That's a horrible generalization of Japanese film, which leads me to believe that the only Japanese live-action cinema you've seen is the Godzilla franchise.
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Films of four are called "tetralogy". I don't know why "tetra" is picked over "quad". Maybe it's because scientific and mechanical terminology in English cultures like to use the word "quad" for mobile features, so someone might expect a "quadrology" to have four legs or something.
That's a horrible generalization of Japanese film, which leads me to believe that the only Japanese live-action cinema you've seen is the Godzilla franchise.
That's a horrible generalization of Japanese film, which leads me to believe that the only Japanese live-action cinema you've seen is the Godzilla franchise.
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Re: I want this to happen, with WETA. Bl
Well, a lot of Japanese live drama and movies that have been adapted from anime/manga tend to be that way eventhough the source material is very good (Death Note, Kaiji, Nodame Cantabile, Train Man, 20th Century Boys, etc).
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Re: I want this to happen, with WETA. Bl
ADV announced it in 2006.
Go to Trivialbeing.net, I'm sure it's still archived in there somewhere, or hell, look up virtually any Matt Greenfield interview from 2006-2009 when he was constantly advertising the fact.
No, ADV was helping to broker the deal and seemed to have gotten distribution rights, they weren't the ones to make it, they never had the resources.
Or Richard Taylor, you know, Co-founder of WETA, who took Hideaki Anno out for a spin on his model train in his back yard?
He's not a director in name, but he's done much of the work of one, and Peter Jackson is far from being the only "named" director at the company either.
I've also seen G-Savior and the first Death Note film. Japan is just as likely to screw their own sh*t up, having it produced there does not promise integrity to the work.
On the other hand, from the way WETA talks it seems they would, hence part of why I'm interested to see what they can do.
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lol "took him for a spin" that doesn't mean squat all rumors nothin official cept your dream team ADV going belly up along with any chance of a movie being made.Matt Greenfield said a lot of stuff and NOTHING came to fruition,deal with it.I can't dig anything up but its ok cause neither can you.I'll leave it at that and be the first one to step down before this turns into some stupid argument over somthing thats never gonna be made and if it does will most likly bomb and just drag the franchise into ground.Sorry for the "almost %$#storm" and cya have a nice day ^^
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I gots the links. B/
Doubt that, ADV may be gone, but Richard Taylor is still a fan with a plan about it.
Like I said, WETA went to GAINAX, ADV just helped introduce them. And with the box office results Transformers has been giving, it wouldn't be too hard to justify this film.
Fine, but the contract was signed, that's part of what this thread is about.
Actually, I can, I was a Trivial Being forum member for two years, the entire purpose there was to watch for developments on this very project.
Here you go. It gets mentioned I believe a little more than halfway in.
It seems something odd is going on with the Trivial Being domain name, so just go here for future reference.
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Incidentally, if anyone is wondering what sort of perspective Gainax takes on ADV and its live-action movie-rights (and in particular, what perspective its president takes); Gualtiero 'Shito' Cannarsi* http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/evangelion/2005-February/002438.html offers an interesting anecdote:
I don't know who to root for anymore.
* I was very surprised to google him and see from his Wikipedia article that, as I thought, he was involved in the Italian Eva releases - and much much more
Actually during a private businnes dinner with Gainax, good old Yamaga
re-interpreted the point with something that suonded much as "they gave us a
lot of money, we gave 'em the franchise. We're very happy with the money,
and we don't give a shit anyway'.
I don't know who to root for anymore.
* I was very surprised to google him and see from his Wikipedia article that, as I thought, he was involved in the Italian Eva releases - and much much more
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nice find ! Gotta admit went I first saw the concept art about a year ago I was excited, but know it seems like a far of dream. The film is still in development hell, I was thinking if not wes anderson maybe Guillermo del Toro would be good choices for directors but an unknown would be even better .
here's another greenfield interview if anyone else asks he mentions it in part four or five. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FompFClU7ww[/url]
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gwern wrote:Incidentally, if anyone is wondering what sort of perspective Gainax takes on ADV and its live-action movie-rights (and in particular, what perspective its president takes); Gualtiero 'Shito' Cannarsi* http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/evangelion/2005-February/002438.html offers an interesting anecdote:
This Cannarsi guy has real problem with a lot of people:
"The one thing I can't stand even more than an otaku (which is a Japanese personA by definition), is a western nerd calling himself an otaku, possibly as some kind of way to boast his retarded ego."
I am not sure how much to trust his memory of Yamaga's saying ""they gave us a lot of money, we gave 'em the franchise. We're very happy with the money, and we don't give a shit anyway'." At the very least, colorful exaggeration and distortion from what Yamaga actually said is quite possible.
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Re: I want this to happen, with WETA. Bl
FreakyFilmFan4ever wrote:Films of four are called "tetralogy". I don't know why "tetra" is picked over "quad". Maybe it's because scientific and mechanical terminology in English cultures like to use the word "quad" for mobile features, so someone might expect a "quadrology" to have four legs or something.
AFAIK it's for consistency: both parts of the pormanteau are taken from ancient Greek.
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Evangelion can be done by the West, in other words. B)
About what I was expecting really, no different from how they approach their other licenses.
The only part of that which concerns me is Hideaki Anno giving his blessing, and, if its alright with him, it's alright with me.
I'm not saying the man's infallible, only observing that he feels westerners doing the adaptation in-of-itself isn't an offensive thing.
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Alaska Slim wrote:About what I was expecting really, no different from how they approach their other licenses.
The only part of that which concerns me is Hideaki Anno giving his blessing, and, if its alright with him, it's alright with me.
I'm not saying the man's infallible, only observing that he feels westerners doing the adaptation in-of-itself isn't an offensive thing.
True...
And apparently Spielberg's looking to do a live-action movie of "Ghost in the Shell." I'm looking forward to it with a mix of excitement and trepidation*. If it does well, it might kick off a wave of "adapted from anime" films much in the way the X-Men movie kicked off the last decade's superhero trend. One would hope they would then try to do the "upper 10%" of notable anime series - and Eva is right up there. If it doesn't... Well, I guess we can wait until the superhero trend runs its course.
*IMDb gives a tentative release date of 2011, but I haven't seen any teaser trailers and most of the press releases for it are for 2008/2010. I think it's probably going to come out in 2012, if it doesn't get locked deeper into Development Hell.
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ADV's a dump. Matt Greenfield is a nobody. Richard Taylor is an effects guy, not a movie producer.
Besides, there's no point for Live Action Evangelion now that Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM is coming out next year.
http://badassdigest.com/2012/05/23/giant-monsters-giant-robots-the-pacific-rim-synopsis-is-here/
Besides, there's no point for Live Action Evangelion now that Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM is coming out next year.
http://badassdigest.com/2012/05/23/giant-monsters-giant-robots-the-pacific-rim-synopsis-is-here/
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Evangelion is more than just aliens and mechs! (Though I'll give that Pacific Rim does have some pilot angst in there).
Anyway, my stance is that as long as it's done faithfully to the original show's themes, there's a point to ANYTHING Evangelion.
Evangelion is more than just aliens and mechs! (Though I'll give that Pacific Rim does have some pilot angst in there).
Anyway, my stance is that as long as it's done faithfully to the original show's themes, there's a point to ANYTHING Evangelion.
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We have found Rei for Live action
http://youtu.be/ncBIu9sESwE
Must be cast as Rei!
Must be cast as Rei!
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Not the right thread for this. Do some searching, I'm pretty sure there's a live-action cast thread out there.
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ADV sues Funimation
[url]http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2012/06/adv-sues-funimation-for-illegal-monopolization/[/url] An article dated June 12, 2012. This drama might be the nail in the coffin for the live action flick. More details here too: [url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-06-11/adv-files-3rd-party-claim-in-funimation-lawsuit[/url]
Well, to be fair, Funi was able to survive the industry collapse mostly because it was a subsidiary of the Navarre Corporation, which had other profitable divisions at the time. (They've since changed hands).
But, seriously, considering how Sentai seems to be the only other thriving R1 licensor (except Crunchyroll, who they often share licenses with), why are they even pursuing this? Or is this all part of ADV's obligations to try and recover as much money for their creditors as possible?
But, seriously, considering how Sentai seems to be the only other thriving R1 licensor (except Crunchyroll, who they often share licenses with), why are they even pursuing this? Or is this all part of ADV's obligations to try and recover as much money for their creditors as possible?
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