WB to Attack on Titan

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...ack-on-titan-movie-from-harry-potter-producer


You knew it was coming. And as we said before they can cast whoever since only a couple of the characters are even Japanese.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

*Moan groan*

Americanized adaption of Japanese material ends up mostly like video game movies, so I have no real confidence in this project, even if Netflix Death Note series, and Ghost in the Shell movie happen to be the unexpected hits.

 

[MbJ]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...os-attack-on-titan-films-is-incorrect/.111191

Deadline Hollywood reported on Tuesday that Warner Bros. is in negotiations to get the film rights to the Attack on Titan franchise. A public relations representative of publisher Kodansha said on Wednesday that "Deadline's report is incorrect."

 

[terry78]

Well, that was fast.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Interesting. Well, whoever gets it, hopefully they don't treat it like Ghost in the Shell or the Dragon Ball Z movie.

 

[2kt09]

"Harry Potter producer"

 

[Arachnerd]

Is the japanese AoT film any good, btw? Have yet to see it.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Is the japanese AoT film any good, btw? Have yet to see it.

Fans and non-fans of the anime alike consider it to be an underwhelming adaption.

 

[X Knight]

wasn't WB working on a Bleach live action film? what happened to that?

 

[Arachnerd]

Fans and non-fans of the anime alike consider it to be an underwhelming adaption.

Guess we'll see if this ends up being better or worse.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Never read it, never watched it, never played the game.....only know Attack on Titan by name and gameplay videos.

 

[LoganGambit87]

Is the japanese AoT film any good, btw? Have yet to see it.

its horrible

 

[Octoberist]

This is the case (like Cowboy Bebop, Lupin and Full Metal Alchemist) where you can actually have leads who don't necessarily have to be Asian, unlike Akira or whatever. I mean, you can have some Asian cast members if you want, but the influences are very obviously not Japanese and more Germanic.

 

[Neno_Kos]

Hollywood's Attack on the Titan has more chance to being good than Japanese one. I mean Attack on the Titan is perfect example of Hollywood blockbuster movie.

On other hand I am glad we got Samurai X or original Rurouni Kenshin, japanese version over possible hollywood's one (just for example). There are some titles which can't exist or be properly adaptated by either Hollywood or Japan. You need to understand story, characters and era where those titles happening in order to get point of what you are adapting on big screen.


Full metal Alchemist, Lupin, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Berserk, Neon Genesis Evangelion etc. those are titles which makes sense being done by Hollywood. On other hand titles like Rurouni Kenshin and Bleach makes more sense to being done by Japan.

 

[Silvermoth]

Ewwwww. Still I knew they would eventually.

Casting will define if it's a good idea or not

 

[2kt09]

This is the case (like Cowboy Bebop, Lupin and Full Metal Alchemist) where you can actually have leads who don't necessarily have to be Asian, unlike Akira or whatever. I mean, you can have some Asian cast members if you want, but the influences are very obviously not Japanese and more Germanic.

It's supposed to have a diverse set of characters considering the post-apocalyptic premise. Asia apparently was wiped out so bad that the race became rare, which made the domestic adaptation pretty awkward.
WB basically channeled enough AoT as is through Pacific Rim.

 

[TheVileOne]

There's too much going on in the manga to make a film adaptation work.

Also, I don't know how you sell mainstream moviegoing audiences on the Titan concept and make them understand it. They will find it confusing

 

[2kt09]

There's too much going on in the manga to make a film adaptation work.

Also, I don't know how you sell mainstream moviegoing audiences on the Titan concept and make them understand it. They will find it confusing

It's pretty standard YA dystopia novel, eg the "Harry Potter producer", just with giant monsters thrown in.
They're also a bit too late on the trend.

 

[TheVileOne]

It's pretty standard YA dystopia novel, eg the "Harry Potter producer", just with giant monsters thrown in.
They're also a bit too late on the trend.

It's really nothing like Harry Potter. It's really nothing like any recent YA dystopia either. The manga is way more complex and intricate than all that. The truth about all the concepts and the whole backstory wasn't introduced until over seven years after the manga debuted.

The tone of Attack on Titan has a lot more in common with Game of Thrones than it does YA material.

 

[2kt09]

It's really nothing like Harry Potter. It's really nothing like any recent YA dystopia either. The manga is way more complex and intricate than all that. The truth about all the concepts and the whole backstory wasn't introduced until over seven years after the manga debuted.

It certainly starts out that way. You can pretty much info drop the easier stuff that wouldn't reveal all the twists to come with the barracks scene.
It's a fun, yet very serious mystery action thriller involving teen soldiers.

The tone of Attack on Titan has a lot more in common with Game of Thrones than it does YA material.

That rating is the one thing I didn't account for, but the tone isn't that far off from the Maze Runner, Hunger Games, or Pacific Rim.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Well, they can only go up after the Japanese attempt

 

[TheVileOne]

It certainly starts out that way. You can pretty much info drop the easier stuff that wouldn't reveal all the twists to come with the barracks scene.
It's a fun, yet very serious mystery action thriller involving teen soldiers.


That rating is the one thing I didn't account for, but the tone isn't that far off from the Maze Runner, Hunger Games, or Pacific Rim.

Pacific Rim is a fun PG-13 action adventure movie. The death and destruction of Attack on Titan is bleaker than any of those properties. For the death of Mikasa's parents alone. None of those books or movies had anything half as gruesome and violent as what happened to Mikasa's parents.

Also not just Mikasa's parents:

Spoiler

Grisha's little sister, and then his wife and kinsmen. Not to mention the brutal torture he had to endure.

Also Reiner:

Spoiler

Has half of his head chopped off...and he survives. It happens to him in human form un-Titan-ized.

 

[Neno_Kos]

Also, ratings. I dont see Attack on Titan properly adapted without R rating.

 

[2kt09]

Pacific Rim is a fun PG-13 action adventure movie. The death and destruction of Attack on Titan is bleaker than any of those properties. For the death of Mikasa's parents alone. None of those books or movies had anything half as gruesome and violent as what happened to Mikasa's parents.

Yeah, I made note of the rating.
Closest that comes to mind is Snowpiercer in that aspect, but the PG-13 Edge of Tomorrow did bleak violence fairly well.

I'm referring to the tone of the narratives. When I think GoT,
I'm thinking it's not as accessible due to taking the slow and writing-heavy approach to get to the more shocking moments.
I expected the anime to not have such a literal pacing in adapting its source,
so I counted on the movie(s) to be the next best thing.

 

[Octoberist]

It's very much a cerebral night terror brought to life.