Oct 26, 2008 by B. Alan Orange

Warner Bros. Kicks It with Ninja Scroll

Warner Brothers has nabbed the big screen rights to the popular Japanese anime Ninja Scroll. According to Variety, the film will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's production banner Appian Way.

The live action film will be written by Alex Tse. The storyline is set in feudal Japan, and it will follow a Ninja for hire that is forced into fighting an old enemy. The Ninja will have to stop his evil nemesis from overthrowing the government. At this time, DiCaprio is not planning on appearing in the kung fu drama.

There was no announcement as to when shooting would begin.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (6)

  1. rhease7en

    It's a great anime like Akira. I hope they'll start soon, Dreamworks is making Ghost in a Shell and set to release on 2011.

    3 years agoby @rhease7enFlag

  2. The Kwisatz Haderach

    wow that could be cool, your probably right err

    3 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  3. Err

    ninja scroll is a movie i accidentally saw like 50 times. it just seemed like everytime i went to a friends house or to a club for a while after that movie came out it was just always playing.

    im sure they could do well for this, but probably not for a while. i know pitt bought the rights to world war z a while ago and we havent heard a single word about that sh*t since it happened.

    thisll probably be the last we hear of this project for a while. didnt dicaprio also buy the rights to akira? when was the last time you heard anything about that project moving forward?

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  4. Atreus

    A great anime, one of my personal favorites, but for a western company to take it would be to ultimately bastardize it. Hell, no film studio would fund an expensive live action movie with the seemingly ridiculous stuff that happens in the movie, be it western or eastern in origin. Maybe a new animated remake, perhaps even a reimagining, but to take the anime and make it into a standard movie is impossible.

    3 years agoby @atreusFlag

  5. Rock

    I agree with zynthos lol , i really doubt that monster sex scene will be included . I havent seen that many anime films but this was really one of the best , could become a pretty kick ass live action flick

    3 years agoby @elrochoFlag

  6. Zynthos

    I wonder if they'll include the monster sex scene haha. The anime is awesome but when I saw that I was like WTF!? lol

    3 years agoby @heir-of-isildur0Flag

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