...But not the one that would have made me shit a brick. No, word is that Mandalay Pictures (the company behind, for example, 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer; 1999's Sleepy Hollow; 2001's Enemy at the Gates; etc) has acquired the film license to, of all things, Full Metal Panic. And Efron is considering taking on a role in the project. My instinct, of course, is to guess that the role in question is the lead, Sousuke Sagara, and I guess I can kind of see the possibility for resemblence.
But it's just not the same...What say you, gentle readers?
Season 4 is needed though.
and of course this means that they would get Vanessa Hudgens to play the role of Chidori...>__>
Wait a second....
Holy...
They're making an FMP live action????
Are they serious???
Ok, to heck with dragonball and Cowboy Bebop, if whoever does this messes THIS one up I will PERSONALLY track down every major producer of the studio and MAKE them cancel it. That said, if they do a good job, well... I'll definitely be sure to show it to everyone I know :D That article linked though has me nervous since apparently they think there aren't any adults in the FMP universe.......what about nearly ALL of the officers?? The only officer that's a kid is Teletha, and she's the only one!
So on the face of it, I'm not too hostile to this idea, because unlike some attempts like Dragonball there's a certain logic at play here. Zac Efron, though... I'd hope he isn't Sousuke. Ideally someone of middle eastern descent should be Sousuke, although I can bet that Kaname will be made a caucasian and the producers probably don't want to "stir the pot" by daring to insinuate that a white person and an arab (!!!!!) can possibly have feelings for one another.
Still, cautiously optimistic for this one.
As for Sousuke's role, I'd have to say I really don't care so much who they pick so long as they look remotely like Sosuke (in that matter Zac Efron is ok) and they seem like they could pull off Sousuke's serious yet strangely silly attitude (that's where I can't see Zac Efron fitting the role at all). If only Jason Statham was younger....lol.
SpaceDrake's on the money. Full Metal Panic is probably one of the few high-concept anime series that can be "Americanized" and still retain a lot of its core themes.
For example, MITHRIL's membership is composed of a number of different nationalities; AFAIK, Sousuke Sagara is the only major member of Japanese descent. The series' action takes place everywhere from Helmajistan/Afganistan to Hong Kong. In other words, the show is pretty international already. Also, throw in a pretty teenage captain of an ultra-futurastic submarine and, yeah, I can see how this was packaged and sold to Hollywood.
For now, let's just [begrudgingly] accept Zac Efron's attachment and start drafting wishlists/pipe-dreams for the Tessa, Melissa, Kaname, Kurz, Kalinin and Mardukas roles. The idea is to surround Efron with strong talent. Who do you see playing Kalinin?
One remaining thought I have is: how far will the film producers go to adapt Sousuke's penchant for bringing live firearms to school? I just can't see that translating well, when the setting is likely shifted to an American HS.
The idea seems interesting though..
I have no clue who could do Mao though...
As for Kaname, long hair or blue hair, doesn't have to be both, just at least one is all I ask!
at my oppinion...but I guess it could be worse... :/
A Full Metal Panic Live-action movie... thats news to me, now i wonder who they´ll cast for the role of Kaname Chidori !?