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Critical Thinking: Just Review The Damn Movie

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Because of the deep, dark, burning hot embers this topic stirs within me, I’m going to give a you a TL;DR version. Dear Movie Critics: just review the damn movie. Not the controversy surrounding the movie, not the on set issues or reshoots, not the marriage that collapsed due to the raw sexual friction between […]

Exclusive: Pilou Asbaek talks Ghost in the Shell and working with Scarlett Johansson

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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 […]

Production start dates for Ghost in the Shell, Avatar 2, Alien: Covenant, Wolverine 3 and Transformers 5

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Thanks to My Entertainment World, we’ve got details on production start dates for some of 2017’s big hitters. The Scarlett Johansson-headlined Ghost in the Shell, which is set to be directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) will begin filming this month in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Macau and Shanghai. Also set to […]

The Wolverine star Rila Fukushima joins Ghost in the Shell

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DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell movie has added Japanese actress Rila Fukushima (The Wolverine, Arrow) to its cast, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The film, which is being directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman), has come in for criticism for “whitewashing”, having cast Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: Civil War) and other white actors […]

Movie Review – Ghost in the Shell (2017)

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Ghost in the Shell, 2017. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbaek, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Carmen Pitt, and Chin Han. SYNOPSIS: The victim of a horrific crash is transformed into a cyber-enhanced soldier, the first of her kind, and joins a team dedicated to bringing down the city’s most dangerous criminals. […]

Scarlett Johansson addresses Ghost in the Shell whitewashing accusations, new TV spot released

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Ahead of its release next month, a new TV spot has arrived online for Rupert Sanders’ highly-anticipated live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, which you can check out below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-faw6bvk9A Meanwhile, during a recent interview with Marie Clare, star Scarlett Johansson addressed recent accusations of whitewashing aimed at the movie: “I certainly would never presume to […]

Michael Pitt cast as villain in Ghost in the Shell

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Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Pitt has landed the villain role in the upcoming film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Pitt, who played James “Jimmy” Darmody in the hit HBO show, will star alongside Scarlett Johansson (Hail, Caesar!) as a character referred to as the Laughing Man who is part man, part […]

Sam Riley in talks to play The Laughing Man in Ghost in the Shell

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With casting on DreamWorks’ long-gestating Ghost in the Shell movie well underway, Deadline is reporting that British actor Sam Riley (Control) is in early talks to play the villainous Laughing Man in the anime adaptation. Ghost in the Shell is being directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman), with Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Age […]

Beat Takeshi joins Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell

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Legendary Japanese actor Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell adaptation, where he will play Daisuke Aramaki, the founder and leader of the elite unit Section 9 tasked with protecting the world from the most dangerous technological threats. “This film tells the story of mankind in […]