Tag: Seven Samurai
Scott Mann to Direct Seven Samurai Remake
Yes, the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is actually going to happen. And just in case you’re wondering who will be behind the whole thing, we’re here to share that info with you!
It’s The Weinstein Company we’re talking about, and yes, this is going to be a huge, $60 million budget project, with director Scott Mann on board to handle one of the most thrilling movie epics of all time!
For those of you who aren’t quite sure what we’re talking about (although we guess that’s almost impossible), Seven Samurai (1954) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Akira Kurosawa’s 100th Anniversary Celebrated With Free Seven Samurai Showing in L.A.
It’s no secret that hundreds of filmmakers, actors and cinema enthusiasts have been inspired by Akira Kurosawa‘s films over the years. With March 23rd representing the 100th Anniversary of his birth, the master of cinema is as influential today as he ever was. Established greats such as Martin Scorsese credit Kurosawa as being a major influence in their life’s work. In a recent interview, Scorsese couldn’t stress enough the importance of Kurosawa, “Let me say it simply, Kurosawa was my Master.”
To celebrate Kurosawa’s 100th Anniversary, the Green Planet Movie Awards has managed to pull in two of Japan’s top directors Shinya Tsukamoto and Hitoshi Iwamoto for the March 23rd event to attend in person an open screening of Kurosawa’s most famous and influential picture “Seven Samurai.” “To be able to screen one of Kurosawa’s and indeed the world cinema’s greatest films to the public, and have two top Japanese directors there in person to interact with the audience about it is such a huge opportunity for any film fan! It’s going to be an amazing event,” commented an excited Darrell Nelson, the Asia representative for the Green Planet Movie Awards.
