Legendary Pictures to produce live action My Hero Academia because superheroes

[Jman]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-24/legendary-produces-hollywood-live-action-film-of-my-hero-academia-manga/.138585

No word if The Rock is willing to star as All Might.  Maybe John Cena if the Duke Nukem movie doesn’t pan out.  

[The1gairon]

I hate everything

[EmpressAngel]

This is so unnecessary.

[Daos]

My Hero Academia.... EVOLUTION!

By the way not sure everyone knows this but the guy that made the DBZ evolution movie admitted 7 years later that he was just chasing a big payday and apologized for ruining it.

This is a horrible idea but like Death Note MHA is probably the absolute best property to try this with.

I would love to see ONE live action movie based on an anime that actually gets it right in my lifetime. Just one.

 

[The1gairon]

9 hours ago, Daos said:

My Hero Academia.... EVOLUTION!

By the way not sure everyone knows this but the guy that made the DBZ evolution movie admitted 7 years later that he was just chasing a big payday and apologized for ruining it.

This is a horrible idea but like Death Note MHA is probably the absolute best property to try this with.

I would love to see ONE live action movie based on an anime that actually gets it right in my lifetime. Just one.

 

Toriyama said he wanted to release Battle of Gods and Resurrection F directly in response to the soiled reputation Evolution brought to the franchise, so ... we can thank the director for that???

 

... yeah the MHA live-action movie needs to die. In fact I have been hiding and unfollowing any social media posts that talk about this.

Edited October 25, 2018 by elfie

[PokeNirvash]

13 hours ago, EmpressAngel said:

This is so unnecessary.

Always go for this.

14 hours ago, elfie said:

I hate everything

Never, ever go for this. Only villains do that.

[The1gairon]

28 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said:

Always go for this.

Never, ever go for this. Only villains do that.

........ >: ......  ....   okay that post wins.

[Jman]

https://i.redd.it/iz1ooc5rj3i11.png

Edited October 25, 2018 by Jman

[mochi]

situations this could be good

1. they go full deadpool and make it as much like the source material as they possibly can within the limitations of bass ackwards hollywood execs
2. Mineta isn't in it

situations it will be bad

1. they make it into a generic hollywood superhero movie
2. Mineta is in it
3. whitewashed casting

[Jman]

Mineta will be in it, but isn’t the point that everyone can barely stand the little manlet?

Besides, this is the third adaptation Legendary has optioned (the other two being Naruto and Mobile Suit Gundam) and so far there hasn’t been a whiff of casting for any of them.

Maybe they’ll end up like the Voltron movie that was announced in February, where they stopped talking about it when the franchise was found to be straight up bleeding money because fujoshi don’t buy merchandise.

Edited October 25, 2018 by Jman

[mochi]

3 hours ago, Jman said:

Mineta will be in it, but isn’t the point that everyone can barely stand the little manlet?

Besides, this is the third adaptation Legendary has optioned (the other two being Naruto and Mobile Suit Gundam) and so far there hasn’t been a whiff of casting for any of them.

Maybe they’ll end up like the Voltron movie that was announced in February, where they stopped talking about it when the franchise was found to be straight up bleeding money because fujoshi don’t buy merchandise.

I keep telling you the biggest mistake VLD made was not giving the Fujoshi what they wanted by making Lance and Keith gay since it was apparent from day 1 that they were the only viewers who actually cared about that series

[Jman]

9 minutes ago, mochi said:

I keep telling you the biggest mistake VLD made was not giving the Fujoshi what they wanted by making Lance and Keith gay since it was apparent from day 1 that they were the only viewers who actually cared about that series

Fujoshi don’t buy merch, they don’t make, they mock.  They destroyed that franchise and now move onto She-Ra, only Mattel will nuke that show from orbit if it shows the same sickness.  VLD sucked because the writers sucked, and thought token wokeness was a substitute for quality and action.

Anyway...who’s All Might?  Terry Crews?

Edited October 25, 2018 by Jman

[mochi]

back to my point about Mineta....in light of the meetoo movement I at least half way believe they will get rid of Mineta....since playing up a Sexual predator as a source of humor is.........not exactly okay anymore

[EmpressAngel]

Nobody gives a fuck about Mineta. If anything, they'll just tone him down a bit.

My guess is this was a knee-jerk reaction to the movie doing well last month. The studio noticed an interesting blip on the radar, saw it has super heroes, and ran with it. It'll end up like the Bebop movie, or the Akira movie, or the Evangelion movie, or insert other example from the dozens of anime that have been picked up for a big-budget Hollywood movie but will end up never seeing the light of day.

Speaking of, whatever happened with that live action One Piece show that was coming out and it was totally going to be a faithful adaptation that the fans would love?

[Daos]

5 minutes ago, EmpressAngel said:

Nobody gives a fuck about Mineta. If anything, they'll just tone him down a bit.

My guess is this was a knee-jerk reaction to the movie doing well last month. The studio noticed an interesting blip on the radar, saw it has super heroes, and ran with it. It'll end up like the Bebop movie, or the Akira movie, or the Evangelion movie, or insert other example from the dozens of anime that have been picked up for a big-budget Hollywood movie but will end up never seeing the light of day.

Speaking of, whatever happened with that live action One Piece show that was coming out and it was totally going to be a faithful adaptation that the fans would love?

Oh............ I wouldn't worry about that. We have people looking into it.

 

[Jman]

33 minutes ago, EmpressAngel said:

Nobody gives a fuck about Mineta. If anything, they'll just tone him down a bit.

My guess is this was a knee-jerk reaction to the movie doing well last month. The studio noticed an interesting blip on the radar, saw it has super heroes, and ran with it. It'll end up like the Bebop movie, or the Akira movie, or the Evangelion movie, or insert other example from the dozens of anime that have been picked up for a big-budget Hollywood movie but will end up never seeing the light of day.

Speaking of, whatever happened with that live action One Piece show that was coming out and it was totally going to be a faithful adaptation that the fans would love?

Same place as the Naruto movie Legendary optioned, and the Gundam movie.

[The1gairon]

2 hours ago, mochi said:

back to my point about Mineta....in light of the meetoo movement I at least half way believe they will get rid of Mineta....since playing up a Sexual predator as a source of humor is.........not exactly okay anymore

Japan doesn't really care about American humor.  They have different tastes. Mineta is controversial there too- notice how the mangaka tries to make him less hated by making everyone else around him either ignorant to his antics, or totally disgusted.

If this movie becomes dead, I can see a Youtuber uploading a video called Why Legendary Pictures Can Never Release An Anime Movie!

Edited October 26, 2018 by elfie

[mochi]

13 hours ago, EmpressAngel said:

Nobody gives a fuck about Mineta. If anything, they'll just tone him down a bit.

My guess is this was a knee-jerk reaction to the movie doing well last month. The studio noticed an interesting blip on the radar, saw it has super heroes, and ran with it. It'll end up like the Bebop movie, or the Akira movie, or the Evangelion movie, or insert other example from the dozens of anime that have been picked up for a big-budget Hollywood movie but will end up never seeing the light of day.

Speaking of, whatever happened with that live action One Piece show that was coming out and it was totally going to be a faithful adaptation that the fans would love?

technically the Evangelion movie DID happen....it just got renamed Pacific Rim

[ben0119]

On 10/25/2018 at 1:26 AM, Daos said:

My Hero Academia.... EVOLUTION!

By the way not sure everyone knows this but the guy that made the DBZ evolution movie admitted 7 years later that he was just chasing a big payday and apologized for ruining it.

This is a horrible idea but like Death Note MHA is probably the absolute best property to try this with.

I would love to see ONE live action movie based on an anime that actually gets it right in my lifetime. Just one.

Found it!

https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/news/dragonball-evolution-writer-apologizes-to-fans/

https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/news/dragonball-evolution-original-script-discovered/

https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/news/ben-ramsey-replies-to-dragon-ball-fans/

That original script!

And hey, at least the fighters were actually flying around and throwing fireballs and stuff?  There was a transforming Capsule vehicle.   The cast wasn't completely white-washed.  I mean, Yamcha, was perfect.  Just the right amount of douche!  It could've been way worse!

I think the higher ups are more to blame for the movie than the the writer, though.  Apparently they kept changing the script and making it crappier and crappier.

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But the truth is, even if he did research the series, Dragon Ball isn’t something you can write about well without being a fan. It requires an enormous investment of time, energy, and commitment to understand how Akira Toriyama thinks, and then write an original screenplay that stays true to his vision.

I often get contacted by fans asking me to write their Dragon Ball screenplays, or to partner up with them and write a feature film. It’s happened 4 times in the last 2 days. But in almost every case their ideas have little resemblance to Toriyama’s vision. And these are the fan’s ideas, not an out-of-touch executive.

It’s not enough to read the manga, watch the anime, play the games, and be a hardcore fan. You have to understand the heart of the series, the characters, what motivates them, why they face the conflicts that they do, how they overcome those challenges, and then how this inspires the fan who becomes so engaged with their adventure that they want to do the same. You have to live Dragon Ball for years and internalize its spirit until you’re able to express that spirit through the written word and convey it to the audience.

Not to mention the 5,000 years of culture, pop culture, history, martial arts spirituality, and humor that Toriyama infuses into his work.

I think the guy on this website gives Toriyama waaaay too much credit, though.  And nobody working on or adapting Dragon Ball content should be trying to "commit to how Akira Toriyama thinks," at least not now, since he doesn't even seem to understand his own world or characters anymore.  But, we apparently have Evolution to thank for Super's existence!  So yay!

I kept thinking there was one, but I must be thinking of videogame movies.  Mortal Kombat, the first one, that movie was good, and got it right.  There's a few other good videogame movies, too.

Edited October 27, 2018 by ben0119

[ben0119]

What's even more disturbing about Mineta is that he is a perverted character who looks like a child.  I assume it's because of his quirk for some unknown reason?  But still, that was a conscious choice that the mangaka made.  What's more, he's extremely annoying and seemingly has no redeeming qualities.  Why does he even exist?

Though, it's quite a big class. I have a feeling not all students will "make the cut," if a movie is made.

Edited October 27, 2018 by ben0119

[ben0119]

On 10/25/2018 at 2:01 PM, Jman said:

https://i.redd.it/iz1ooc5rj3i11.png

I got it to embed!  And that's disturbing! And stop remaking and adapting everything and putting the Rock in it, damn it!

[Daos]

"Instead of that, Oolong is now a phantom-like wraith who sucks the essence out of the girls and turns them into desecrated corpses of rotten meat that he stores in his cave.

That cave, it turns out for no explainable reason, is a ‘long forgotten strip mall’ inside of a mine shaft which contains a dilapidated Starbucks and Krispy Kreme donut shop filled with skeletons holding their coffee mugs and donuts."

FFS what an idiot. This guy should never work again. How hard is it to just COPY what's in the anime and put as much as possible of that on the movie screen?

These Hollywood writers and directors are just out of control headcases so overwhelmed by their own ego's and arrogance that they think they can just make whatever ridiculous changes to established properties they want.

I also don't buy the whole "they forced me to make it shitty!" excuse. If they're forcing you to make something this bad, don't make it.

"Then for no reason whatsoever, Suno, the young girl from Jingle Village, near Muscle Tower, is in the movie. But instead of being the actual Suno, she’s a gypsy girl who gets killed by Mai, a shapeshifter, who turns into the girl to trick the gang and enact her evil plan, which she repeatedly reveals to the audience by smiling ‘evily’ at the camera."

Wow. This sounds worse than evolution.

 

 

[The1gairon]

7 hours ago, ben0119 said:

What's even more disturbing about Mineta is that he is a perverted character who looks like a child.  I assume it's because of his quirk for some unknown reason?  But still, that was a conscious choice that the mangaka made.  What's more, he's extremely annoying and seemingly has no redeeming qualities.  Why does he even exist?

Though, it's quite a big class. I have a feeling not all students will "make the cut," if a movie is made.

I'm pretty sure he was going for a gonk, a clearly comic relief character no one should take seriously. .... until you're supposed to take him seriously.

[Jman]

7 hours ago, ben0119 said:

I got it to embed!  And that's disturbing! And stop remaking and adapting everything and putting the Rock in it, damn it!

Would you prefer John Cena?

 

[OwlChemist81]

On ‎10‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 1:26 AM, Daos said:

My Hero Academia.... EVOLUTION!

By the way not sure everyone knows this but the guy that made the DBZ evolution movie admitted 7 years later that he was just chasing a big payday and apologized for ruining it.

This is a horrible idea but like Death Note MHA is probably the absolute best property to try this with.

I would love to see ONE live action movie based on an anime that actually gets it right in my lifetime. Just one.

 

ONE,  huh? Is that a call for live-action One Punch Man or Mob Psycho 100!?

[KH868]

On 10/24/2018 at 9:38 PM, EmpressAngel said:

This is so unnecessary.

 

[Daos]

2 minutes ago, OwlChemist81 said:

ONE,  huh? Is that a call for live-action One Punch Man or Mob Psycho 100!?

Nope just one actual live action movie based on an anime that isn't concentrated fecal matter.

I don't think it's as hard as they make it. They always come to the decision... "you know all that stuff people loved about the source material? Let's change all that." 

And that's how you end up with Goku going to High School and fantasizing about banging girls in class.

[ben0119]

18 hours ago, Daos said:

"Instead of that, Oolong is now a phantom-like wraith who sucks the essence out of the girls and turns them into desecrated corpses of rotten meat that he stores in his cave.

That cave, it turns out for no explainable reason, is a ‘long forgotten strip mall’ inside of a mine shaft which contains a dilapidated Starbucks and Krispy Kreme donut shop filled with skeletons holding their coffee mugs and donuts."

FFS what an idiot. This guy should never work again. How hard is it to just COPY what's in the anime and put as much as possible of that on the movie screen?

These Hollywood writers and directors are just out of control headcases so overwhelmed by their own ego's and arrogance that they think they can just make whatever ridiculous changes to established properties they want.

I also don't buy the whole "they forced me to make it shitty!" excuse. If they're forcing you to make something this bad, don't make it.

"Then for no reason whatsoever, Suno, the young girl from Jingle Village, near Muscle Tower, is in the movie. But instead of being the actual Suno, she’s a gypsy girl who gets killed by Mai, a shapeshifter, who turns into the girl to trick the gang and enact her evil plan, which she repeatedly reveals to the audience by smiling ‘evily’ at the camera."

Wow. This sounds worse than evolution.

Ironically, if Hollywood would be even more unoriginal, these anime adaptations would turn out better.

But, he was getting paid $500,000? He admitted that it's not a good idea to make something you aren't passionate about, at least.

Worse, or better?

Edited October 28, 2018 by ben0119

[ben0119]

18 hours ago, elfie said:

I'm pretty sure he was going for a gonk, a clearly comic relief character no one should take seriously. .... until you're supposed to take him seriously.

You can make comic relief characters you don't want to ring the ever-loving life out of!

[DragonSinger]

On 10/25/2018 at 6:02 PM, Jman said:

Fujoshi don’t buy merch, they don’t make, they mock.  They destroyed that franchise and now move onto She-Ra, only Mattel will nuke that show from orbit if it shows the same sickness.  VLD sucked because the writers sucked, and thought token wokeness was a substitute for quality and action.

Anyway...who’s All Might?  Terry Crews?

Oh yes they do. Yuri on Ice ring any bells? That mofo is a cashcow and sells a shit load of merch. But adding on to what Mochi said, gay baiting won't pull in dollars once your audience realizes they're getting zero payoff. 

Edited to add: After Death Note, I don't even want to hate watch any new American live actions. Why do we make everything horrible?

Edited October 28, 2018 by SorceressPol

[Daos]

More bad news

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/10/29-1/hollywood-live-action-adaptation-of-attack-on-titan-on-deck-from-warner-bros

[EmpressAngel]

I wonder how many of these adaptations are going to be quietly shelved until their contracts expire once the Alita movie comes out and absolutely bombs.

[CaptainStarwind]

I'm still waiting on the live-action Bleach movie that was promised years ago.

While I hate the idea of American live action anime movies, I don't feel this is anything much to worry about yet.  I doubt that studios fail to realize that live action adaptations of anime typically bomb in the US.  Dragon Ball Evolution is obviously the biggest example, but there was also Death Note, and especially Ghost in the Shell.  If I had to guess, studios are just buying the rights to sit on them and prevent anyone else from adapting the property.

[Jman]

50 minutes ago, CaptainStarwind said:

I'm still waiting on the live-action Bleach movie that was promised years ago.

While I hate the idea of American live action anime movies, I don't feel this is anything much to worry about yet.  I doubt that studios fail to realize that live action adaptations of anime typically bomb in the US.  Dragon Ball Evolution is obviously the biggest example, but there was also Death Note, and especially Ghost in the Shell.  If I had to guess, studios are just buying the rights to sit on them and prevent anyone else from adapting the property.

The live action Bleach movie hit Netflix last month.  It’s actually pretty good.

Kubo actually put the kibosh on an Americanization himself, because they wanted to change everything.

[The1gairon]

1 hour ago, CaptainStarwind said:

I'm still waiting on the live-action Bleach movie that was promised years ago.

While I hate the idea of American live action anime movies, I don't feel this is anything much to worry about yet.  I doubt that studios fail to realize that live action adaptations of anime typically bomb in the US.  Dragon Ball Evolution is obviously the biggest example, but there was also Death Note, and especially Ghost in the Shell.  If I had to guess, studios are just buying the rights to sit on them and prevent anyone else from adapting the property.

1. Japanese's live-action Bleach movie already came out, is on Netflix, and has a dub

2. Hollywood's live-action Bleach movie was personally canceled by Tite Kubo once it became clear it was getting too similar to Dragonball: Evolution.

[Daos]

1 hour ago, Jman said:

The live action Bleach movie hit Netflix last month.  It’s actually pretty good.

Kubo actually put the kibosh on an Americanization himself, because they wanted to change everything.

That's default mode for idiot studio execs in the US. We got a new property lets change everything and pretend we're creative geniuses!

It's not just anime, they fail at adapting EVERYTHING. I'm still pissed at how badly they mangled Wing Commander, it could have been the next Star Wars.

[mochi]

4 hours ago, elfie said:

1. Japanese's live-action Bleach movie already came out, is on Netflix, and has a dub

2. Hollywood's live-action Bleach movie was personally canceled by Tite Kubo once it became clear it was getting too similar to Dragonball: Evolution.

one has to wonder why the same Logic wasn't used for Death note: Evolution and Ghost in the shell: Evolution

[The1gairon]

2 hours ago, mochi said:

one has to wonder why the same Logic wasn't used for Death note: Evolution and Ghost in the shell: Evolution

The mangakas never cared what direction those movies went. That's the difference.

[CaptainStarwind]

6 hours ago, Jman said:

The live action Bleach movie hit Netflix last month.  It’s actually pretty good.

Kubo actually put the kibosh on an Americanization himself, because they wanted to change everything.

Well color me surprised, both of these things are good news!  I'll have to give the Bleach movie a look, then.

[ben0119]

On 10/28/2018 at 9:00 AM, SorceressPol said:

Oh yes they do. Yuri on Ice ring any bells? That mofo is a cashcow and sells a shit load of merch. But adding on to what Mochi said, gay baiting won't pull in dollars once your audience realizes they're getting zero payoff. 

Edited to add: After Death Note, I don't even want to hate watch any new American live actions. Why do we make everything horrible?

When I went to Walmart a few weeks ago, there was a Yuri on Ice poster.  MAINSTREAM STATUS CONFIRMED.

[ben0119]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sword-art-online-japanese-anime-916389

http://collider.com/sword-art-online-netflix-series-laeta-kalogridis-interview/

Well, it sounds like the live-action SAO series will be faithfully and respectfully done.  Kirito and Asuna will be played by Asian actors.  Though, the writer seems to be under the impression Klein isn't Japanese.  But, I think it wouldn't matter too much if he was changed.  She is right that Agil obviously isn't Japanese, lol.

And since the writer seems to be a member of the Reki harem, I'd say we're in good hands.

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“For years I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the SAO franchise,” Kalogridis said. “I’m thrilled to get the opportunity to work with such talented partners to bring this cutting-edge yet timeless story to a new format at Skydance.”

 

[ben0119]

On 10/30/2018 at 9:07 AM, elfie said:

1. Japanese's live-action Bleach movie already came out, is on Netflix, and has a dub

2. Hollywood's live-action Bleach movie was personally canceled by Tite Kubo once it became clear it was getting too similar to Dragonball: Evolution.

Man, I can't find the links for it now.  It's all been subsumed by stuff relating to the Japanese live-action movie.  But, Kubo basically said that he kept fucking around with things, causing the movie to be delayed until the rights lapsed.

[The1gairon]

8 hours ago, ben0119 said:

Man, I can't find the links for it now.  It's all been subsumed by stuff relating to the Japanese live-action movie.  But, Kubo basically said that he kept fucking around with things, causing the movie to be delayed until the rights lapsed.

We mentioned this in the Bleach thread. Not many people post there, so I assume digging up the links wouldnt take too long.

[Top Gun]

On 10/30/2018 at 11:10 AM, Daos said:

It's not just anime, they fail at adapting EVERYTHING. I'm still pissed at how badly they mangled Wing Commander, it could have been the next Star Wars.

The Wing Commander movie was directed by the series' creator, Chris Roberts, so it was his own vision. However, as the continuing dumpster fire that is Star Citizen has demonstrated, Chris Roberts has always been a complete hack. 

[Jman]

42 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

The Wing Commander movie was directed by the series' creator, Chris Roberts, so it was his own vision. However, as the continuing dumpster fire that is Star Citizen has demonstrated, Chris Roberts has always been a complete hack. 

I just want to know how you go from Mark Hamill, Malcom McDowell and John Rhys Davis, who all starred in the game’s FMV (and that’s a pretty good lineup of actors you got there) to what was essentially the cast that went onto make Scooby Doo and She’s All That.

[The1gairon]

I was on Youtube and saw a thumbnail of a live-action Deku.  Turns out it was just something from Deerstalker Pictures, a British couple who produces shorts with anime cosplayers.  Their production values are actually very good, for indie fans.

[Daos]

2 hours ago, Top Gun said:

The Wing Commander movie was directed by the series' creator, Chris Roberts, so it was his own vision. However, as the continuing dumpster fire that is Star Citizen has demonstrated, Chris Roberts has always been a complete hack. 

I always wondered if he was under major pressure to change everything from studio execs or he just pulled a Lucas and decided that nothing he'd written was good enough and wanted to change everything. And who thought casting Freddie Prinze Jr was a good idea?

Apparently he wasn't happy with the way the Kilrathi looked in WC3 and 4 so he decided to make them... worse?

https://kotaku.com/5805727/sorry-everyone-its-time-to-talk-about-the-wing-commander-movie

[Daos]

1 hour ago, Jman said:

I just want to know how you go from Mark Hamill, Malcom McDowell and John Rhys Davis, who all starred in the game’s FMV (and that’s a pretty good lineup of actors you got there) to what was essentially the cast that went onto make Scooby Doo and She’s All That.

They botched the timeline, the Kilrathi, the characters, the ships.... WC had an expansive library of ships so they decided to use... NONE OF THEM. And the ships they created for the movie were horrible little rust buckets that looked like crap.

The whole "Space Pilgrim" stuff was the worst.

I'm gonna blame a lot on studio interference unless I hear otherwise =P

 

[ben0119]

On 11/1/2018 at 9:43 AM, elfie said:

We mentioned this in the Bleach thread. Not many people post there, so I assume digging up the links wouldnt take too long.

I think maybe the thread title doesn't help with that, or may be better to make separate threads for things.  But yeah I googled and couldn't find the links.  Couldn't remember where we or I talked about it.

[ben0119]

Didn't have a computer at home until '02 or '03, so never played Wing Commander. D:

Edited November 4, 2018 by ben0119