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Comic adaptations have been on fire in recent years, first in 2008, "Iron Man" opened the Marvel Universe, and then "Superman: Body of Steel" restarted the DC Universe. In contrast, japan, a big country in animation, does not seem to have the wind and fire in the United States. The United States seems to be more anxious than Japan, and has extended a "black hand" to a Japanese anime that is popular with the vast number of Chinese audiences.
The son of "Male Bully" plays Star Ya
According to the US "Hollywood Reporter" recently reported that Hollywood is filming a live-action version of "Saint Seiya", the title of the film is tentatively set as "Knight of the Zodiac". The story mainly tells the story of the mysterious power of the street orphan Hoshiya awakening, putting on Pegasus armor to join a supernatural war.
In terms of cast, the most talked about Hoshiya is played by Japanese "post-95" actor Makoto Nitta.
Born in the United States, Makoto Nitta has starred in works such as Pacific Rim 2, Fatal Kiss, and Ronin Kenshin: The Final Chapter, and his father is a well-known Japanese actor who died last month and is well known to Chinese audiences for playing a male bully.
Looking closely, Makoto Nitta has obviously inherited the high appearance of his father, Shinichi Chiba, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. However, compared with his father's domineering exposure, he seems to be taking the route of a beautiful man. Therefore, choosing him to play Hoshiya, at least in appearance, is closer.
The heroine of the film, Athena, is played by Madison Eastman, and her representative works include "Brave Game 2" and "Annabelle 3". It should be noted that in the live-action version of Saint Seiya, Athena's name in the human world is not Johto Saori, but Sienna.
I don't know if hoshiya can stand up again and again after being knocked down in the face of the "Western Goddess"
Of course, Athena wasn't the only one who became the face of the West. Shaun Bin, who starred in "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones", played a mentor role in the film, Alman Kiddo. He discovers Sienna after Athena's reincarnation and recruits people including Hoshiya to become Saint Seiya. It sounds like this character should correspond to Mitsumasa Johto in the original game.
From this point of view, there is still a bit of an image
The director is The Polish Thomas Bardinsky, who has served as the producer of the American drama "Demon Hunter", and he directed the animated version of Netflix's "Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya", so he is still familiar with this classic Japanese manga.
Zheng Jizong, whose action director is one of the members of the chengjia class, has his credit for the action scenes in the current hit "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", and he has also served as an action director for the "Rush Hour" series. In addition, the old version of "Phoenix Girl" Famick Jensen, Nick Starr, and Mark Dacascos also joined the film.
Instantaneously reversed by the female?
In addition to The Star Arrow, the other members of the Bronze Five and the main Golden Saints have not yet revealed the relevant information, and it is not known whether there are these roles and who will play them.
However, after the live-action version of the news came to China, the majority of Saint Seiya fans demanded that the Purple Dragon must be played by Chinese. Because in the original work, the Purple Dragon was originally Chinese, his cultivation site Lushan Wulao Peak, the move Lushan Shenglong Ba, etc., all have strong Chinese characteristics.
As for the moment, although he is a boy, but he looks very beautiful, the author always thought he was a girl when he was a child, and now there are still video blog directors on the Internet who are called "big beautiful girls". What kind of actors will you find in reality to play? It is not possible to use female actors to reverse the string.
In addition, in the context of the "political correctness" wind in Hollywood, the Little Mermaid and Snow White have been played by black actors, and there are no black actors in the list of actors released this time. Some netizens suggested that this is too incorrect. However, don't worry, I remember that there were dark-skinned characters in the original, and it is still very likely that African Americans will appear in the main film.
Remember who he was?
There is a precedent for Hollywood street play
Having said all this, in fact, I am still afraid that Hollywood will mess up the original and ruin the youth of a generation. After all, they all interpret and present the stories of the East through the perspective of the West, and it is inevitable that they will deviate, and the real-life "Mulan" is an excellent example.
Many netizens also expressed pessimism about the prospects of the live-action version of "Saint Seiya".
Moreover, hollywood has a precedent for failure in making a live-action version of a Japanese comic. For example, 20th Century Fox has made a movie like the American youth drama "Dragon Ball", in which Chow Yun Fat also plays the turtle immortal.
Looking at the poster, you can imagine the ending of this film, which is really "old and miserable!" ”
Yesterday, there were already on-set photos of the live-action movie "Saint Seiya" on the Internet. It is reported that the film is being filmed in Budapest and is close to completion.
From the set photos, you can see the training clothes and armor of the main actors. Let's look forward to this live-action movie more or less.
Who do you want to play the Purple Dragon?