Gatchaman movie poster revealed

Where are you seeing a new director listed for this movie? Seems to me they haven't tapped anyone to fill that position since Kevin Munroe and Lynne Southerland left (the former did so to work on the upcoming film adaption of Dylan Dog with Brandon Routh).

Also - the film has been written by a hand-full of people; including Paul Dini who's credited for the screenplay. The film wasn't envisioned by Munroe - I'm sure he had ideas about where he wanted to take it visually, but if they're still sticking to Dini's screenplay the film will likely retain the same general plot.

At this point I doubt the film will even get made - unless Astro boy hits it out of the park. IMAGI is treading a fine line with their cash situation (didn't anyone catch that they halted production on ALL of their films - including Astro, but a few months back because they ran out of cash?) and without a major distributer to back the film they're unlikely to find voice talent or a semi-medium profile director to work the film (Astroboy's got Flushed Away's director). They've been keeping a rather low profile on what actually is being done with Gatchaman - and it probably has a lot to do with the state of lirabo the company's future is in.

Obviously they want to sell the film to a distributer - and that's why posters and concept art for the film trickle out in an attempt to drum up interest; but unless the studio happens across some cash the movie simply won't get made.
 
She was rumored to be the new director after Munroe quit. She did a blog posting talking about having watched all the episodes of the first series.

IMAGI confirmed she was working on the production crew at the last Anime Expo.

Also, Munroe said they were trying to make the movie like Power Rangers.



I'm not sure where you heard that news. All that was reported was that Dini was on the movie as a writer right before the writer's strike. Even though Robert Mark Kamen was already hired on as a screenwriter. So we have no idea what script they are adapting.

We also have no idea what was in the Dini or Kamen scripts.



IMAGI officially announced in 2007 that Warner Bros. and The Weinstein Company were the distributors of Gatchaman. This announcement however was made in 2007, Septeraber. The deal might have expired. But Imagi said WB and Weinstein are the distributors.
 
Got a name? I can't seem to find any mention of anyone other than Munroe was ever attached to the position of the project.

Do you have a link for this too? Looking through IMAGI's official press releases listed on their website - Gatchama's distribution is only hinted at in a June 2006 statement claiming they got the rights to make the film in which they only make a passing refrence to WB and the Weinstien company mentioning they were distributing TMNT.

There are press releases on the same site announcing their distribution deals for TMNT (July 2005) and Astro boy (June 2008); and there are far more trivial PRs listed there over an important one like a distribution deal.

I'm just saying - it's highly suspect that they just released a poster and the only studio logo on it is 'IMAGI'.
 
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