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The live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson has been under fire since the actress was cast for whitewashing a character from a Japanese manga, and the criticism has skewed press coverage of the movie to the negative It seems like every outlet on the planet, including traditional media outlets like newspapers,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] For full disclosure, I have not in fact ever read or watched Ghost in the Shell in any of its forms I would have had to have been a hermit not to pass through the later 80s and into the 90s without at least encountering it's fans and getting at least a passing familiarity[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ghost in the Shell might look like the source material come to life but misses all of the things that made the original so compelling. Director: Rupert Sanders Summary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted[...]

At the end of the month, we're going to be getting a live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson The casting of Johansson has been quite controversial… but that's not what we're going to talk about here In 1995, director Mamoru Oshii was the first to adapt the manga story by Masamume[...]

  With all the turmoil churning around Paramount Pictures' upcoming release of the live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell, the studio seems to be continuing their efforts to build bridges with the fans of the original anime The Japanese-language dub of the film will feature many of the same voice actors as had been part of[...]

Judd Morse is reporting from ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Kodansha Comics gave Emerald City Comicon attendees an exclusive look at their new, definitive guide book to all things Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell README: 1995-2017. Ben Applegate, Associate Director of Publishing Services for Penguin said that the book will be "the definitive guide to the anime[...]

Judd Morse is reporting from ECCC for Bleeding Cool, Publisher Kodansha Comics today announced a new Ghost in the Shell anthology, Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network, due out in the Spring of 2018.  The anthology is being billed as "an international collaboration between Shirow Masamune and Western comics creators," and will feature previously unseen stories set[...]

The Ghost in the Shell movie has been fighting an uphill public relations battle from the moment they cast Scarlett Johansson in a role many felt was whitewashing The casting aside there has been little evidence presented, thus far, that this won't be a shot for shot re-make of the legendary manga of the same[...]

It's now under a month before Hollywood's live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's anime classic, Ghost in the Shell, hits theaters on March 21st and the film's twitter account is teasing out the characters with a series of video cards of the main characters The main story follows a cyborg named The Major (played by Scarlett[...]

Recently, we've been reporting on the release of the deluxe edition of Ghost in the Shell, particularly its lack of a graphic lesbian sex scene that was cut from the original version, and has not been printed since Dark Horse's version of the graphic novel, along with some choice edits to additional panels, described in[...]

Ghost in the Shell has launched a little early ahead of the big game This short little spot brings a bunch of new footage too, with several looks at Pilou Asbæk as Batou It certainly ain't short of action.  Take a look: It's nearly Super Bowl time While that of course does mean a lot of focus is[...]

One of the more…controversial movies coming out in spring is the live action Ghost in the Shell film, and now there are Pops to go with it Look for them this spring.   Today is London Toy Fair and Funko has been killing it with their reviews today One of the more…controversial movies coming out in[...]

With the upcoming live-action adaptation due in theaters March 31st, the original anime classic Ghost In The Shell is returning to theaters on February 7th and 8th. Lionsgate and Funimation Films are putting the 1995 animated film back into 110 theaters Directed by Mamoru Oshii, the film follows a female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi,[...]

Understandably anime fans are a little cautious of Ghost in the Shell Hollywood has a way of taking properties, especially foreign properties, and sanitising them to death. Director of the upcoming Americanisation of Ghost in the Shell, Rupert Sanders, is trying his hardest to try and kill that perception Speaking to Empire, the director said that[...]

During San Diego Comic Con, we learned that Kodansha Comics was planning a deluxe edition of the Ghost In The Shell manga to be released alongside the feature film in March that somewhat controversially stars Scarlet Johansson in the lead role But in a surprise move today, the company has apparently released the series digitally[...]

Ghost in the Shell has a lot of work to do if it is going to convince anime fans that a Western focused film will capture the spirit of the original It's not going to be an easy task in the slightest, that is for sure. However, we do have a new point of reference here[...]

The Ghost in the Shell trailer landed yesterday, and it looks like a neat adaption The controversy over Scarlett Johansson's casting as Major hasn't gone away though, with many seeing it as white washing the character. Speaking at an event held for the film (via Wired), director Rupert Sanders defended the decision, saying it was a[...]

To go with the first official trailer, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures have released this new poster for Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson The actress plays the Major, a special ops cyborg and leader of  Section 9, an elite task force built to handle the most dangerous criminals. Ghost in the Shell opens March 31st,[...]

Ghost in the Shell understandably had fans of the iconic anime worried when it was first announced Live action anime movies are tricky, and taking on something as well known and loved as this is enough to make more than a few people pause for a minute. We have our first trailer for the film now[...]

Paramount dropped this teaser for Ghost in the Shell today with a full trailer set to be released November 13th The film has been a controversial for the casting of Scarlett Johansson in the role of the Major (in the manga she's Major Kusanagi). Ghost in the Shell is due in theaters March 31st, 2017 Paramount[...]

Ghost in the Shell is almost certainly going to be a controversial movie for fans Anime lovers are pretty precious over their favorite material, so I know for many, an Americanisation of the source brought into the real world is enough to get them a little wary. Regardless, it is going ahead, and there are a lot[...]

Starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano, Chin Han, Lasarus Ratuere and Juliette Binoche, Ghost in the Shell hits theaters March 31, 2017 Man Been way too long since I read this Time to dive into some Masamune Shirow manga in the meantime… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HapT0SKcyfYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Ghost In The[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, I've watching the internets hate the idea of Scarlet Johansson being cast to play the heroine of the Hollywood live-action Ghost in the Shell movie and it got me thinking about moves that remake foreign stories. You can accuse the producers of the movie of racism and whitewashing, and you might have a point[...]

Marvel may not have a Black Widow movie in the works, but after the success of Lucy, Dreamworks is ready to give Scarlett Johansson the lead in their upcoming adaptation of Ghost In The Shell… and the latest word from Variety is she has accepted. The film is based on Shirow Masamune's cyberpunk manga of the[...]

Kazunori Itó is a writer who's comfortable with hardcore Science Fiction themes, having previously scripted Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor movies and Ghost in the Shell, and Shusuke Kaneko is a writer-director with a thoughtful, revisionist approach to genre, whether thrillers, Science Fiction or Horror He would go on to direct the live action movie version of[...]

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