Ghost in the Shell | March 31, 2017 | Scarlett Johansson | Paramount | New Trailer on page 43!!!

[TServo2049]

Knowing Hollywood, there's a good chance they do Westernize it to SOME degree. And it will probably not do very well in America, or in Japan...but will then overperform in China. Just a hunch.

Edited September 4, 2014 by TServo2049

[Blankments]

ScarJo?

[TLK]

ScarJo?

 

Good choice for Dreamworks. Robbie isn't a box office draw and this movie may end up with a $100 million+ pricetag.

[kowhite]

Good choice for Dreamworks. Robbie isn't a box office draw and this movie may end up with a $100 million+ pricetag.

Yeah, ScarJo just proved her box office clout. She's a good choice.

That being said...Margot Robbie? Hnnnnnng.

[lilmac]

ScarJo is a very good choice.

[Ash Skywalker]

Scarlett Johansson Signs On to Star in DreamWorks’ ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (EXCLUSIVE) http://t.co/47yVNLmS6f pic.twitter.com/EbsVgCfltA

— Variety (@Variety)

January 5, 2015

[grim22]

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/scarlett-johansson-signs-on-to-star-in-dreamworks-ghost-in-the-shell-exclusive-1201320788/

 

 

Following the success of “Lucy,” Scarlett Johansson looks ready to take on another action pic, this one coming from the world of Japanese anime.

Johansson is set to star in DreamWorks’ adaptation of the popular anime pic “Ghost in the Shell.” Deadline Hollywood had reported that the actress had the offer to star but at the time she was still undecided about taking the role. Sources now say she has agreed to star in the pic.

The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.

[kitik]

I think we can now all easily see ScarJo playing an ass-kicker like Major Kusanagi.

[Wormow]

Oh god. Please don't ruin this... (though they probably will). 

[Chewy]

I'm not an anime guy so I have no idea what this is. It's cool to see ScarJo becoming a major action star, though

 

Hope this fares better than other anime movies. Rupert Sanders isn't exactly an encouraging start...

 

EDIT: Oh god, Avi Arad. Oh god, make it stop

Edited January 5, 2015 by Chewy

[CJohn]

From director Rupert Sanders and producer Avi Arad. Yup, this movie is fucked.

[Neo]

Is this DIS or PAR?

[TServo2049]

DreamWorks. Disney would just distribute. But Paramount may be co-producing.

[Hatebox]

Haven't seen the original, but I assume this will be massively watered down from what I know of it.

[BadAtGender]

As cool as ScarJo is, this casting choice is terrible.

[Klingo]

Haven't seen the original, but I assume this will be massively watered down from what I know of it.

Should watch it.  Very awesome!  And you can compare that to the live action when it comes out.

[TalismanRing]

As cool as ScarJo is, this casting choice is terrible.

 

Well she has the action chops and can do blank like a cyborg very easily (I think that's her default setting) but ugh at the whitewashing.  Financially I understand it because she's one of the few name actresses with box office cred with the skill set for this but still...

Edited January 5, 2015 by TalismanRing

[BadAtGender]

Well she has the action chops and can do blank like a cyborg very easily (I think that's her default setting) but ugh at the whitewashing.  Financially I understand it because she's one of the few name actresses with box office cred with the skill set for this but still...

 

I did say ScarJo's awesome. But she is not right for this at all.

 

You cannot remove the Japanese element from GitS and make it work. It undermines the story. There's too much that tied to Japanese culture and history to allow for the plot to shift locales and still be GitS.

 

It's bad for the story and it's whitewashing racism. This is terrible casting.

 

The financial argument is bullshit.

[Cochofles]

Ugh. Yuck. Arrrgh!   This is what I hate about Hollywood. Hollywood has no problem financing films with Asians playing villains (whether they are based on real life events or not), but now you have the chance to create a kickass heroic character who also happens to be Asian...and of course you are going to cast the whitest (and blandest) white woman in Hollywood's action film radar. Ugh.

Yes, I know the drill: she is a big name...she will put butts in seats...blah blah blah.... I still hate the conventional wisdom that assumes that American audiences cannot EVER relate to a heroic character if said character is not Caucasian. BS.

[Mulder]

Yeah this is going to blow. Such a shame too. If done right this could've been cool.