Deea 6,754 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Lionsgate has announced that it’s making a live-action movie based on the popular anime and manga Naruto, in which armies of ninjas battle each other through the ancient, stealthy arts of generating giant explosions and turning into logs. The film will be directed by Michael Gracey, a visual effects supervisor whose major directorial accomplishment to date is getting attached to projects that never seem to actually come out. (He’s currently set to helm a P.T. Barnum biopic with the suddenly very busy Tom Hardy.) The Naruto manga has been running for 18 years now in Japan, chronicling the story of its well-meaning ninja doofus hero and his slow maturation into a formidable warrior for peace. The series has spawned two different animated shows, which aired in the States on Cartoon Network, and an abundance of video games and other ancillary materials. Now, Naruto will have to face his most dangerous threat yet: the accusations of M. Night Shyamalan-esquewhite-washing that tend to get lobbed at adaptations of Japanese media that don’t cast primarily Asian actors in starring roles. (Sure, last year’s Edge Of Tomorrow managed to get away with it, but that’s probably because it was both a very loose adaptation of its source material, and because there aren’t kids running around on school playgrounds in America wearing All You Need Is Kill T-shirts the way they are with Naruto.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meth Krystal 18,630 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 · Hidden Hidden ...huh Link to comment
SOWONderful 1,188 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonkick 1,331 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 i will attempt to be open minded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epi-K-ai 7,612 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Oh boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Don't Cry 5,451 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 omg no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn's Wife 208 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Omg, why Naruto ? You see it everywhere. It's a very bad idea and It's time to slow down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitargeekette 5,960 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I knew it'd happen someday but I had hoped somehow that it wouldn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochichan 12,341 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleMae 3,519 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 i will attempt to be open minded +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz 780 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 We do not talk about the Last Airbender movie *angry hiss* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tya 2,675 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Oh boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyj6 258 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I'm pretty excited for how it will turn out actually I mean if it's horrible, the anime is always there for u. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulxshinigami 127 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 No, just NO. I still can't get over how my childhood was ruined after watching the live action movie of Dragon Balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie 5,345 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 God please no. I still can't tell people I liked Dragon Ball, because they think of the mvie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneeze 308 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Couldn't be any worse than what they did to Dragon Ball...........................right ??? RIGHT???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kororo 359 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Dragon ball and Last Airbender were already so bad ... OMG please have mercy !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviandrepepe 6,559 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Liongate? Well we can already expect some of the character won't be Asian. I guess that OK if they still do it justice. (Why do I have a strong feeling this is going to be terrible tho:cry:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~(^o^)~ 150 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Girl 3,768 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Lionsgate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trixbox 2,982 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyujin 1,545 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Here for the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
affxtionate144 145 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Lol oh no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOMEWRECKER 1,944 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 omg please NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayakawa-kun 793 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 ahahahahaha they really want to film a movie?? live-action with special effects?? lmfao good luck it will be major embarrassment there better be a pretty Sasuke actor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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