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Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Project Signs Up Director Rupert Sanders
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Snow White & the Huntsman helmer & Hoax writer Masamune Shirow's cyber-police manga
The American film production company William Wheeler (Hoax, The Reluctant Fundamentalist) has written a new script for the project.
Mamoru Oshii's animated movie adaptation.
Variety reported in 2008 that Universal and Steven Spielberg's enthusiasm for the project. The entertainment trade newspaper quotes the acclaimed director and producer: "Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories. It's a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks."
Steven Paul brought the project to DreamWorks and will produce.
The American arm of the manga's original Japanese publisher Kodansha began Ghost in the Shell Arise prequel anime.
Source: Deadline
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