Gaiking Movie

[Electrofarce]

Release date: TBA 2012

Teaser trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmPLiJgGASM

 

[Alchemyst]

*head explodes*

that looks awesome, take notes Voltron

 

[dark_b]

fanmade

 

[Alchemyst]

fanmade

well then they deserve props, that was very well done

 

[BrollySupersj]

Wiki says the movie is legit, and it's scheduled for a 2012 world wide release.

 

[Electrofarce]

fanmade

No, this is happening. This was shown from the film studio at a convention in Tokyo. It's scheduled for a 2012 release.

 

[dark_b]

this si real?

holly s.....

 

[marcvader]

Yeah, this came out months ago.

 

[Electrofarce]

Yeah, this came out months ago.

Yeah haha. Decided to make a thread though seeing how their wasn't one

 

[BrollySupersj]

I know nothing of Gaiking, but it seems awesome.

 

[gkokujin]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/174135-valhalla-entertainment-to-produce-gaiking-movie

Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment ("The Walking Dead") and Toei Animation have teamed with All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) to develop Toei's iconic anime property Gaiking. This marks a new push for Toei into the U.S. marketplace and the first development deal for ANEW.

Gaiking follows a young man who is recruited to serve as the lead pilot for the Super Robot Gaiking. When Earth is threatened by an alien race intent on taking over the planet, he emerges as the only one who can pilot the massive robot. Together with his fellow co-pilots he must fight off the alien force in order to save mankind.

"I'm extremely excited to be working on 'Gaiking,'" said Hurd, "which marks a huge step forward in adapting one of the best Japanese IP for a global audience."

Valhalla Entertainment recently announced their USA Network pilot "Horizon" for Universal Cable Productions. Additional projects on their development slate include "Thunder Road" for Discovery Channel, "Reconstruction" at The History Channel, "Jane Wayne" with USA Network, "11th Commandment" with NBC, and "Area 51" at AMC.

On the feature side, Gale Anne Hurd executive produced the upcoming Sundance Premiere film, Very Good Girls, and is moving forward on the action/thriller The Nameless with Route One. Hurd is also known for her sci-fi blockbusters The Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens, Armageddon and The Incredible Hulk.

ANEW, led by CEO Sandy Climan, is dedicated to partnering with Japanese underlying rights holders to develop creative content, including films, books, toys, animation, and Manga, into global English language motion pictures and television. It has an initial capitalization of $80M from the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a public-private investment fund affiliated with the Japanese government. ANEW’s creative partners include a broad spectrum of the leading media and entertainment companies in Japan.

"ANEW's mission is to bring the highest quality Japanese stories to a global audience in partnership with world-class producers," said Climan, "I am thrilled that ANEW is joining with Toei Animation and Valhalla Entertainment in developing this landmark property into a major motion picture."

Toei Animation is the largest animation production company in Japan and is responsible for thousands of hours of programming, including "Dragon Ball," "Sailor Moon" and "Space Pirate Captain Harlock," which is being remade as a 3D CG animated feature film. Since its founding in 1956, Toei has produced more than 10,000 episodes of TV (191 titles) and over 200 animated feature films. Toei Animation is the original rights holder of the underlying "Gaiking" IP and a Co-Producer with Valhalla Entertainment.

"'Gaiking' has long been one of the most beloved giant robot animation franchises with a global fan base. We are very excited to be partnering with Valhalla Entertainment and ANEW to bring this title to a worldwide audience as a live-action feature film, which we hope to be the first of many more to come from Toei’s large stable of IPs,” said Yoshi Ikezawa of Toei Animation.

Gale Anne Hurd will serve as lead producer on the project. Yoshi Ikezawa of Toei Animation and Joseph Chou will also serve as producers. Sandy Climan, Tim Kwok, and Kozo Mori****a of Toei Animation are executive producing. Kris Henigman, Director of Development at Valhalla, will oversee development for the company in association with Annmarie Bailey, Vice President of Creative Affairs for ANEW.

 

[Octoberist]

The new journey is getting a writer and a director and not get stuck in development hell.

 

[Marvin]

Day time contrast ridden cgi compositing. Never fails.
Still hoping for some day time Pacific Rim shots.

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah, I thought the Pac Rim needed a clearer look at the mechs besides the night time stuff.

 

[Gabe99]

Gale Anne Hurd Talks THE WALKING DEAD, the Show’s Creative Process and Deleted Scenes, Plus Updates on GAIKING and HORIZON

I’m going to switch gears completely, you’re also working on is something I’m incredibly excited for which is Gaiking, I grew up with that, can you tell people what the status of that is right now?

Hurd: Sure, we just closed the deal and we are out to writers as we speak.

Are you aiming to make it look or feel like something that’s been done? Can you talk about what your ideas are for the film?

Hurd: Its early on, I’d hate to do that before the writers have an opportunity to look at the material and sit down with me. I don’t think we want it to look like something you’ve already seen on screen before. As you know, if you know Gaiking, it’s really the character driven part of it that’s so compelling to all of us.

Sure, I guess my question is, is there like a timeframe of where you guys are hoping to be in a year?

Hurd: No, it’s more important to get the right writer and the right take than it is to do something in a particular timeframe.

I definitely want to ask, Warner Brothers recently announced that Robotech is in development. In the 70’s and 80’s there were a lot of robots that hit animation, I’m a fan of everything, is there any competition between Robotech, Voltron and Gaiking, trying to make sure you’re first?

Hurd: No, I’ve been first and second. I did Armageddon, there was also Deep Impact and we ended up being the most successful movie at the box office that year in the world even though we were second. I also did Dante’s Peak. There were three underwater films released when we made The Abyss. I think the most important thing is to make the best film you can.

I completely agree with you. It’s something I’m really looking forward to. Have you guys looked at what special effects can do now, after Iron Man and things like that, are you sort of looking at well this is really possible to make this photo-real now?

Hurd: Oh, absolutely. You don’t want people to look at something and think that was a fantastic special effect. Visual effects now you really feel as if you can reach out and touch, whether it’s a creature’s face or a machine.

Your production company Valhalla is teaming up with Toei and Al Nippon Entertainment to do the project together, is it one of these things where each party has to agree on something, or are they trusting you to hire the right writer? Can you talk about the collaboration?

Hurd: We’ve all agreed on which writers we’re going to go out to and I always like my partners to be happy but I think they will support the direction that we want to go.

Obviously you’re working on The Walking Dead and Gaiking, what else are you guys trying to do at Valhalla in terms of upcoming TV or movie projects?

 

[Gabe99]

LIVE ACTION “GAIKING” STILL MOVING FORWARD
Toei Animation’s Bold Plans for 2015 & Beyond!

 

[Gabe99]

AICN:
Gale Anne Hurd doing Live Action GAIKING & other ANEW news!

Filling this void is All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW), a Los Angeles/Tokyo based film development and production company that deals expressly with the intricacies of the Japanese IP market. ANEW was founded with backing from the INCJ (Innovation Network Corporation of Japan), a partnership between the Japanese government and several corporations that aims to boost the success of Japanese industries that vary all the way from power semiconductor devices to new and better Alzheimer's drugs. Somewhere in the middle falls the INCJ's support of ANEW and the development of the country's vast IP market for audiences abroad. During a recent chat with ANEW CEO Sanford Climan, he further explains, "With ANEW, the [Japanese] government made the decision to better promote the storytelling of Japan to a global English language audience. There has been a long, but sporadic, history of properties being optioned or adapted, but not that many, and what they want to do is change the dynamic in a number of ways. They wanted to create a company that is essentially Japanese- that was ANEW. They wanted to find Americans who have a love of Japanese culture- that was us. And they wanted to create a true cultural bridge from Japan to the U.S. where instead of properties just being adapted, there would be an appreciation of the creators in Japan- whether they are networks, publishers, movie companies, manga, anime, games, book publishers- and basically that we would partner with that creative community."

ANEW identifies and navigates the delicate and sometimes difficult negotiations involved with bringing popular Japanese properties to world class film makers and ultimately the global marketplace. Climan continues, "There's distance, language barriers, and cultural business differences. In the U.S. and elsewhere in the world you have a legal system where everything is contractually written down in exact detail, whereas in Japan those contracts and relationships are rarely documented in formal contracts, and you have to recreate it. The other thing is that between the creative elements and the business elements, the notion of trust is critical to doing business. When I started working in Hollywood people actually worked on a handshake and trust. The Japanese still work on a handshake and trust."

With support of the Japanese government as well as the Hollywood savvy of show biz veteran Climan, ANEW already boasts an impressive development slate that includes the adaptation of Nokuto Koike's popular deep sea horror manga series 6000: Rokusen with BLACK SWAN and SHUTTER ISLAND producer Mike Medavoy.

In the anime department, ANEW recently announced that they are partnering with Ron Howard and Brian Grazers's Imagine Entertainment to develop a live action version of the popular Japanese anime and film series TIGER & BUNNY. Also, a deal with Gale Ann Hurd's (THE WALKING DEAD) Valhalla Entertainment, Inc. to develop a live action version of the robot anime series GAIKING by TOEI Animation is in the works.