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Ghost in the Shell, starring Scarlett Johansson, has been scheduled for a release date of April 14, 2017.

I guess we get to start guessing as to who will play Batou, Togusa, Aramaki, Saito, Borma, and Ishikawa.
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Jonathan Herman, screenwriter credited for reworking "Straight Outta Compton" script, has been brought in to also rework the script for Ghost in the Shell...supposedly going into production next year in New Zealand.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... kle-833762
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Meet Batou, Pilou Asbæk.
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http://variety.com/2015/film/news/pilou ... 201637556/

He and Scarlett worked together on Lucy. Will be also starring as Euron Greyjoy for you Game of Throne fans.
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Sam Riley is in talks concerning a role in GitS.
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Rumors say he may be playing The Laughing Man...which then would mean the film will be adapting Stand Alone Complex.
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Older news, but they have been trying to cast extras in New Zealand for the shoot:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/72 ... -johansson
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-b ... unt/.97977
Lots of latest info of LAM. Basically, Paramount took over as US distributor after Dreamworks ended their contract with Disney. Paramount is involved in the production anyway. Filming starts soon in New Zealand.
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GhostLine wrote:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-b ... unt/.97977
Lots of latest info of LAM. Basically, Paramount took over as US distributor after Dreamworks ended their contract with Disney. Paramount is involved in the production anyway. Filming starts soon in New Zealand.
Rats, now Motoko won't be a Disney Princess. I was imagining a teamup between Leia, Motoko, and Snow White. In my nightmares.
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Freitag wrote: Rats, now Motoko won't be a Disney Princess. I was imagining a teamup between Leia, Motoko, and Snow White. In my nightmares.
Someone needs to commission some Disney Princess Motoko art!
Prancing through an urban forest with a neon digital dress and singing to a miniature tachikoma in her palm. lol
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Scratch out Riley, Michael Pitt has been cast as The Laughing Man.This is how Variety describes the film character: "a bitter and vengeful man with a body that is part robot," with a "unique sense of style . . . a bad guy filtered through the lens of a street artist."

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Actor/ Director, Takeshi "Beat" Kitano has just been cast to perform as Chief Aramaki in Live GitS film!!!
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http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/s ... k=X9yATGLm
First look of ScarJo as The Major!
A press release indicates the first non-animated Ghost in the Shell film follows “Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9,” who is “devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists” while “faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.”
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http://screencrush.com/ghost-in-the-she ... asson-vfx/

Back in late 2015 when Scarlett Johansson was cast in Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks’ live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga series The Ghost in the Shell, fans were already critical of the casting of the Danish-Polish actress in the role of Major Motoko Kusanagi, an Asian woman. It was the latest example of the long Hollywood tradition of “whitewashing,” the practice of casting white actors in non-white roles. Recent films have been criticized for casting Emma Stone as a half-Chinese/half-Hawaiian woman (Aloha), Rooney Mara as a Native American (Pan) and the entire caucasian cast of Gods of Egypt playing Egyptians. And that was just in 2015.

Yesterday, as the first photo of Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (her character is now simply referred to as “Major”) was released, the controversy was renewed. Despite a predominately Asian cast, many questioned why the studio didn’t choose an ethnically appropriate actor as the film’s lead. Chinese-American actress Ming-Na Wen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) had strong words for Johansson’s casting on Twitter.

Nothing against Scarlett Johansson. In fact, I'm a big fan. But everything against this Whitewashing of Asian role.😒 https://t.co/VS6r6iish9
— Ming-Na Wen (@MingNa) April 14, 2016

After the backlash surrounding Johansson’s role in the film, producers reportedly attempted to quell the controversy with an old standby Hollywood uses to fix a lot of problems: CGI.

According to multiple independent sources close to the project, Paramount and DreamWorks commissioned visual effects tests that would’ve altered Scarlett Johansson in post-production to “shift her ethnicity” and make the Caucasian actress appear more Asian in the film.

It’s the latest, and most extreme, case of “beauty work,” the new trend in Hollywood to discreetly use visual effects to tweak an actor’s appearance, making them thinner, younger or stronger. The Ghost in the Shell tests were conducted by Lola VFX, the same company that aged up (and down) Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and is considered the industry leader in so-called beauty work. Though the tests were requested by the production team, once they were developed and reviewed, the idea was rejected “immediately,” says an insider.

We reached out to Paramount Pictures who acknowledged the tests, but refute the claim that Johansson was involved:

A test was done related to a specific scene for a background actor which was ultimately discarded. Absolutely no visual effects tests were conducted on Scarlett’s character and we have no future plans to do so.

Our sources maintain Johansson’s character was specifically the focus of these tests, though they were done without her participation or knowledge.

A representative for Lola VFX did not respond to requests for comment.

Ghost in the Shell opens in theaters on March 31, 2017.

[UPDATE: An earlier headline specifically mentioned actress Scarlett Johansson. Despite Paramount’s denial, we stand by the assertion that visual effects tests were performed on Ms. Johansson’s character and likeness.]

Or they could have just hired an Asian actress.. Sheesh.
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Here is a good article on the ScarJo "casting controversy" from Entertainment News:
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/01/gh ... ts-casting
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Scarlett wearing ARISE version fatigues...as opposed to SAC version...even though story seems to adapt Laughing Man
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Kaori Momoi is rumored to be playing the role the Major's mother apparently. If this is the case, then it would then lead for us to believe that the live-action version of the Major is of Japanese descent after all...in spite of the the controversy of a white actress playing the role. But then again, especially in the original film...Motoko's cyber body was not an uncommon model...just had government upgrades. So perhaps the Major is Japanese but wearing a body irrespective of her actual ethnicity.
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