FrighT MasteR
07-23-2009, 04:14 AM
http://upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/picture.php?albumid=182&pictureid=3507
Gungrave is one of my fav. animes and it looks like it may be getting the live-action treatment. According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006317.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)Convergence Entertainment is looking to produce the film in the in the $30 million-$35 million range, with Yasuaki Nagoshi from Red Entertainment exec-producing.
"Gungrave," owned by Red Entertainment and created by Japanese manga author Yasuhiro Nightow, centers on a lone figure who rises in the ranks of a crime syndicate only to be murdered by his best friend and then resurrected as a harbinger of death who exacts revenge on those that wronged him. "Gungrave" was the basis of a 26-episode animated series produced by Madhouse, and two incarnations of the game were released on Sony PlayStation.
The anime itself mostly just follows two best friends as they go from petty criminals to hitmen for the mob. Pretty cool stuff, and the series takes an interesting turn later on when the friend, who was once thought to be dead, is resurrected in a new ass-kickin' form, where he takes on specially-skilled hitmen and monsters created by the mafia syndicate.
My guess is that the live-action feature will probably not feature much the supernatural and monster-aspects of the anime and mostly just focus on the mafia-and-revenge aspect. Either way, hopefully it'll be good, but we'll see who they decide to write the script and go behind the camera. :whew:
Gungrave is one of my fav. animes and it looks like it may be getting the live-action treatment. According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006317.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)Convergence Entertainment is looking to produce the film in the in the $30 million-$35 million range, with Yasuaki Nagoshi from Red Entertainment exec-producing.
"Gungrave," owned by Red Entertainment and created by Japanese manga author Yasuhiro Nightow, centers on a lone figure who rises in the ranks of a crime syndicate only to be murdered by his best friend and then resurrected as a harbinger of death who exacts revenge on those that wronged him. "Gungrave" was the basis of a 26-episode animated series produced by Madhouse, and two incarnations of the game were released on Sony PlayStation.
The anime itself mostly just follows two best friends as they go from petty criminals to hitmen for the mob. Pretty cool stuff, and the series takes an interesting turn later on when the friend, who was once thought to be dead, is resurrected in a new ass-kickin' form, where he takes on specially-skilled hitmen and monsters created by the mafia syndicate.
My guess is that the live-action feature will probably not feature much the supernatural and monster-aspects of the anime and mostly just focus on the mafia-and-revenge aspect. Either way, hopefully it'll be good, but we'll see who they decide to write the script and go behind the camera. :whew: