Neon Genesis Evangelion (live-action movie)
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| Untitled Evangelion Project | |
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| Written by | Hideaki Anno (creator), Matt Greenfield (screenplay, no writer - producer) |
| Release date(s) | TBD |
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Development of a live-action movie version of Neon Genesis Evangelion was announced in May 2003 by the Houston-based anime distributor ADV Films, who holds worldwide rights to the series outside of Asia and Australia, and Universal Studios would be the American distributor. The film will be made by ADV, Gainax, and Weta Workshop Ltd.. Its release is currently projected to occur at any time ranging from as early as 2008 to as late as 2015. In December 2005, Fortune Magazine reported in an article about ADV Films that it had raised "about half of the $100 million to $120 million" needed to produce the film.[1] It's not completely clear if this money was raised by ADV alone or if part of that amount was contributed by Gainax.
As of June 2008, the project is considered to be in "development hell", as a director has yet to become available. In a panel discussion at Tekkoshocon on April 2, 2006 featuring Matt Greenfield and wife Tiffany Grant, many aspects of the project were revealed.[2] Greenfield recalled that Weta approached ADV about a live-action Eva movie after completing work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but work was delayed by King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia. It was revealed that three described "A-list" directors and several celebrities had approached the project, rather than the other way around, and the slug script was written by a writer of several other well-known science fiction movies (though this is subject to be rewritten and tailored to the director's vision). Greenfield also reiterated his belief that they did not want to make the movie for profit, but because they wanted to do it and have it done it right (as with Lord of the Rings), and promised effort toward a trilogy of Evangelion films (as opposed to trying to condense the story into one film and lose vast amounts of material), similar again to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Beyond these official announcements and some concept art produced by Weta Workshop, little or no more information about the film(s) has been made available.
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[edit] Cast
No cast has yet been announced for the movie, as several parties have stated that one of the goals of the production is to cast children of ages appropriate to their roles and then cast adults who will be able to work well with them.
[edit] Actor ethnicity
One point worth noting is that in the earliest days of disclosure, Tiffany Grant stated through interviews and self-published articles, that the film would feature a cast "mostly of European descent," as well as mentioning ADV's toying with the idea of giving the English dub actors (herself being perhaps the most well-known of these) cameos in the film.[3]. Not long after Grant's statements, concept art produced by Weta Workshop was released featuring character slug names such as "Kate Rose" (in lieu of Asuka Langley), "Ray" (Rei Ayanami), and "Susan Whitnall" (Misato Katsuragi).
In 2005, Weta Workshop updated its official website, adding a section which featured all of its previously released Evangelion concept art labeled with the original Japanese character names as well as several references to Tokyo 3, cited as "New Tokyo".[4] Richard Taylor, head of Effects and Creatures at Weta Workshop, publicly expressed his belief at the 2006 Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane that the film should have a predominantly Asian cast in order to work effectively in the international market.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "It's... Profitmón!" by Daniel Roth, December 12, 2005
- ^ "10 Years of Death and Rebirth" (Google video), Tekkoshocon 2006
- ^ "Notes About the Live Action Evangelion Movie" by Tiffany Grant
- ^ Featured Project - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Official Site of Weta Workshop
- ^ Richard Tayor Podcast, Supernova Pop Culture Expo 2006
[edit] External links
- eva.trivialbeing.net — Fan site collecting data on the live movie.
- The project page for the movie on Weta Workshop's website (only conceptual art is shown so far).
- "Untitled Evangelion Project" profile at the Internet Movie Database
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