Tag Archives: live action
Netflix is turning manga and anime ‘One Piece’ into a live-action series
If you're a One Piece fan, this may be the best or the worst piece of news ever, depending on how you feel about Netflix's anime adaptations: The streaming giant has approved a 10-episode live-action series based on the classic manga and anime. Even...
Interactive murder mystery game ‘Erica’ gets a surprise release
Flavourworks' interactive game/movie hybrid Erica flew under the radar for a long time while its developers spent years working on the underlying technology. But following the launch of the new trailer at Gamescom this week, the studio made the surpr...
‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ director: Changes are ‘going to happen’
That the internet had an uneasy reaction to our first look at the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog live action movie isn't surprising, but the absolute horror induced by some elements of the furry hero's design have not gone unnoticed. This afternoon dire...
Netflix ‘Cowboy Bebop’ series casts John Cho and Mustafa Shakir
Netflix's upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop series has a cast. According to Variety, John Cho will take up the lead role of bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Alongside him will be Luke Cage star Mustafa Shakir, who will play Spiegel's partner Jet Black. D...
MTV is making a live-action ‘Aeon Flux’ reboot
Aeon Flux is coming back as MTV has moved forward with a plan to air a new live-action reboot of the series. The show premiered in 1991 with a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV's Liquid Television. The network then expanded the series with...
Netflix plans live-action ‘Carmen Sandiego’ film with Gina Rodriguez
'90s kids have even more to get excited about as Carmen Sandiego comes to Netflix as a feature film. Jane the Virgin and Annihilation star Gina Rodriguez will play the title character in the live action movie, according to Deadline. She is also liste...
Jon Favreau Makes live-action Star Wars series for Disney Streaming Service
Disney applies the Star Wars power to its new direct-to-consumer platform. Lucasfilm announced today that Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a...
Jon Favreau Makes live-action Star Wars series for Disney Streaming Service
Disney applies the Star Wars power to its new direct-to-consumer platform. Lucasfilm announced today that Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a...
Nintendo Stages Live-action Mario Run
Yesterday I talked a bit about the teaser that Nintendo released to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan. That trailer was CGI animated, though there were real people superimposed into it. As it turns out there was an on-site ceremony, which featured some fun live-action.
They put together a live-action Super Mario run, complete with a costumed actor running in place, coins popping out of bricks, turtle shells spinning along the ground, and side-scrolling stuff running by. Skip ahead to 1:08 for the fun:
It’s pretty awesome, though at one point, the coins are out of sync with the bricks, and then a brick magically breaks without him punching it. Just consider it a glitch in the code.
The set built for this is very cool and I hope the theme park has something like this for visitors to play on. It will be 2020 before the Japanese park opens its doors and years later before Super Nintendo World comes to US theme parks.
[via Kotaku]