10 Upcoming Movie Adaptations Of Japanese Anime (And If They Will Work)
6. Vexille
The Anime:
Written, directed and edited by Fumihiko Sori (Ping Pong), Vexille is a CGI anime film set in a near-future version of Japan that has cut itself off from the rest of the world due to the UN declaring a unilateral ban on robotics research. In the year 2077, an undercover female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo after it transpires that cybernetics research there is far from on hold.
What We Know:
Greek-American screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos has been assigned the task of bringing Vexille to life, though it is unclear whether he intends to keep the story in Japan or if he wants to change the setting to a near-future America cut off from the rest of the world. San Andreas producers Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are already on board, indicating just what direction this remake will take.
Will It Work?
Animation adaptation certainly isn't new ground for Spiliotopoulos, who co-penned the upcoming live-action version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, though that is about all you can say in favour of the Vexille remake. The screenwriter's previous work doesn't fill fans of the original with confidence, with his most highly rated work at this point being Pooh's Heffalump Movie. Don't expect anything more than a CGI-laden blockbuster bore-fest from this one.