Lionsgate Is Making A Live Action Naruto Movie

Lionsgate Is Making A Live Action Naruto Movie

I don't why Lionsgate thought it was a good idea to adapt a series like Naruto but hey i am not complaining that much but where's my adaption of Berserk or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure hmmm that and a Log Horizon TV Series.

By Malcopunch - Jul 31, 2015 03:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Variety.Com

Lionsgate is planning to tackle another property one that involves a lot of Ninjas. Yeah that's right Lionsgate is planning to do a Movie Adaptation of Naruto. 


According to Variety who are to be honest usually very much right about these things Lionsgate has closed the deal for the rights to the series and are planning to make a live action movie out of the series because that worked out so well for DragonBall and Fist of the North Star. 


Avi Arad the guy responsible for ruining Spider-Man will be producing it through Arad Productions and Micheal Gracy is the one they want to direct the project. 


While personally there are some anime that do work well when it comes to be adapted personally i feel Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Part 1 (Which is basically a B-Horror Vampire Movie in Manga Form) and Part 7 which is set in the twilight era of the Wild West and features a race across Amercia on horses and the main villain is the American President (Wouldn't you want to see that adapted). Other shows especially Shonen like Bleach, One Piece and Naruto do not work for this type of adaptation. Full credits if they managed to make it good though but right now my thoughts on this..well Sasuke can sum it up for me.





At the very least it will be better than the Last Airbender Movie which should be burned by all Avatar Fans. 

Link: ">http://variety.com/2015/film/news/lionsgate-naruto-movie-micahel-gracey-1201554281/
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JamesMann
JamesMann - 7/31/2015, 3:26 PM
Live action anime is always the most atrocious thing ever.

If this happens I expect no different.
Malcopunch
Malcopunch - 7/31/2015, 3:27 PM
It can work...it's just not very likely
Malcopunch
Malcopunch - 7/31/2015, 3:28 PM
While not make a Lord of the Rings Style FMA:B Movie split into 3 parts...please.
Tuuralihn
Tuuralihn - 7/31/2015, 3:30 PM
This one is gonna hurt as much as Dragon Ball Evolution, huh?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/31/2015, 3:30 PM
Avi Arad the guy responsible for ruining Spider-Man will be producing it through Arad Productions



This film is dead on arrival.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 7/31/2015, 3:35 PM
Umm...
Barbaros
Barbaros - 7/31/2015, 3:36 PM
I have very mixed feelings about this project.
In my eyes the only good live-action adaptations would be Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Baccano! and the likes.
TheAmazingSpiderWill
TheAmazingSpiderWill - 7/31/2015, 3:43 PM
I really want to be excited about this but I just.. can't.
After that god awful Avatar movie and Dragonball Evolution, I don't trust hollywood with anime. Naruto is my favorite animated series and I doubt it will meet the standards of the fans. I mean.. how do you even adapt Naruto into a 2 hour movie? It would need sequels upon sequels to even be a complete story. They're going to [frick] the story in it's face so it'll work as a movie and that really brings me down.. Not to mention they'll whitewash the shit out of it. God nothing about this is going to work.. Maybe a cool fight scene or two? Idk.. I'm upset.
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 7/31/2015, 3:43 PM
Out of all the anime to do. this would be the last one I would try. Not sure if they can get it right, since the manga is 700 chapters long of convoluted outrageousness.

I'm a big fan, so I'm rooting for it.
Starfox
Starfox - 7/31/2015, 3:46 PM
Okay this has so much potential but will they get the necessary pieces together for it... That always remains in question. We definitely need a live action Dragon Ball Z film. I'm not counting that one FOX made as DBZ.
WinterSoldier33
WinterSoldier33 - 7/31/2015, 3:46 PM
I have been reading/watching naruto since I was 5 but I am not excited

Naruto honestly became horrible at least the last 150 chapters
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/31/2015, 4:03 PM
yawn, call me for the live-action Cowboy Bebop and/or Gundam movie.
skeebolistic84
skeebolistic84 - 7/31/2015, 4:08 PM
@typicalfanboy.....Im afraid so....this is Hollywood we're talking about lol
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 7/31/2015, 4:16 PM
Reads Naruto movie then sees Avi Arad's name



DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 7/31/2015, 4:16 PM
Reads Naruto movie then remembers whole cast will be white with one black person

Odin
Odin - 7/31/2015, 4:19 PM
@JamesMann Have you seen live action Rurouni Kenshin film.


https://genkinahito.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/rurouni-kenshin-battler-brawls-2.gif
Odin
Odin - 7/31/2015, 4:23 PM
@typicalfanboy @DevarikaWoulf
Hollywood should just have Robert Rodriguez make a live action Hellsing Ultimate movie; the one anime where all the characters actually are white.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/31/2015, 5:43 PM
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/31/2015, 5:47 PM
Tho...if it looks anything like these:


I may consider....
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/31/2015, 5:59 PM
I want to see these guys.

GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 7/31/2015, 9:17 PM
Meh. I REALLY DISLIKE Naruto. I just couldn't get into it.
batman001
batman001 - 8/1/2015, 2:28 AM
@GetsugaTensho22 same here but if they can do it well as a movie then i'll pay to watch it
Malcopunch
Malcopunch - 8/1/2015, 2:29 AM
The RK movie were made by Japan..this is apparently being made by Amercians
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/1/2015, 3:32 AM
Naruto had such a great foundation of a series, I contend that the Chunin Exam arc is as about as good as shonen fight anime can get. Diverse powers, truly creative fights, lighthearted tone but with a genuine heart. Yeah, it was some good stuff. But then came the plot creep and overmarketing, and the systematic pruning away of all that interesting stuff away into, well, a dull mess that I never bothered to finish. I stopped reading the manga quite a few years ago, and (while I still really respect the character design and overall aesthetic of the series), I have zero interest in seeing anything else about it ever again.

I think there's a George Lucas effect somewhere in here. Great potential squandered by a creator's limitations, and an overwhelming willingness to make money on the trademark instead of build a series worthy of the brand.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/1/2015, 3:40 AM
Oh, and an American production of Naruto? Nah, it won't fly at all. Avi Arad can't translate an American teenage superhero to an American audience. How the hell is he supposed to translate the cultural context of a Japanese teenage ninja for an American audience?

Maybe someone with a deep understanding of the core appeal for franchises like these can dig down and recontextualize it successfully, but American movie studios saw this:



And thought... "Clearly this movie should be about a high school kid who gets picked on, but then he gets the cute girl!"

A... wait a minute, is there any chance that the Dragonball Evolution screenwriters actually got Naruto DVDs instead? That would explain a hell of a lot about that movie.
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