Tag: Ghost in the Shell
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Trailer Round-Up: ‘Swallow’, ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run’, ‘Blood on Her Name’
Let us round up some trailers, shall we? Rather than give these titles their own individual posts, we decided to wrangle them together in one spot. Why? Because they were lonely, and everyone needs a friend. That’s why. Below you’ll see trailers for a Beastie Boys documentary, the indie curiosity Swallow, a new Ghost in…
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Scarlett Johansson Says “I Should Be Able To Play Anyone” Comments Were “Clickbait… Taken Out Of Context”
Of all the “unwoke” celebrities out there, Scarlett Johansson, doesn’t appear to be, on the surface, one of them. But the actress has been consistently getting herself in hot water over the last few years and finding herself at the center of whitewashing casting controversies and similar disputes. First, there was blowback when Johansson was…
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Emma Stone Apologizes (Again) for ‘Aloha’ at Golden Globes
Emma Stone apologized once again for “Aloha” after Sandra Oh made a joke about the film during the Golden Globes monologue.Oh, who co-hosted this year’s ceremony with Andy Samberg, quipped that “Crazy Rich Asians” was “the first studio film with an Asian American lead since ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and ‘Aloha.’”Stone portrayed a part-Hawaiian and…
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Scarlett Johansson Caught Up in New Casting Controversy Over Transgender Role
Scarlett Johansson is once again at the center of what is shaping up to be another casting controversy.Re-teaming with her Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders, Johansson is set to star in a feature called Rub & Tug, about the true-life story of Jean Marie Gill, who was assigned female at birth but who…
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‘Naruto’ Director Michael Gracey Updates the Status of the Anime Adaptation
Back in 2015, it was announced that a Western, live-action Naruto movie adaptation was in the works with Lionsgate reported as being in negotiations with Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) to direct. Nothing much followed that report for about a year and a half, but then the project got a big bump by the reveal…