More adaptations

I was watching Attack of The Show on cable when I heard the news of Dreamworks Studio acquiring Ghost in Shell for a live-action film. Apparently major studios, such as Universal and Sony are after the license, but Steven Speilberg bagged the rights. With him handling the project, it will be promising. I hope it will be done with justice. The series is a classic and inspired film makers...such as the Wachowski's with their The Matrix

Source: anime news network

Other adaptations: There is a hollywood adaptation of dragonball, I bet a lot of people have heard of this...and like them, I fear it's going to bomb. One of those important reasons, is a non-asian goku. Why is there a pattern in hollywood movies inserting a foreign protagonist in an asian series? Just look at Forbidden Kingdom. Is it a "fish out of water" thing? I really don't know.

I also heard of Akira, and its also slated for an uncertain month around 2009 as well as Battle Angel (from the manga/anime Battle Angel Alita) with James Cameron of Titanic fame directing. A lot of people have commented that Hollywood might be running out of ideas and are now remaking these classics to live-action flicks. But in IMHO, I always think anime/manga works have that unique quality of story telling that I couldn't find in Hollywood movies :)