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Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Casts Michael Pitt as Laughing Man
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Thursday that Ghost in the Shell film.
While trade magazine Variety previously Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime series. The Hollywood Reporter describes the character as "a bitter and vengeful man with a body that is part robot," with a "unique sense of style . . . a bad guy filtered through the lens of a street artist."
Pitt was previously a Warner Bros.' live-action Akira project, but his option deal for the role ended in 2012.
play Batou.
Variety's most recent description of the film's story is:
The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.
Film news website ComingSoon.net Walt Disney Pictures. The film is still slated for release on March 31, 2017.
Jamie Moss (Street Kings). Deadline reported last year that Johansson was offered US$10 million for the lead role.
DreamWorks and Paramount are co-financing and co-producing the film. Principal photography began in Wellington, New Zealand in January.
The anime studio Mitsuhisa Ishikawa.
The American arm of Kodansha began broadcast. (DreamWorks distributed Oshii's second film in North America.)
