Jan 31, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Josh Harnett to Star in Bunraku!

Josh Harnett has just signed on to play the starring role in the martial arts motion picture Bunraku. According to Variety, Guy Moshe is on board to write and direct the Snoot Entertainment feature.

Harnett will star as a no-name drifter who seeks revenge in an alternate universe. Snoot has boasted the film's inspiration to be a mixture of Japanese puppet-theater, video games and even German expressionism.

Filming for Bunraku is scheduled to start this spring on location in Europe.

Bunraku was released September 30th, 2011 and stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd, Gackt, Shun Sugata, Jordi Mollà. The film is directed by Guy Moshe.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (16)

  1. Phatlightning

    lol plugged into a light socket.. and no bourne i agree, i liked black hawk down and pearl harbor

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  2. Marcusx

    well the only way that keanu pulled it off in the Matrix is because they addressed the issue ie his character as a p*ssy hacker who could learn anything while being plugged into a light socket. he didnt just come out of nowhere and learn it all the natural way. if he would have then it wouldve been stupid. i like hartnett but the whole idea of fighting for him does not and will not do the silver screen any justice

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  3. The Narrator: The Better Man

    On the other hand i didn't think think Keanu could pull of "kung fu" either but he did. so we could b proven wrong about Harnett.

    4 years agoby @narratorFlag

  4. The Narrator: The Better Man

    i agree. keanu was tight as neo. however i can't see him doin marshal arts. also u guys can hate me but i thought he was ok in pearl harbor. he was best in black hawk down but could be better.

    4 years agoby @narratorFlag

  5. skandizzle

    I always thought Josh was a little dry in his acting but 30 days of Night was the sh*t!!! Maybe if he just shut up and beat some people up he might have a career like Keaneu "Neo" Reeves did.

    4 years agoby @skandizzleFlag

  6. brunchking

    The good/decent movies he was in, he was always the weak spot, everyone else carried him.

    4 years agoby @brunchkingFlag

  7. CelluloidDreams

    Josh Hartnett is just a really bad actor, I'm sorry but most of his films were just forgettable!

    I agree the "ONLY" moives I actually liked W./him in it are:

    The Virgin Suicides
    The Faculty
    Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
    Lucky Number Slevin
    30 Days of Night
    Sin City

    Other films he was in I.E. "Hollywood Homicide", "40 Days and 40 Nights" & "Pearl Harbor" were just god awfull!!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  8. killahmovie24

    30 days was tight!!! hey hey hey.......BRING ON THE DARK KNIGHT!!!

    4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag

  9. killahmovie24

    im glad we ALL agree we cant see josh as a martial artist...lmao!

    4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag

  10. Marcusx

    30 days of night was good other than his goofy yelp at the end. slevin was sweet and his minor sin city role was good. im a little shaky with the martial artist role but ive seen worse. it has possibilities. keep your chin up kid

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  11. The Kwisatz Haderach

    I like some of Harnett's films, black Hawk Down, though Eric Bana was the main star, Lucky Number Slevin was pretty good, but the other older actors carried the movie. I cant see him as a martial artist at all though.

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  12. Phatlightning

    i'm not against josh harnett, but he has been flying under the radar for some time now.. cant see him doing martial arts though, he will look too much like keaneu reeves when he fights morpheous in matrix, thats all i keep seeing, "i know kung fu"

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  13. T.Clark

    Josh Harnett as a martial artist?

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  14. killahmovie24

    i cant agree i like his work, lucky number sleven was awsome, and even tho he was only in it for like 5 minutes i liked his scene in sin city, im sure there are other guys with more range on the acting plane but josh does a good job, but i dont see him as martial artist.

    4 years agoby @killahmovie24Flag

  15. CelluloidDreams

    I agree "brunchking", Josh Harnett couldn't act his way out of a paperbag!! Josh Harnett has to be 1 of the most Over-Rated actors working today!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  16. brunchking

    I still don't understand how this guy has a career? He has all the talent and charisma of a cinder block.

    4 years agoby @brunchkingFlag

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