Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Afro Samurai

7/21/11 - Afro Samurai, the cult hit manga and anime in which Samuel L. Jackson voices the main character, is making a bound to the big-screen.  It was announced as Comic-Con 2011.  The Indomina Group is teaming with Jackson and Gonzo Studios, the company behind the Emmy-winning anime, to produce a live-action adaptation.  Set in a future and feudal Japan, the story follows a man seeking revenge for his father’s decapitation at the hands of Justice, a power-seeking man dressed as a cowboy.  The plan is to attach a writer and director this summer and complete casting by the end of the yea in order to be able to shoot at Pinewood Indomina Studios in the Dominican Republic in 2012.

1/28/09 – Samuel L. Jackson's pet project, the animated Afro Samurai, is due for a live-action movie starring Jackson in the title role. But Jackson said he rejected the first draft he received for that film.  "We read one, didn't work out too well, but we're still working on it," he said.  The Afro Samurai video game is now in stores for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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