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Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Live-Action Series: Budget Breakdown
Though Netflix has had mixed success with live-action anime adaptations, the streaming giant is going all in for their take on One Piece. For the first time in live-action, Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and his crew of good-hearted pirates will be voyaging into the Grand Line to recover the elusive One Piece treasure. It’s […]
Continue readingIs Death Note 2 Still Happening At Netflix Or Has Its Name Been Written In The Book?
Netflix’s track record with producing live-action anime is mixed, at best. The streamer’s “One Piece” series has already been renewed, but the live-action “Cowboy Bebop” was a swiftly-canceled mess.Their most infamous project, however, is probably “Death Note.” This story, first told by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata in a mega-popular manga, focuses on the Japanese […]
Continue readingNetflix’s ‘One Piece’ Live-Action Series: What to Expect
The Straw Hats are ready to set sail! Despite being one of the longest-running anime and manga in the world, it took nearly a decade for One Piece to finally get a live-action adaptation. One Piece will join the growing list of live-action adaptations of anime and manga series from Netflix, following in the footsteps […]
Continue readingChina’s ‘Bad Kids’ Series Set for Film Remake in Japan – Global Bulletin
‘Bad Kids’ Are As Good As ‘Gold’“The Bad Kids,” a hit series from Chinese streamer iQiyi, is to be remade as a Japanese feature film “Gold Boy.” The 12-episode gritty crime thriller depicts the troubles that arise after three children accidentally film a murder. The series was previously licensed to Japanese pay-tv group Wowow.The film […]
Continue readingNetflix Is Adapting The Hit Manga Burn The House Down As Its Next Original Series
Netflix’s track record with live-action manga adaptations isn’t exactly spotless (see: “Death Note“), but that isn’t stopping the streamer from investing in more thrilling manga-based stories. The streamer is now set to adapt Moyashi Fujisawa’s “Burn the House Down” into a series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Fujisawa’s story is a serialized mystery thriller that began […]
Continue readingDuffer Brothers Launch Upside Down Pictures With Netflix; ‘Stranger Things’ Spin-Off in the Works
Hot on the heels of the record-breaking conclusion of the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” creators Matt and Ross Duffer have formed a new shingle called Upside Down Pictures, recommitting to their current streaming home.The ambitious inaugural slate for Upside Down Pictures includes a live-action spin-off of the flagship series created and developed by […]
Continue readingThe Death Note Anime Controversy Explained
“Death Note” is among the most famous Japanese manga series in the world. It has sold over 30 million copies in Japan and was adapted into an anime television show that became popular with American audiences.Created by Tsugumi Obata and Takeshi Obata, “Death Note” has a sinister premise. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen […]
Continue reading‘Thundercats’ Movie Revived With ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Director Adam Wingard
Thundercats are on the move, again.“Godzilla vs. Kong” director Adam Wingard is attached to helm a computer-animated adaptation of the beloved 1980s Rankin Bass animated series “Thundercats” for Warner Bros., from a script Wingard will write with frequent collaborator Simon Barrett. Dan Lin of Rideback and Roy Lee of Vertigo, who produced Wingard’s film “Death […]
Continue reading‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Post-Credits Scene, Explained
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Continue reading‘Io’ Trailer: Anthony Mackie and Margaret Qualley Try to Escape a Toxic Earth
The latest post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie from Netflix shows a bleak vision of Earth that has been abandoned by humanity — except for two survivors. Anthony Mackie (The Hate U Give) and Margaret Qualley (Death Note) star in Io as the two final humans left on Earth after the rest of world’s population has evacuated to […]
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