Tag: DreamWorks
DreamWorks Grabs Rights for ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Manga
DreamWorks Pictures has acquired rights to the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature. Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and brought the project to the studio. Jamie Moss has been hired to write the adaptation.”‘Ghost in the Shell’ is one of my favorite stories,” Spielberg said. “It’s a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks.”
DreamWorks president of production Adam Goodman said “Ghost in the Shell” is a property “that epitomizes 3-D live-action motion picture possibilities.”
Plot Concept:
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.
Ben Stiller Producer And Star In ‘The Return of King Doug’
Ben Stiller is attached to produce and possibly star in “The Return of King Doug,” an adaptation of an upcoming Oni Press graphic novel whose film rights were picked up by DreamWorks.Written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, “King” centers on a man who must return to the fantasy world which he abandoned 30 years earlier. Erb and Oremland will also write the screenplay.
Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Jeremy Kramer will produce through their DreamWorks-based Red Hour Productions.
Eric Gitter, one of the partners at Oni, will also produce through his Closed on Mondays Entertainment, the shingle which acts as Oni’s production arm. Peter Schwerin is executive producing.
Holly Bario will oversee the project for DreamWorks.
‘Monsters vs Aliens’ – First Look
‘Monsters vs. Aliens‘ is directed by Rob Letterman (who directed Shark Tale) and Conrad Vernon (who directed Shrek 2), two very experienced DreamWorks team members.
Susan Murphy aka Ginormica (voiced by Reese Witherspoon), is a modern-day California girl who has the bad luck to be hit by a meteor on her wedding day and grows to be 49 feet, 11½ inches tall.
