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MGM is on board bringing back another classic IP, but not in the way you might think with The Pink Panther. This isn't going to be built around the Inspector Clouseau character made famous by Peter Sellers, later played by Steve Martin in the film reboots. This will be based on the animated character and […]

What a difference less than two months make. The last time we checked in on Netflix's John Cho (Star Trek, Searching)-starring live-action adaptation of popular anime Cowboy Bebop, it was September and the word was that production on the project was getting back underway. Flash-forward to Thursday morning and to what looks like a sign […]

One of the biggest challenges artistically is capturing the essence of ancient Chinese culture in Disney's live-action Mulan. I spoke with costume designer Bina Daigeler, who admits the film was her biggest and most ambitious project to date. "Mulan was a beautiful challenge to design the costumes," she said. Daigeler said the conceptualizing from art […]

First ordered in September 2018, Netflix's planned live-action "reimagining" of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko's anime series Avatar: The Last Airbender has had fans waiting for almost two years for any kind of serious update. Well, that news drought broke in a big way on Wednesday- just not in the way fans had hoped. […]

Before the masses descend upon me with fire and pitchforks, I am aware that speaking of live-action anime is taboo (insert bloody scream from the distance). However, I do believe that they could be fun if done well and I think there are some anime that lend themselves for live-action shows or movies. In the […]

Less than two weeks after Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop offered fans a look behind-the-scenes on the start of production, the series is set to go on a 7-9 month hiatus following a knee injury sustained by lead John Cho (Spike Spiegel). The incident took place during the last take of what was described as a […]

It's become clear with the changing of the content landscape that Disney has long since abandoned hope of doing what'd it had done for nearly a century – re-releasing their classic films every few years to bring in another round of box office revenues. So instead of still having the originals, we're stuck with their […]

"Did you get that thing I sent ya?" If that "thing" is a season of all-new series Birdgirl, then yes! Adult Swim confirmed on Thursday that the Cartoon Network nighttime programming wing has ordered a full season of the Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law spinoff, with Paget Brewster (American Dad!, Criminal Minds) set to star […]

With DC Universe's live-action Swamp Thing less than a month away from its May 31st debut, series star Henderson Wade took to social media on Friday to do two important things: one that was intended, and one that might have been by accident. The former was through a post on his Instagram account that let […]

The Straw Hats Pirates from One Piece are gracing television screens in Japan once again, and they have never looked better than they do in this screen-grab from a series of commercials from Indeed Japan! Here in all their glory are Luffy, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji – singing songs on a cliff […]

Looks like our Heroes in a Half-Shell have another excuse to shovel down some slices, as Nickelodeon has ordered a 26-episode second season of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ahead of its debut on Monday, September 17th. But the good news didn't end there: during Viacom's presentation at today's Television Critics Association (TCA), the network also […]

Netflix’s young adult series have touched a chord with audiences around the world and we are looking forward to seeing the Winx fairies in this new exciting live action adaptation.” Winx Club was produced by Straffi's company Rainbow S.r.l in association with Rai Fiction With the original series currently running seven seasons (with the seventh season debuting[...]

If you know all the words to The Jetsons theme song, chances are this story may have meaning for you. The futuristic family just may be coming to a prime time TV slot near you before too long. https://youtu.be/tTq6Tofmo7EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Jetsons (Theme Song) (https://youtu.be/tTq6Tofmo7E) Word just came down from […]

Hollywood has long all but ignored the quality or suitability of voice talent engaged in the creation of foreign-language dubs (such as with the famously bad Japanese dub of The Avengers). The voice actors reprising their original roles will include Akio Otsuka as the voice of Batou (The Major's second in command, played in the live action version by Pilou Asbæk), Koichi[...]

Fox's upcoming live-action television series set in the X-Men universe continues to pick up steam was more casting news continues to emerge. While the series doesn't yet have an official title (they really should do something about soon), we do know that Burn Notice's creator Matt Nix will be showrunner for it and is a […]

Bleeding Cool's Hollywood sources (which also brought you the news that Warners were shipping round a Supergirl series – though we did get the producer wrong) have just landed us a massive trout, flapping around on the Bleeding Cool deck. That Fox are currently in deep development on a live-action X-Men TV show. And are […]

When these things start to come out, you know there's no more chance. Still, here are some of Chris Weston's live-action Akira storyboards, as posted on his blog.   

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