Major Japanese film producer and distributor Toei has announced new three entries for its “Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary” project.The biggest is “Shin Kamen Rider,” a sci-fi actioner being scripted and directed by Anno Hideaki, the creator of the “Evangelion” sci-fi/fantasy franchise and the co-director of the 2016 box office smash “Shin Godzilla.” The live-action film is scheduled to open in March 2023 with international releases to be date-and-date.
Casting, story and other information on the film was not forthcoming though in a statement Anno said that he wants to make an “entertainment that even those who don’t know the original show can enjoy.”Also announced was “Kamen Rider Black Sun,” a reboot of an iconic tokusatsu (“special effects”) TV series originally broadcast in 1987-88.
The new series will be directed by Shiraishi Kazuya (“Blood of Wolves”) for a Summer 2022 start.Toei will also make its first Kamen Rider anime series,
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