Dream Works Set to Produce 3-D Live-Action 'Ghost in the Shell'!!
As if we didn?t have enough 3-D live-action films to look forward to this year, DreamWorks has just acquired rights to the futuristic police thriller and Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell, with hopes of adapting for?yes, that?s right 3-D live-action film! According to Variety.com Sony and Universal originally sought the rights of the film but supernatural-thriller hog Steven Spielberg fought to obtain the rights for DreamWorks.
First published in 1989, Ghost in the Shell was originally created by Masamune Shirow, but has since spawned two additional manga editions, a TV series, three videogames, and three anime film adaptations?the second of which, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, was released in the U.S. in 2004 by DreamWorks.
Jamie Moss (Street King) is set to pen the adaptation, about a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crimes, comic-book-based film producer extraordinaire, and the infamous Avi ?You?ll get Venom whether it makes sense to put him in the story or not!? Arad (Spider-Man, X-Men, etc.) is set to produce.
