The horror! The ph34r! Warner Bros. is going to make another live-action Scooby Doo. Alas, the first one was a hit, and they can't leave well enough alone.
I began thinking...which Anime would lend itself well to a live-action treatment, and which would be absolutely disastrous. I narrowed it down to a single best case scenario and a single worst case scenario. I invite comment and suggestion.
Best case scenario: Cowboy Bebop Director: Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, leaning towards Rodriguez Cast Spike Spiegel: Russell Wong or Jason Scott Lee Jet Black: Michael Clark Duncan, Ving Rhames or Samuel L. Jackson Faye Valentine: Fairuza Balk (see 'The Craft'
Vicious: Jet Li Edward: you would have to do a search for the right girl, I suggest in Australia, Polynesia, India or the Middle East. Hello Bollywood? Ein: by Weta Digital or ILM, leaning towards Weta because they have done some amazing stuff in LOTR.
Worst case scenario: Excel Saga Director: God, where shall I begin? There are lots of no-talent hacks out there. Maybe the guy who directed 'Armageddon' for starters. Cast Excel Excel: Britney Spears Princess Hyatt: Callista Flockhart Il Palazzo: Orlando Bloom Pedro: Antonio Banderas Nabeshin: John Travolta Space Butler: Kelsey Grammer Great Will of the Macrocosm: Roseanne The Puchuus and Menchi: whoever did Scooby Doo's CGI alter-ego.
OK, there they are...discuss!~_^
