the ground with Disney ABC's help. It has the possibility of going well, because it is being done by Starz (who've been doing pretty great with shows like Spartacus Blood & Sand, and the adaptation of Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth). Starz will have no huge incentive to dramatically alter the content like a syndicated television network would, or have to dumb down content for a pg rating like a major movie studio dealing with an anime would. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but not necessarily hold my breath. I just hope they keep Kirika as a young Japanese girl. |
| we'll see how this goes... |
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cyruz said: Just the thought of the epicness that is Noir being defiled by something like Live Action makes me sick. :x My thoughts exactly. |
dillian said: I am the only one who is excited over this news? I don't expect it to be the exact thing as the original though. btw forgive my ignorance is this a movie or a tv series? Tv series thus it's called remake.Still I'd prefer to call it an adaptation. |
| Without Yuki Kajiura's soundtrack, in my opinion, the remake is not going to hold a flame to the original. Don't have to think about it twice. |
| I liked Noir so I will give the live action look. |
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| Hmm, this'll save me the trouble of trying to steal it from my cousin's cupboard, I can watch the live action. Keep hearing how this is a good anime series though, so meh, never know..? Lol, imagine if they cast someone liek Gwyneth Paltrow. And when the hell is Cowboy Bebop coming? ._. |
Sucrose said: Gwyneth Paltrow. Considering this is tv series and not a movie, they won't cast that name or anyone else from big movies. It might get some of high-names, because Starz is, frankly just as big as HBO and Showtime. Considering this involves Sam Raimi, it will obviously contain Lucy Lawless (best known as Third Cylon in Battlestar Galactica remake and Xena in Xena), because most of his works contained her in some form or role. MOst of the cast will probably be your susual Vancouver/Toronto casting pool + some relatively big names. |
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| This is a series not a movie so this will I either suck or rock. I will wait before I give my response Cause I thought Dragonball Evolution was gonna be good cause of the trailer. But then I found it sucked and I am glad I never saw it. |
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