Made In Abyss Movie From Sony’s Columbia Pictures

[MOONPHASE]

The entertaiment industry news source Deadline reported on Friday that Sony's Columbia Pictures has ordered a feature film script of Akihito Tsukushi's dark fantasy adventure manga Made in Abyss from writer and director Kevin McMullin. Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment and Mobius Productions' Masi Oka (Heroes' Hiro Nakamura actor, Outer Wilds game) are producing the project, after previously collaborating on the 2017 Death Note film (as well as its planned sequel) and the live-action The Promised Neverland series in development at Amazon.

McMullin wrote and directed the 2019 drama film Low Tide, and his next project is the horror film First Harvest.

In the story of Made in Abyss, an enormous pit and cave system called the "Abyss" is the only unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures reside in its depths, and it is full of precious relics that current humans are unable to make. The mysteries of the Abyss fascinate humans, and they head down to explore. The adventurers who venture into pit are known as "Cave Raiders." A little orphan girl named Riko lives in the town of Ōrth on the edge of the Abyss. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system. One day, Riko starts exploring the caves and discovers a robot who resembles a human boy.

Tsukushi launched the manga on Takeshobo's Web Comic Gamma website in 2012. Takeshobo published the ninth compiled book volume in July 2020, and Seven Seas published the same volume in English in March.

The first 13-episode television anime series based on the manga premiered in Japan in July 2017. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series and released it on Blu-ray Disc in October 2018. The English-subtitled version of the show streamed in the United States on Amazon's Anime Strike service, and HIDIVE streamed the series outside of the United States. The dub is also streaming on HIDIVE.

The first compilation film for the anime, Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn (Made in Abyss: Tabidachi no Yoake), opened in Japan in January 2019, followed by the second film, Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (Made in Abyss: Hōrō Suru Tasogare), two weeks later. Sentai Filmworks premiered the first film in Los Angeles in March 2019, before it opened in theaters later that month. Sentai Filmworks premiered the second film in Rosemont, Illinois in May 2019, before it opened in theaters in the United States later that month. Both compilation films are streaming on HIDIVE.

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, a sequel film to the first season, opened in Japan in January 2020. It ranked at #9 in its opening weekend, earning 102,284,000 yen (about US$929,300) in its first three days. Sentai Filmworks premiered the movie in select theaters in the U.S. and Canada in August 2020. Sentai Filmworks again screened the film virtually in September 2020, and HIDIVE will begin streaming the film on Monday.

The second television season titled Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ōgonkyō (Made in Abyss: The Sun Blazes Upon the Golden City) will air next year. Spike Chunsoft is also developing a new 3D action RPG titled Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness (Made in Abyss: Yami o Mezashita Rensei) for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC (via Steam) in 2022.

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[Modren]

I feel extremely confident that this is going to suck. Live-action anime adaptations already have a very low batting average, plus MiA has the extra challenge of featuring children as leads and a very dark tone. So you'd need really good child actors and a director who can work well with kids, but any Hollywood film with kids as the leads is almost guaranteed to be aimed at children, so the tone that the manga is known for is gonna be thrown out the window. There's no winning here.

[gundamcero]

Lol no

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by Modren

I feel extremely confident that this is going to suck. Live-action anime adaptations already have a very low batting average, plus MiA has the extra challenge of featuring children as leads and a very dark tone. So you'd need really good child actors and a director who can work well with kids, but any Hollywood film with kids as the leads is almost guaranteed to be aimed at children, so the tone that the manga is known for is gonna be thrown out the window. There's no winning here.

Every single anime and manga that has been adapted into film has sucked. Yes, including Alita: Battle Angel and even more so Ghost in the Shell (barf)

The only decent anime/manga adaptation is Casshern (Casshan) but even that one is rife with spotty acting and now severely dated CGI.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Every single anime and manga that has been adapted into film has sucked.

Rurouni Kenshin and Oldboy say otherwise.

[Tylerfan]

Should be… interesting…..

[gundamcero]

Alita rulz.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Rurouni Kenshin and Oldboy say otherwise.

Oldboy? Yes. Rurouni Kenshin? No.

Edit: Also, Edge of Tomorrow (All You Need Is Kill) is also very good, I forgot about that one.

[gundamcero]

Yup. They made 5 Rurouni Kenshin movies cause they suck

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Yup. They made 5 Rurouni Kenshin movies cause they suck

Your logic is dumb. Transformers movies suck and they keep pumping those out anyway too. Try again.

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Your logic is dumb. Transformers movies suck and they keep pumping those out anyway too. Try again.

Lol. Nope. Not worth arguing with people like you

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Lol. Nope. Not worth arguing with people like you

Don't be like that. If I hated you; you'd know. Lay it on me. I can take it. I like it when you talk dirty to me.

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by The Collector FX

Don't be like that. If I hated you; you'd know. Lay it on me. I can take it. I like it when you talk dirty to me.

[The Collector FX]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

The entertaiment industry news source Deadline reported on Friday that Sony's Columbia Pictures has ordered a feature film script of Akihito Tsukushi's dark fantasy adventure manga Made in Abyss from writer and director Kevin McMullin

[kk1]

No way they can depict the actual abuse these young kids get in this show (one of the reasons it's not very high on my list) and have a faithful adaptation. You'd traumatize any kids that go to see it.

[Member-571539]

Hollywood announces projects like these all the time and most never even get past their initial press release. Akira, Attack on Titan, Full Metal Panic, The Promised Neverland, One Piece, Robotech, and Your Name come to mind. All I’m trying to say is you shouldn’t take stories like these as gospel until they’re actually being filmed. For what it’s worth, Alita ruled.

[PGW]

Originally Posted by kk1

No way they can depict the actual abuse these young kids get in this show (one of the reasons it's not very high on my list) and have a faithful adaptation. You'd traumatize any kids that go to see it.

Or adults, for that matter. The "arm" scene is tough to watch in the anime. It would be impossible in live action. Not to mention the many nude scenes and jokes about the robot's penis.

You could also never find live action kids as adorable as the anime characters - and the fact that they're adorable is a bit part of the emotional punch the anime has when bad things start happening to them.

Of course, anyone with half a brain would know all this, but this is Hollywood - add them all up and, together, they still don't have half a brain (and even less creativity).

[vivablu]

Or they can take a total different route and create a side story that is not from the manga or anime, but is still full of new creatures and adventures. This side story doesn't have to be as dark as the manga/anime, and kids can still enjoy it.

Sony has done this before with Smurfs: The Lost World.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by vivablu

Or they can take a total different route and create a side story that is not from the manga or anime, but is still full of new creatures and adventures. This side story doesn't have to be as dark as the manga/anime, and kids can still enjoy it.

Sony has done this before with Smurfs: The Lost World.

You mean The Lost Village? The one Sony made to try to be more like the old TV Series rather than their Live Action Movies.