First Image From Live-Action KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
Fans of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's 1989 anime film adaptation of Eiko Kadono's popular children's novel Kiki's Delivery Service will be excited by the first look at the titular character in the live-action adaptation.
Be forewarned classic anime fans, there will be slight changes from the story told in the anime as the live-action "Kiki's Delivery Service" will be based on Kadono's first two books while the 1989 anime from Studio Ghibli only covered the first novel. There are six novels in total that chronicle the tales of Kiki and her black cat Jiji so it seems likely that if the first film is successful, a trilogy will be created adapting two books at a time. The film is directed by Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and stars Fūka Koshiba, a relative newcomer who participated in a nation wide casting search and won out over 35,390 other hopefuls. Satoko Okudera (Wolf Prince) is developing the film's script. The adaptation is not without a small amount of controversy in Japan as Studio Ghibli reportedly has unspecified concerns about the production.
The film will open in Japan in Spring 2014. We'll keep you posted on whether Eiga finds a distributor for North America.
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