Warner Bros. is “in the process” of acquiring live action rights to create a film based on Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga. Viz Media has published 30 volumes of Kubo’s ongoing Bleach manga here in the U.S. (Volume 31 is due out in June) and is also releasing the Bleach anime, which is produced by Studio Pierrot, here in the States. The Bleach manga has reached 43 volumes in Japan, while the ongoing anime series includes more that 260 episodes so far.
The Bleach manga has been a constant presence on ICv2′s “Top 10 Manga Properties” list for years and the Bleach anime is currently running in a prime spot on Saturday night on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Segal, who directed Get Smart and 50 First Dates, is in negotiations to produce the adaptation along with Viz Media through Segal’s Callahan Filmworks. Warner Bros. has also acquired the rights to create a live action filmg based on Katushiro Otomo’s Akira (see “Hughes Brothers Helming Akira”).
Bleach is the story of a teenage boy, Ichigo, who can see spirits and who meets a female shinigami (Soul Reaper) named Rukia. During a desperate struggle with an evil spirit known as a “hollow,” she transfers her power to Ichigo. Having lost her supernatural powers she is stranded in the human world, while Ichigo must undertake her duties escorting souls to the afterlife.
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Arrnea
said:*sigh* When will they learn.
Candid8
said:Only when it’s too late…
hinamorirangiku09
said:no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They can’t do this!
Kate Scott
said:50 First Dates guy doing Bleach!?!?! That is wrong on more levels than I can count!
astro98
said:I don’t have high hopes for this project.
Lachy Doyle
said:Why have hollywood not learned from what they did with dragonball evolution
roger roberts
said:Really Looking forwards to seeing this, I loved get smart and 50 first dates, so should be awsome!!
esmay90
said:This is almost as bad as Keanu Reeves being Spike.
Namine
said:!! not another one! I =(
Tyler
said:Lets just hope they don’t screw up like they did with the live Dragon Ball movie,
that was the worst Manga/Anime Movie appation I have ever seen and I even paid to see it =(
J3N0V4
said:Kind of weird seeing as Kubo said he never wants a live action version
he might of changed his mind but his original opinion was “hell no” to put it bluntly