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June 14th, 2005 | Digg This
Trivial Being forum member Legion has picked up the latest issue of Neo, a british anime publication. The full article scan can be found here: Forum Topic.
To summarise the article, it simply states that the live action evangelion project is currently on hold according to the Weta website (we already knew this). No major news, just an announcement in print.
April 17th, 2005 | Digg This
Nick Buras has kindly informed me that Weta have updated their website and have included the Neon Genesis Evangelion live action movie as a ‘current project’:
Weta Workshop Eva Project Page
As for the status of the project, which everyone has been concerned due to the lack of any formidable news: UNDER DEVELOPMENT -
QUOTE: “Weta has been designing a live-action adaptation of Neon Genesis: Evangelion. The film is on hold but it is Weta’s hope that it will enjoy getting to work on the film production of this amazing story in the near future.”
The site also contains a flash representation of all their concept work so far, no pictures that cannot be found here although it does confirm that they created the rogue image found only in a japanese newtype magazine, (Image). In the image descriptions the characters are given their correct titles.
December 13th, 2004 | Digg This
ADV have launched a new section of their website dedicated to their theatrical releases.
Quote: ADV Films, the #1 producer-distributor of anime in the U.S., today announced that they are expanding the ADV Films website to include a page dedicated to the company’s theatrical releases (www.advfilms.com/theatrical).
The new website, with an emphasis on Japanese and Korean films, offers a one-stop information source for both film buffs and theatre professionals, providing background material on each film as well as listings of theatres and play dates for current showings. Theatre managers and publicists are able to download press materials, including biographies, cast and crew lists, interviews and art work for each film. Film buyers have the ability to check out ADV Theatrical’s release schedule as well as a chance to see what films are available in 35 mm from ADV’s library, such as the classic Gamera series.
This expansion of the web site comes at time when the cinema world is focusing on the Korean film making industry. Richard Pena, Director of the New York Film Festival and curator of the Korean Film retrospective at Lincoln Center recently stated “With recent major festival awards at Cannes and Venice, the cinema of South Korea has become one of the most respected, and eagerly anticipated, national cinemas anywhere today.”
“This new page is a welcome addition to our web site” said John Ledford, president, CEO and co-founder of ADV Films. “Our anime web site has always been very popular with our fans and I know that our theatrical page will be also.”
September 9th, 2004 | Digg This
Official Announcement - source
Alright, so ADV has appointed a man named Steven Buck as the Director of the up-and-coming theatrical division of ADV (which would, of course, be compromised of only the Evangelion project as far as I know, there may be other projects we don’t know about!). Just as a note: this is NOT stating that he is the director of Evangelion… they still haven’t chosen, or have not released the information…
But, since Buck will be head of the theatrics, I tried to do a bit of back-ground research on him only to fall short (though I really only checked on imdb). Do any of you know anything about him rather than the fact that he founded art-house movie theatres?
August 12th, 2004 | Digg This
At the King Records/Production IG panel at Otakon 2004, Okazaki, when asked about the live action Eva movie, stated that King Records was not involved in it and that they “weren’t very happy about it.”
King Records owns the Star Child label that handles distribution and licensing for alot of anime titles. They handled Japanese distribution for Evangelion and the movies. They also released all of the Japanese Eva soundtracks.
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=189
August 8th, 2004 | Digg This
At the ADV Films panel at Metrocon 2004, David Williams said the sparseness of news was because all information released on the project was agreed to be approved by all three parties involved: Gainax, WETA, and ADV. He did say the movie is moving ahead fine. They are currently working on script treatments and are down to a shortlist of directors. In a separate interview, Williams said that there has been no decision made yet as to whether the film will encompass the entire story of Evangelion or just the beginning.
SOURCE: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=181
June 23rd, 2004 | Digg This
The live action evangelion movie is currently undergoing the process of choosing a director. Until this stage has been completed, no casting or final script will be made. According to Anime Tourist, Gainax have approved a short list of directors. These directors will be approached and when negotiation is complete, the rest of the movie will get underway (the exciting stuff). Await an ADV press release in the coming months.
May 5th, 2004 | Digg This
Nothing really new on the live action movie recently, awaiting official announcements from ADV. However, here is some information about Weta you may be interested in. The BBC has an article covering the supercomputer power that lies behind Weta Workshop. If by counting the number of processors a supercomputer has as a gauge of size; Weta has the third largest in the world - alongside an archive storing 500 terrabytes of data.
For the complete article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3672887.stm
Thanks to Vincent Pham
April 14th, 2004 | Digg This
“The current status of the live action Neon Genesis Evangelion movie is that a treatment has been created and now talks are underway with potential directors. Because decisions regarding the movie must be approved by a number of parties, news will unlikely be announced during conventions, and instead will come through official channels and press releases.”
April 11th, 2004 | Digg This
In a reply to an email asking about the movie, Tiffany gave a few small extra details with respect to the schedule of the Live Action movie.
As we know, the movie is currently in very early stages of production. The main aim at this point seems to be finding a suitable director to take on the project. Tiffany Grant goes on to state that it will be two to three YEARS before casting takes place - so the actors they have in mind right now would have to be approximately twelve years old, so as to be the correct age during filming.
Thanks to Samantha G
Upon emailing Tiffany Grant about information of casting (I’m a 14 y/o girl who has received several compliments about my uncanny resemblence to Rei), I received information about the schedule laid out thus far. It is probably all already known, but could serve as an update. It was received April 11, 2004:
The status of the live-action Eva movie is that it is currently in very early stages of pre-production while a director is being found. My best guess is that it will be two to three years before any casting takes place, and it will be up to the director to decide where, when and how casting will take place…
What I can tell you is that it is a strong desire at this point to cast actors that would be the correct ages for the parts of the children. Therefore, the actors who portray the roles of the three kids will be about twelve right now…
One of the important reasons for casting kids the right age can be seen by watching the Harry Potter movies. There was a filming delay, and the kids aged quite a bit more than they should have between the second and third years.
I am not sure how useful that will be to you, however, you might find it interesting enough to post. Obviously young Daniel Radcliffe will not be casted, then…
Sincerely,
Samantha G
