There's so much news today, so before I get into
Gatchaman just two quick updates. First... The Elizabeth Kostova's novel about Dracula titled
The Historian is set to get a re-write from child actor turned writer
Brad Caleb Kane says
Variety. The kid did the signing for
Aladdin in the 1992 Disney flick and he now finds himself writing Dracula for Sony! Weird! Second...
Solace in Cinema have two "gritty" posters for
The Bourne Ultimatum. Now, I know zero about Gatchaman so I'm just really going to copy the article from Coming Soon pretty much exact... It's been announced that veteran scribe
Robert Mark Kamen (
The Fifth Element,
The Transporter,
The Karate Kid and more!) is writing the screenplay for the CG-animated motion picture Gatchaman. He will work closely alongside
TMNT director
Kevin Munroe in piecing together the story for the superhero flick which is set to come out in 2009.
Based on the successful Japanese anime franchise created by Tatsuo Yoshida ("Speed Racer") in 1972, Gatchaman revolves around a team of five young superhero ninjas who must save the world from alien occupation. With over 200 TV episodes, Gatchaman has delighted fans around the world for more than 30 years. The property's popularity in the U.S. stems from domestic versions of the show, including "Battle of the Planets" and "G-Force."
Sounds great but I think the reason I have never come across the program is because it sounds like an American thing and not really something that made the shores of Britain. Below are some concept images from the film which just look WOW (via
AICN)...
