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Evangelion movie discussions still moving forward

Eva — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:32:58 +0000

Ohayocon attendee Chris Adkins has been in touch to inform us that the studio discussions and fight for final rights of the Evangelion adaptation properties are in the midst of taking place, with everything still going ahead given the success of that other big robot movie, Transformers. Joseph Cho is in charge of the the Gainax/Studio relations and Matt Greenfield is hoping for some official announcements sometime in the next 9 months.

It certainly is good to see some news, but we really want that announcement ASAP, we’re all still waiting with bated breath.

The News: In an Evangelion panel at the Ohayocon anime convention in Columbus Ohio on January 30th, ADV director Matt Greenfield announced that several U.S. studios are competing for final rights to the project, meaning that actual production should begin soon. The delay on the project is due largely to the Transformers movie: The studios wanted to make sure that a “giant robot” movie would appeal to an American audience. The negotiations between the U.S. studios and Gainax are being handled by Joseph Cho, who assisted in the production of “Appleseed: Ex Machina”, an animated film based on the Appleseed series, so Mr. Cho has previous experience in dealing with studio types.

Matt Greenfield estimates that an official announcement, including naming the studio, the director, and perhaps casting information, would be made within the next 9 months.

Thanks Chris!

Richard Taylor (Weta) still enthused

Eva — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:39:43 +0000

At the Wellginton Armageddon Pop Culture Con, Richard Taylor spoke about his enthusiasm for the Evangelion live action movie with a fan:

Thanks Tino!

Eva live action director and financing in place?

Eva — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:58:18 +0000

According to one of our forum members, zandor117, who was present at the ADV panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta, ADV’s David Williams said that the Evangelion live action movie is now moving into production. We have seen no other report, even though the same panel was used to announce several anime licenses that have been reported by reputable anime news sources.

According to zandor117, this is what was said:

Questioner: “Is there anything new about the EVA movie?”

David Williams: “The EVA movie is now in Production”

Questioner: “Can you tell us the director?”

David Williams: “I am not allowed to say that yet.”

ADV has not yet commented further.

While this does not seem like full production (i.e. filming actors) or even fully fledged pre-production like set building, the main concrete news seems to be that a director has signed on, moving the project beyond the proposal and development phase. Previously, negotiations were under way with a shortlist of directors who had expressed an interest, but the decision had not been made yet.

Read the original discussion thread

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FofR — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:11:07 +0000

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Matt Greenfield Video Interview via Anime North

Eva — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:57:09 +0000

Our friends over at Animestation.net, have posted a marathon interview session with Matt Greenfield which took place a few days ago at Anime North.

The Evangelion live action stuff starts at the end of video 2. In video 3 you’ll learn about Weta’s involvement, designs for “shell retrieval” vehicles and Greenfield’s projected time frame. A great interview all around.

Video 1:

Video 2:

Video 3

Video 4:

Video 5

You can see the Animestation.net YouTube account here.

Matt Greenfield at Anime Central 2007

FofR — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:55:41 +0000

Trivial Being minion darthikari attended a panel at Anime Central (acen) this weekend. When the Evangelion live action project came up, Matt Greenfield said that the movie is still happening, and that Weta and undisclosed “big names” are still on board, but that he could still not announce any details.

The only news here is that the status of the Evangelion live action movie(s) seems unchanged by the announement of the four-movie animated re-make by Gainax.

More info on the ADV panel (without the live action news) here: ANN: Anime Central 2007: ADV Films

Discussion thread: acen update

Fan’s second live action trailer

Eva — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:45:18 +0000

Anatael is back with a new incarnation. He has spent the last couple of months working on a new Evangelion teaser trailer. As fan efforts typically go, this is something to behold. See if you can spot Asuka, Rei, etc. Without further adieu:

Fan made live action trailers

Eva — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:41:54 +0000

Continuing on the theme of the previous post, here are some fan made live action Neon Genesis Evangelion movie trailers built from the clips of a few well known movies. They are put together pretty well and I’ll leave you to work out who is cast as each character:

Excellent fan art

Eva — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:40:10 +0000

News seems a little quiet at the moment, so in the meantime I thought I might treat you to some fan art based upon WETA’s original concept images. This is really quite good, and may in all likelihood appear in my inbox in a few weeks claiming to be genuine WETA, as did that movie poster by Shok Xone Studios.

This image is by r7ll and a large version can be found Here

Newtype Japan hypes Evangelion Scoop

Eva — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:38:03 +0000

UPDATE: The issue, although not out yet, has surfaced on the internet with full page scans, albeit in japanese of course. Whilst no live action movie scoop, the news is still very big and concerns a “rebuilding” of Evangelion in the form of 4 new movies, the first due out next Summer (in Japan). A large amount of new material is expected in this project entitled “Evangelion Shin Gekijou Ban”. Check out our forum thread for all the details: Newtype Scans Discussion

Just a quick note to say that the next Newtype issue will contain a big scoop concerning Evangelion (or so is advertised in Japan’s September issue), whether this pertains to the live action movie is unsure. However given that a big announcement is due it is quite possible we may hear some substantial and important news concerning the movie within the next month. Let’s cross our fingers.

Some speculation as to what else it could be includes a possible new Hideaki Anno project as rumored at ANN.

For further rumors and discussion concerning the “scoop” Eva Monkey makes some good points with particular reference to the possibility of new Evangelion anime.