I'm looking forward to this movie simply because it's been a long time since we had a legit Ninja movie, and as a self-proclaimed Ninja fanboy, I'll totally watch it. However, I am worried that this movie isn't really going to do anything to break the mold. It looks like it's kind of a regurgitation of Ninja pop culture from the 1980's onward, without really bringing much of anything new to the table.
I've been developing a ninja story of my own for the last few years that I intend to publish as a graphic novel at some point in the near future (I may shop around the movie rights as well, but only if I can do so while retaining some creative control over it). One of the big focuses for me though, is that I wanted to sculpt a ninja myth that hadn't been done before. Just about all the Ninja stuff I've seen in the last few years has been almost pure fantasy, while I've always been more interested in a more reality-based, "plausibly authentic" approach.
But hey, whatever. As long as there's guys an black hacking at each other with katanas, it should be a jolly good time.