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'Mortal' Maven Nabs 'Ninja Scroll'
Variety ^
| Wed Mar 13, 2:31 AM ET
| By Dana Harris
Posted on 03/13/2002 7:50:31 AM PST by Texaggie79
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - "Mortal Kombat" producer Larry Kasanoff has bought all remake rights to the Japanese 1994 anime blockbuster "Ninja Scroll" with the intention of turning it into an f/x-driven live-action feature that will spawn television, live stage tours, video games and music.
Critically acclaimed as Kawajiri Yoshiaki's masterpiece, "Ninja Scroll" is a samurai sword-and-sorcery epic in which a masterless ninja for hire joins forces with a powerful female ninja after her team is destroyed by a powerful man-monster. They create a tragic love story that culminates with the overthrow of the Shogun government. "Anime is today what video games were seven years ago -- an entirely different style of entertainment that will be mainstream in the very near future," Kasanoff said.
Kasanoff is chairman and CEO of Threshold Entertainment, whose digital animation and effects subsidiary, will supervise visual FX for "Ninja Scroll," while another unit will create and manage the online presence of the brand.
Threshold also represents such entertainment properties as Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat, Playboy, Hellraiser, Pepsi Co./Frito Lay and Ozzy Osbourne, developing brands for film, television and the Internet.
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: anime
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For anyone wondering what Ninja Scroll is, it is quite simply the best Japanese Anime film. Yes even better than Akira.
To: Sir Gawain, darth sidious, rebelbase, realpatriot71
ping
To: Texaggie79
For anyone wondering what Ninja Scroll is, it is quite simply the best Japanese Anime film. Is not, Arcadia of My Youth is the best. ;-)
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03/13/2002 8:05:09 AM PST
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RikaStrom
To: SeaDragon
Check this out.
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03/13/2002 8:07:02 AM PST
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RikaStrom
To: SeaDragon
Check this out.
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posted on
03/13/2002 8:07:17 AM PST
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RikaStrom
To: RikaStrom
I don't see Larry going for Arcadia :-P
To: Texaggie79
They probably wouldn't sell it to him. It would be a disgrace to give that man Arcadia when Mortal Kombat was almost impossible to hear the dialogue. NyahhH! ;-)
hehehehe
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03/13/2002 8:14:07 AM PST
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RikaStrom
To: Texaggie79; RikaStrom
I would have to agree with you that "Ninja Scroll" is quite excellent and "Arcadia Of My Youth" is also way up there in the polls but, in my opinion, the best above all is "Ghost in the Shell"......
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03/13/2002 8:15:15 AM PST
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SeaDragon
To: SeaDragon
I think Akira is the most makable, as far as live action goes.
To: Texaggie79
I don't know. With all of today's special effects and computer graphics, I think "Ghost in the Shell" is a very good candidate.
To: SeaDragon
I wouldn't mind another CGI like Final Fantasy
To: Texaggie79
I haven't seen that yet. Is it good? I keep meaning to buy it and just never have.
To: Texaggie79
Akira was stupid. I want a Voltron live action movie.
To: Sir Gawain
It's called Mighty Morphine Power Rangers the movie :-P
To: SeaDragon
Very Good. Sometimes you have to remind yourself that it is only computer generated.
To: Texaggie79
They're cheap imitations.
To: Sir Gawain
I'd go for a live action Transformers before Vultron.
To: Texaggie79
No, Voltron would be better.
To: Sir Gawain
Actually, they should make Voltron a live movie and ruin it like they did he-man.
To: Texaggie79; Sir Gawain
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the Power Rangers was a rip off of Voltron. Although Voltron had better bad guys.
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