Will we see a Jin-Roh Live-Action Adaptation soon?

Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 06:57 PM by Ulrik | Deutsch

During this years Anime Expo, Production I.G vice-president Maki Terashima-Furuta acknowledged/confirmed that the live-action rights for Jin-Roh – The Wolf Brigade have been sold to “somebody” and that this “somebody” is planning to produce a live-action film based on Hiroyuki Okiura’s anime. However, she wouldn’t spill out any more details on the name of the buyer or when production will start.
I hope it’s a Japanese studio/record company so every role will be played by some young J-Pop star that will storm the charts with their cheesy title song that will also ruin every trailer.
Or maybe an US studio that will dumb down the original to get a PG-13 rating and will just let “some Asian looking guy” (probably Keanu Reeves) take the lead. Can’t wait to see it…
The Jin-Roh universe has already been transferred into the real-world, Mamoru Oshii directed two films, “Stray Dog” and “Red Spectacles” starring the distinctive Kerberos special unit. See Bandai’s trailer for the “Mamoru Oshii Cinema Trilogy Collection” below.

Maybe I’ll just save some money to finally buy the Japanese Jin-Roh Blu-ray Disc release…
[via ANN]

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7 comments for “Will we see a Jin-Roh Live-Action Adaptation soon?”

  1. 07. Juli 2009 | 19:59 Uhr
    MD-Krauser
    ich will lieber mal den Anime hier auf BD haben. Fand sogar die deutsche Synchro überaus gelungen und der Film ist eh super.

  2. 07. Juli 2009 | 20:10 Uhr
    Sitael
    Wenn das wirklich wahr wird, ein Grund zur Freude, der Anime ist ja schon ein Meisterwerk für sich. Ich hoffe sehr, dass das was wird!!!

  3. 07. Juli 2009 | 20:55 Uhr
    Big Bad Wolf
    Nennt mich verrückt, aber der Trailer sieht aus wie ne Mischung aus Jin-Roh, Tsukamotos Bullet Ballet und Miikes City of Lost Souls !? :monkey: 8)

    Egal, bin gespannt, der Anime ist für mich ein moderner Klassiker und schreit nach einer adäquaten Real-Verfilmung…

  4. 08. Juli 2009 | 10:54 Uhr
    Silencer
    Wird wirklich Zeit für eine BD Veröffentlichung des Animes.
    Aber die Preise für die Japanische Disc sind nun ja….einigen wir uns auf: überteuert?

  5. 08. Juli 2009 | 14:39 Uhr
    josh
    i personally dont mind if the movie is a big dumb americanised event film. it will likely have great special effects and production (what the japanese live action movies didnt have), and the crappy scripting, acting etc will only make me appreciate the anime more. a remake will never ruin the original. but i can see that you dont really know your stuff, because you said that there were 3 live action kerberos movies, talking head was not part of the kerberos saga! it is just oshii’s 3rd live action movie, not his 3rd live action kerberos movie. you should probably watch the live action films, it might make you want to see a hollywood version.

  6. 08. Juli 2009 | 14:50 Uhr
    Ulrik
    josh:

    …talking head was not part of the kerberos saga! it is just oshii’s 3rd live action movie, not his 3rd live action kerberos movie.

    Thanks for the correction, I thought it was about the Kerberos unit as well since it’s part of the Mamoru Oshii cinematic trilogy that bears a Kerberos member on the cover.

  7. 09. Juli 2009 | 00:47 Uhr
    josh
    ah, i see where you mix up. you did better than johnathan ross, who said oshii’s only live action movie was avalon…

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