Samurai Jack

[craigdbfan]

The thing I'm saddest of the most about this entire project is that Aku won't be voiced by the legendary Mako who passed away some time ago.

 

[Brother Jack]

The thing I'm saddest of the most about this entire project is that Aku won't be voiced by the legendary Mako who passed away some time ago.

Very true. He was integral to the show. I can't imagine who they could get to do the voice now.

Nevertheless I'm very glad this project is finally happening. I'm personally glad it's animated and not live action.

 

[Sebastos]

The thing I'm saddest of the most about this entire project is that Aku won't be voiced by the legendary Mako who passed away some time ago.

Seconded.

 

[xwolverine2]

The thing I'm saddest of the most about this entire project is that Aku won't be voiced by the legendary Mako who passed away some time ago.

true.. forgot about that...

thats gonna be weird...

they could get the guy who took over for him on Avatar, the voice is similar but obviously not the same. Maybe with computers or something

 

[Sebastos]

"Aku!!!!"

 

[Soapy]

I'd rather animated shows be made into animated movies anyway.

I always wanted an animated Samurai Jack movie, because the animation was 90% of what made the cartoon such a hit. Doing a live action movie would just be stupid IMO, so I'm glad to hear they're taking the animation route. Hopefully they'll take full advantage of a theatrical budget and deliver quality animation that the TV should could only have dreamed of!

I'm personally glad it's animated and not live action.

THANK YOU.

Why anyone would want to ruin such a beautiful cartoon's art style with live action is totally beyond me.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

EDIT: Sorry. Link was posted a page back, so never mind.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

lulz, old.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

lulz, old.

Well, no one bothered to post it, so why not? Besides, I think Abrams is PERFET to produce this! I ****ing LOVED the show, so I hope this is gonna be the long-awaited finale to it! I want Jack to get back home and not pull some "Quantum Leap"-esq. **** on us and end it by saying "Oh, and he NEVER found his way back home." That was ******** when it was pulled on Quantum Leap and it BETTER not be the case here!

 

[craigdbfan]

Well, no one bothered to post it, so why not? Besides, I think Abrams is PERFET to produce this! I ****ing LOVED the show, so I hope this is gonna be the long-awaited finale to it! I want Jack to get back home and not pull some "Quantum Leap"-esq. **** on us and end it by saying "Oh, and he NEVER found his way back home." That was ******** when it was pulled on Quantum Leap and it BETTER not be the case here!

If you would have checked one page back...

More news on the J.J Abrams produced "Samurai Jack"

 

[MOVIELORD101]

If you would have checked one page back...

Oops. Thanks for clearing that up. Didn't notice.

 

[Majik1387]

This movie will be amazing. I can just feel it.:heart:

 

[8wid]

I finally want to see Jack stab Aku through the heart and watch him die in agony!

 

[Gabe99]

What 'Immortals' Director Tarsem Singh Really Wants to Do: Direct a 'Samurai Jack' Movie - Singh revealed his secret wish to THR at the film's Hollywood premiere on Monday, Nov. 7.

Tarsem Singh is the director behind Relativity’s new Greek god epic Immortals and next year's Lily Collins-Julia Roberts Snow White movie, Mirror, Mirror. What will he do next? At the Monday premiere of Immortals, Singh revealed his secret wish: to helm a live-action version of Samurai Jack.

Jack was an edgy and hyperactive animated show created by Genndy Tartakovsky that ran for three seasons on the Cartoon Network starting in 2001. It centered on a warrior from feudal Japan banished into the future by a shape-changing demon, with the warrior battling aliens and robots as he tries to find a way back. The show was known for its varied art styles, the use of split screens and multi-angles, and for long sequences that were dialogue free, all of which contributed to it winning four Emmys.

Singh told The Hollywood Reporter he has little interest in comic book movies but “I love Samurai Jack. I would love to direct that.” He said it’s the epic style, pace and art that he admires.

“It’s brilliant. The speed, it embraces where it comes from. I find that comic strip films are halfway grounded. They don’t play my chord. But I love Samurai Jack. I love the animation," he said.

A live-action version of Jack was actually set up at New Line in the early 2000s, with man-in-the-news Brett Ratner attached to direct and produce, but the rights have since reverted back to Cartoon Network.

“Have them contact me,” Singh said. You hear that, CN execs?

For his follow-up to Mirror, Mirror, however, Singh will probably to do a movie that rejects the visually intense nature of the films that so far have made his reputation.

“I want to do a talking-head movie like My Dinner with Andre or like an early (Roman) Polanski like Knife in the Water. I want to go there because now all everyone wants to think is that I want to do visual films," he explained

One reason he took on the Snow White movie was that it was a family adventure, a departure from the blood-spslattered and hard-R nature of Immortals. “Now the next thing to do is a movie that doesn’t have the spectacular in it,” he said, even though he thinks switching genres will only lead to a pay cut.

“When you do something that they think is in your style, people will write a big check for you, and if it’s not your style, they’ll go, ‘Oh, no, he might sink us’ and cut your rate. But if you don’t change it up early in your career and force people to redefine how they see you, when will you?”

 

[Gabe99]

Genndy Tartakovsky Talks HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, Making a Family Film About Monsters, and What It Would Take to Make a SAMURAI JACK Movie

Will there ever be a Samurai Jack animated feature or live-action movie?

TARTAKOVSKY: It’s still around. Every year, somebody new picks it up who tries to push it through. I feel like, with Jack, it’s a funny curse. People like it for A, B and C, but as soon as they want to make it, they say, “Well, we can’t do A, B and C.” But, those are the key ingredients that make it successful. Once somebody comes along and just says, “I want to make it for what it is,” then it will get made. But right now, every time we try to run it up the flagpole, it never sticks.

 

[Wolfwood]

Okay then, **** the movie. Just bring it back to tv lol.

 

[TheVileOne]

Hey they brought back Tom and Toonami. So who knows.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

I actually emailed Fredrator Studios (the company Genndy's working with for the movie) about Tarsem Singh's desire to direct this project, and I just got an email back this morning. Apparently, they're fully aware of his interest and have recently spoken with him on the matter. However, they didn't say if he's one of the guys that Genndy mention in the Collider interview recently, so maybe there's still a chance!

 

[Karelia]

Live action Samurai Jack would be so awesome. Even just a new animated movie would be great. I'd love to see the story completed.

 

[8wid]

This is like the long forgotten Jungle Movie from Hey Arnold, we don't know what happened in the end during the greatest climax of the story.