Dreamworks to remake Ghost in the Shell in 3-D
DreamWorks Pictures has acquired the rights to the Japanese anime classic Ghost In The Shell and the studio plans to turn it into a live action 3-D thriller.
A potential franchise in waiting, the smash-hit series about a futuristic police force which specialises in technology-related crime was first published in 1989, going on to generate two additional Manga editions, three anime film adaptations, a cartoon TV series and three video games.
The follow-up anime film, Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence, was released in the US by DreamWorks in 2004 so it’s fair to say that the project will be treated with the right amount of reverence by the Spielberg-fronted studio.
“Ghost In The Shell” is one of my favorite stories," says The Big Beard. "It's a genre that has arrived and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks."
Yet another project set to receive the extra-dimensiony treatment (the same company’s new Ice Age and Shrek flicks are also going 3-D), Masamune Shirow’s beloved series is all Blade Runner-esque dystopia and eye-bursting action, which should lend itself well to the increasingly popular format.
Street Kings co-scribe Jamie Moss has been hired to write the screenplay but there is no news on plot of cast details yet. Watch this space for all the latest developments. More at: Empire
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