Live Action Paprika is to be Directed BY:

[Lord_Stewie]

Hey,

Looks like Wolfgang Peterson is set to direct a live action version of Paprika:

Previously adapted into a truly splendid feature by anime master Satoshi Kon, Yasutaka Tsutsui’s serialized novel Paprika seems set for the big screen again. This time round, we can expect a live action adaptation by Wolfgang Peterson, the perpetrator of Air Force One and Outbreak.

The novel’s story is a chase mystery revolving around a new technology that allows people to enter one another’s dreams, so there’s little wonder that Moviehole (via Firstshowing) invoke the director’s NeverEnding Story in their rumor-starting piece. What I don’t quite get is their assertion that this project would be Petersen “ostensibly out to court the youngsters again.” I guess they don’t really know the project at all. Is psychotherapy and psychosexual nightmare manipulation typically the stuff of kiddie fare? Kon’s film is definitely an adult picture.

I think this is a great news. Just hoping the live action version of the Anime will be a good one, and quenches my thirst.

Enjoy.

[EricJ]

TO BE DIRECTED BY:
...someone who's never heard of Anime in his entire west-coast life except for what Sony's been slopping the arthouses, because the critics talked about it.

In other news, don't wait up for that Keanu version of "Cowboy Bebop" either.
Yes, I'm still depressed after seeing "Dragonball: Evolution".

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by EricJ

TO BE DIRECTED BY:
...someone who's never heard of Anime in his entire west-coast life except for what Sony's been slopping the arthouses, because the critics talked about it.

In other news, don't wait up for that Keanu version of "Cowboy Bebop" either.
Yes, I'm still depressed after seeing "Dragonball: Evolution".

LOL. Dragonball, I could understand the disappointment. Wolfgang Peterson have good movie under his column, so for me it is a reason to be optimistic about it. And I thought Keanu version of Cowboy Bebop flopped and no longer pursued.

[EricJ]

Yes, but for those about to ask "...WHY Paprika? "
The answer is, "Because he's heard of it."

Which reminds us of just HOW much real anime rich, shallow Hollywood studio execs have heard of, and how much they gush over the first bit of it they come across after some critic told them it was Trendy with the young kids out there.
(And no current word on that Disney live-action "Kiki's Delivery Service", either.)

Not that we have a few here who are particularly innocent on the "Sony cruelly exploiting cultural inexposure" front either:
Bought that Blu-ray of "Tekkonkinkreet", did we?

[Deadset]

eh, I'd rather see a Wicked City live action movie.

[Batman1980]

Wolfgang Peterson is an excellent director and filmmaker but the truth is I've probably forgotten more about anime than he knows so this movie is just not going to be good. I do now want to see the actual anime on blu-ray though.

[atomik kinder]

I'd rather see Urotsukidoji.

[EricJ]

<insert twelve other "I'd rather see (sample hentai title)!" jokes here...
Thank you, guys, noted and logged. >

Originally Posted by shadblz

And I thought Keanu version of Cowboy Bebop flopped and no longer pursued.

The "Leo DiCaprio's heard of Akira" project has reportedly also been taken off life-support.

I've often made the case that there's a good live-action movie to be made out of "Ranma 1/2"--albeit with some Dragonball-esque Westernized liberties, in a good way--and that the aborted Geena Davis-produced "Sailor Moon" could've been a lot better if they producers had ever seen the Japanese show in their life.
(Oh, Geena, you're not too old to play Queen Beryl yet, don't let us give up hope! )

...Either one, however, would involve spare-time exposure to real anime, and breaking free of the dungeons and iron shackles of oppressive Sony tyranny.
Which, frankly, we don't expect from the Poseidon-remake director.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Yes, but for those about to ask "...WHY Paprika? "
The answer is, "Because he's heard of it."

Which reminds us of just HOW much real anime rich, shallow Hollywood studio execs have heard of, and how much they gush over the first bit of it they come across after some critic told them it was Trendy with the young kids out there.
(And no current word on that Disney live-action "Kiki's Delivery Service", either.)

Not that we have a few here who are particularly innocent on the "Sony cruelly exploiting cultural inexposure" front either:
Bought that Blu-ray of "Tekkonkinkreet", did we?

You know what, I actually on your side on this. this is going to be a tough one to make, especially when hollywood gets involved with the Anime. they tend to destroy the film.

[Lepidopterous]

Are you kidding me, this anime would be a joke to turn into a live feature. It is so artistically convoluted within the frame- how on earth can somebody translate that?? Answer: It cannot properly be done.

I'm glad Paprika is at least getting some attention though. It is one of the finest anime's I've ever seen.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

Are you kidding me, this anime would be a joke to turn into a live feature. It is so artistically convoluted within the frame- how on earth can somebody translate that?? Answer: It cannot properly be done.

I'm glad Paprika is at least getting some attention though. It is one of the finest anime's I've ever seen.

I think the live action version requires a miracle to work.

[bhampton]

This reminds me ... I have to look into a movie called "Perfect Blue". They show a poster for it in Paprika.

Last time I checked it was available on Blu Ray but expensive.

Seems like it may be worth while... I'm going to go look for it.

-Brian

[coralfangs]

mix in the creative designs from teams behind movies including the Fall, Pan's Laby, etc
the perfect dream world

[Lord_Stewie]

Who here found the Content of the Anime somewhat disturbing?. I saw it that way, i was like (what just happened?).

[AnimeOnBlu]

Originally Posted by bhampton

This reminds me ... I have to look into a movie called "Perfect Blue". They show a poster for it in Paprika.

Last time I checked it was available on Blu Ray but expensive.

Seems like it may be worth while... I'm going to go look for it.

-Brian

It is available in Japan but with no English subs.

As to a live action Paprika, the material lends itself well to live action (and animation) but I would prefer someone like Guillermo del Toro or Tarsem to direct as I think they could handle the visuals better.

[Leopold BUTTERS]

This is going to be one wierd live action movie.

[Kyo28]

Personally, I think the anime was perfect as it was ... no need for a live version. Besides, I don't see how they'll translate the rich imagery into a live movie.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by Kyo28

Personally, I think the anime was perfect as it was ... no need for a live version. Besides, I don't see how they'll translate the rich imagery into a live movie.

Agreed, I have nothing against remakes, but why do such films as this and Death at a Funeral have to be remade so soon after they where just released.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Agreed, I have nothing against remakes, but why do such films as this and Death at a Funeral have to be remade so soon after they where just released.

For the same reason people buy a painting and hang it on their own wall--
They want to feel some "personal" connection to it...Like, maybe getting the royalties to the remake all to themselves, or hoping other people think they were the ones who painted it in the first place.

[zedd_117]

Originally Posted by bhampton

This reminds me ... I have to look into a movie called "Perfect Blue". They show a poster for it in Paprika.

Last time I checked it was available on Blu Ray but expensive.

Seems like it may be worth while... I'm going to go look for it.

-Brian

Actually all of the movie posters are of films made by the studio that made Paprika (whose name escapes me at the moment). Sorry guys/gals

A live action Paprika?! It would have to be at least partially CG, unless they were to dig into the darker side of The Muppets and comission a huge budget.
I dunno, I have yet to see a live action movie based off of an Anime that actually looks and sounds worthwhile.
Case in point: Anyone watch the trailer for "Blood: The Last Vampire"? Looks craptastic dosen't it? And yet we petty Anime fans will probably at least rent it (probably buy) because our thirst for Anime on Blu has yet to be quenched...