Even though SPEED RACER was something of a critical and financial disaster for Warner Bros, the studio are still keen on Japanese anime as a resource for their big budget, live action tentpoles.
Variety say WB under the guidance of Leonardo DiCaprio (as producer) have bought the rights to the NINJA SCROLL series, which revolved around a ninja for hire who is forced to fight an old enemy who will stop at nothing to overthrow the government.
WATCHMEN writer Alex Tse will adapt.
The series began as an animated 1993 film which is said to be one of the best of that decade. It was also conterversially cut in the U.K. because of excessive images of weaponary and one rape scene. A series then followed in 2003 which ran for 13 episodes.
The project will have nothing to do with Joel Silver’s NINJA ASSASSIN at WB from James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) and The Wachowski’s… once rumored but later denied, that it itself was a remake of this property.
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NINJA SCROLL THE MOVIE.
Threshold Entertainment was going to produce the movie of Ninja Scroll and Sean Catherine Derek has written the script for the film,so now what the hell is going on here,Leonado DiCapario and Warner Bros is producing Ninja Scroll which all bulls**t so what’s wrong with Larry Kasanoff producing the film? Ah.
Well we just have to put up with Warner Bros doing the Ninja Scroll.
Thank you.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.