Hollywood's next live-action victim Attack on Titan! dun dun dun So what's up
guys Foxen here! And what the freaking hell? Yeah that wasn't a joke a
live-action attack on titan movie project has just been announced. It's
already got a producer and director on board so this thing is moving along and
I'll get back to these guys so definitely let me know what you think
should attack on titan be getting the hollywood live action movie treatment?
With this you can only really think of two things. Didn't they already do a
live-action attack on titan movie in japan? And just why? It really seems like
hollywood can't keep their greedy little hands off of top anime series. So about
the first thing you're wondering yes do you have actually been on this roller
coaster before back in 2015. Attack on titan did get not one but two terrible
live-action movies made for it. Keep in mind that these did include an entire
Asian cast. The only bright side to these movies is that at least Levi escaped
these dumpster fires. And to be honest I'm not sure who watched them but in total
they did make a total of 46 million dollars. 30 million for the first one and
about 16 million for the second mess. Technically they did not bomb but the
box-office dropping by half for the second movie is super telling. I think it
should go without saying that the attack on Titan manga and anime fans weren't a
huge fan of these films and yes let me just mention it doesn't represent the
whole Japanese fan base but I haven't been able to find anyone here in Japan
who liked these films. Anyway second thing you're wondering why why why the
freakin hell? But to be honest I can't say I'm surprised at this point. I could
only imagine that the licenses for these huge anime titles are super cheap so
when Hollywood weighs money bags in front of these Japanese companies
they're quick to jump at the cash in front of them. And to be honest who is
surprised at this point? Not too long ago there was also a one piece live-action
project announced and let's not forget SAO, Cowboy Bebop
and even the Boruto's Dad series is getting a live-action version soon too.
And I'm talking about a Hollywood version not just as Japanese one so for
attack on Titan going live-action it wasn't a question of if but when?
Ironically attack on Titan could actually work a lot better
most anime titles when it comes to live-action at least when done on a
Hollywood budget. Remember the whole controversy that blew
up with the ghost in the shell movie last year or was that this year? Either way it
was regarding the Major being wide wash by casting Scarlett Johansson. At least
the silver lining for this live-action attack on titan movie is that they could
easily cast all white guys for the roles except for the one for Asian Mikasa.
Watch I bet they're gonna screw that one up too so at the very least you're gonna
get proper casting and maybe just maybe this project won't be DOA when it comes
out but Who am I kidding? I did admit that attack on Titan could work in
live-action especially with the budget of a 100 million plus. Right now keep in mind
that the budget is still very much a mystery. As for who's in charge of this
the IT director Andy is set to steer this project going forward
and there's also being backed by Warner Brothers. Yeah go ahead and scream in
Batman V Superman Martha! Then you got David Heyman who's
worked on Harry Potter that's also worked on this as a producer but
honestly that is a super vague position. You could just have the title and do
little to nothing involved in the actual movie so don't get excited about that.
Anyway the next important question then becomes what exactly will this
live-action project cover? For a movie you have two hours maybe two hours and
30 minutes at most and you could bet they're definitely planning to make this
with potential sequels in mind however none of that matters one bit if this
project is terrible and more importantly if it bombs in the box office.
With only two hours how much of the attack on titan lore and story can you
really flesh out? Not much. I would say at best they got a shout out of adapting
the first battle at the Trost district. Unfortunately that would still be with a
lot of content cut out. This has me even more worried. Keep in mind that the
attack on Titan story from start I could just see them stripping the story so
much that Eren is gonna come off as this typical YA novel protagonist in
other words nothing really special to hook the viewer in. Even worse will be of
actually trying to adapt stuff past a Trost Arc like the female Titan arc.
Could you freaking imagine? At that point the story would be so stripped. It
would just be a giant monster action-movie perhaps one that doesn't
even look that good based on whatever budget they set. I actually mentioned
earlier that I could see Attack on TItan working in live-action but
Hollywood is always doing it wrong. They still haven't learned from their
failures like the ghosts in the Shell movie or even the Death Note movie. Yeah
remember that mess? Part of the reason these anime stories worked so well is
due to the story not being super condensed. You actually spend time
knowing these characters, their struggles and the world they unfortunately were
born into. That shouldn't be a movie series but a TV series if anything but
don't get me wrong only something like HBO or possibly Disney would be able to
get the budget for the best chance of a successful live-action attack on titan
adaptation. And so far I'm still wondering why Hollywood keeps on trying
to make a live-action anime happen. It's starting to seem like the whole adapting
video games into movies which none have been successful yet.
I guess just based on the law of averages eventually sooner or later one
of these is gonna be a hit and to be honest I have some hopes with the ghost
in the Shell movie and you know how that turned out.
My last remaining hope was Alita Battle Angel but so far the trailers have seen
questionable. By the way a quick side note here I mentioned doing a changes
video for the attack on Titan season 3 blu-ray but so far I've gone frame by
frame for the first season three episode. Unfortunately no changes so far two
episodes left so we'll see what happens. Anyway let me toss it over to you now
question of the day should attack on Titan and get a live-action version? Is
there anyone out there that has hopes for this project? Please let us know why!
And how about the idea that I brought up about a live-action attack on Titan TV
series instead? Would anyone be more open to that? If course assuming you got a
game of Thrones level budget. Anyway definitely have a Colossal thumbs up and
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