Streaming giant Netflix has announced that it has ordered a new Ghost in the Shell anime series entitled Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, which will be directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed). YES, A NEW GHOST IN THE SHELL ANIME IS COMING.Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 […]
Justice League reshoot troubles, Avengers: Infinity War runtime, Bond 25 release date and more – Daily News Roundup
STAND TOGETHER… IN RESHOOTS Reports from a few months ago suggested that the Justice League reshoots were much greater than Warner Bros. were letting on. Even at San Diego Comic Con, Cyborg Ray Fisher claimed they were “brief if anything”. However a new report from Variety is saying otherwise. According to the outlet, Warner Bros. […]
Watch the Honest Trailer for Ghost in the Shell
Coinciding with its home-entertainment release of Ghost in the Shell, the folks at Screen Junkies have debuted their Honest Trailer for the Scarlett Johansson-headlined remake of the beloved anime. Check it out here… Hollywood is running out of stuff from the 80’s and 90’s to remake, so now they’re remaking a film they’ve already been […]
Exclusive: Pilou Asbaek talks Ghost in the Shell and working with Scarlett Johansson
With Ghost in the Shell set for its UK home entertainment release on Digital on July 24th and on August 7th on DVD and Blu-ray, we chat to actor Pilou Asbaek about his role in the film as Batou, and working with Scarlett Johansson who portrays the character of Major. Were you familiar with the […]
Scarlett Johansson’s Major gets a collectible figure from Threezero
Sideshow has unveiled Threezero’s 1/6th scale Major figure which is based on the likeness of Scarlett Johansson in Rupert Sanders’ live-action remake of the acclaimed sci-fi property Ghost in the Shell. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $168 and is expected to ship January-March 2018; take a look at the promotional images here… […]
Scarlett Johansson: Lost In Blockbusters!
Tom Jolliffe on Scarlett Johansson… I’m a fan of Scarlett Johansson. As an actress I think she’s interesting. She’s almost always engaging. She has a sultry old fashioned quality. Frankly she’s gorgeous, which whilst that shouldn’t be as important as it is in Hollywood (and it still is) that means she is a leading lady. […]
First Thor: Ragnarok trailer and poster, Gotham City Sirens casting news, Ghost in the Shell reboot and more – Daily News Roundup
THOR V HULK: DAWN OF RAGNAROK Seemingly out of nowhere, Marvel and Disney dropped the first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, which hits cinemas this November. The trailer depicts what we believe is the first act of the movie, in which Thor is taken to Sakaar where he does battle with Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk at the […]
Ghost in the Shell anime reboot announced
Publisher Kodansha and Japanese animation company Production I.Gare collaborating to create a new Ghost in the Shell anime project. The film will serve as a reboot and is set to be co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed). This news follows on from the release of the live-action […]
Japanese audiences praise Ghost in the Shell remake and are happy with Scarlett Johansson’s casting
Rupert Sanders’ controversial (in some circles) adaptation of Ghost in the Shell has received its fair share of good reviews in the West [read our review here], despite the ‘white-washing’ claims hanging over it. However, it hasn’t connected with audiences domestically. Its opening weekend of $19 million was very disappointing considering its $110 million budget, […]
Early Ghost in the Shell concept art featuring Margot Robbie as The Major
After years in development, Hollywood’s live-action Ghost in the Shell finally hit cinemas this past month, although it failed to live up to expectations financially and is looking at a loss of around $60 million – put down to the whitewashing controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson’s casting as The Major. Before Johansson came on board the project, […]