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Hollywood's Lone Wolf and Cub No Longer in Development (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
Darren Aronofsky confirms film "rights from Japan were never cleared"
Director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, The Fountain, The Wrestler) has told Lone Wolf and Cub manga, but the project is no longer in active development. According to Aronofsky, "The rights from Japan were never cleared. They tried for a while. I don't think it's getting out of there anytime soon." Nevertheless, he called it "one of [Japan's] great pieces of literature."
The Variety entertainment trade magazine AnimEigo licensed a Japanese 1972 live-action film version and its two sequels.
Update: AnimEigo carries the Japanese 1972 live-action film version and all five of its sequels. Thanks, doc-watson42.
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