Recent Internet rumors suggest that the Evangelion movie shall have the budget equal to that of a blockbuster, being roughly of 100 million or more. To compare this with other top movies; The Matrix had a $63 million budget and LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring had a budget of $109 million. It is unknown where such cash is coming from as the income of Anime does not rival that of Hollywood blockbusters.

Like LOTR, the core of the principle photography will be filmed in New Zealand.

Along the lines of a plot and adaptation of the series, recent internet rumors suggest the film will focus on the first half of the 26 episode series – possibly extending the story with a later sequel – all the content covered within NGE is difficult to include yet often too important to miss out.

Gainax are keeping hush hush about details of the flick although they have a busy schedule for the movie and its “promotion”, so expect to find out more saucy details in the coming weeks.

Source: Anime Tourist

Recently appearing in a Japanese magazine are some artistic impressions of how things shall look in the live action NGE movie.

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29 images from Resurrection DVD

00. Rei/Ray Plugsuit 27.6kb, 218×344
01. Unit 00 Berserker 36.3kb, 582×372
02. Unit 02 Head, 34.5kb, 469×399
03. Unit 02 Shooting, 39.9kb, 643×447
04. Unit 02 Landscape (beautiful image), 43.0kb, 624×404
05. Rei/Ray rear view, 32.2kb, 239×413
06. Control Center Red Alert, view from tower, 55.1kb, 600×480
07. Control Center, view at tower, 61.8kb, 600×480
08. Nerv Control Center, 60.1kb, 485×400
09. Another look at the Control Center, 53.0kb, 600×480
10. First image of an Angel, Ramiel, 30.7kb, 241×396
11. Ramiel’s drilling device, 34.8kb, 233×422
12. Evangelion Hangar room, 53.3kb, 600×480
13. Another view of the hangar, showing all three evas, 58.1kb, 469×392
14. Asuka/Kate Rose in plugsuit front view, 31.6kb, 241×410
15. Asuka/Kate Rose in plugsuit rear view, 32.5kb, 240×411
16. Character possibly Misato, 33.2kb, 220×404
17. A view of New City with aircraft flying over, 54.6kb, 600×480
18. A view of New City showing a monorail, 57.2kb, 600×480
19. A view of New City with remnants of the past, 47.5kb, 600×480
20. Unit 00 injured, 38.8kb, 230×393
21. Profile view of Unit 00, 38.6kb, 245×416
22. Profile view of Unit 01, 38.3kb, 242×411
23. Unit 01 head close up, 32.4kb, 243×411
24. Profile view of Unit 02, 37.7kb, 236×402
25. Suspended Unit, 31.8kb, 212×419
26. Suspended Unit, 34.4kb, 248×419
27. Unit 02 head close up, 45.0kb, 479×406
28. Unit being restrained and repaired, 50.7kb, 453×418
29. Evangelion Weapon Rack, 54.4kb, 463×391

The Neon Genesis Evangelion DVD Resurrection production images have arrived (partly). The concept art by Weta Workshop depicts Units 02 and 00 in much more details, have started the “Ray” discussions ablaze and give us an awesome view of the futuristic landcape of the aptly named “New City” with Unit 02 as our guardian. Purchase DVD

5 more images added

0. Rei/Ray Ayanami in white plugsuit. Blue hair lacking.
1. Unit 00 black and white production image, going berserker.
2. The head of unit 02, black and white.
3. Unit 02 in action, firing at an unknown target.
4. A beautiful image of unit 02 looking across “New City”.

19 more images coming soon (thanks to Arkiel)