The Crow director Rupert Sanders set out to reboot James O’Barr’s graphic novel for this generation of viewers who may not have been aware of Alex Proyas’ 1994 adaptation. That film, which starred Brandon Lee who tragically died while filming, became a cult classic over the last 30 years.
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On February 28, I saw a 15-minute sneak peek of the Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. From the announcement of the project, this has always been a bad idea. But the announcement of the cast and story has made things much worse. Most noticeably, Hollywood adaptations of Japanese anime have yet to be successful. Either their stories veer too far from the source material, the director isn’t a good fit or the casting makes no sense. You would think Hollywood would learn, yet here we are, on the precipice of another anime-adapted flop.
Here are the takeaways from what I have seen of Paramount’s Ghost in the Shell so far.
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