Bleach Live Action Movie Officially Announced by Viz Media

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BANKAI… Hollywood style! Today Viz Media has officially announced that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to create a Bleach live action movie! Development is slated to begin this year. No casting or story information has been released, but check out the official press release below for all the official details!

VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in the North America, announced today that Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the live-action feature film rights to the hit manga and anime property BLEACH. The announcement comes after another successful year for BLEACH in print, digital publishing, cable television, streaming video, consumer products and video-on-demand.

“BLEACH has built a huge international following in its manga and anime formats, and we’re excited that Warner Bros. shares our belief that BLEACH can also become a fantastic live-action film,” said Jason Hoffs of VIZ Productions, VIZ Media’s Hollywood-based production company. “BLEACH is an exciting opportunity to mix Japanese and Hollywood storytelling to create something new for the big screen, and we’re thrilled for the opportunity to further expose its unique characters and story to film audiences everywhere.”

Peter Segal (GET SMART, THE LONGEST YARD) of Callahan Filmworks is producing with an eye toward directing. The film’s creative team also includes screenwriter Dan Mazeau, who recently penned Warner Bros.’ upcoming sequel to CLASH OF THE TITANS. Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing and Masi Oka (best known for his roles on NBC’s HEROES and CBS’s HAWAII FIVE-0) will produce. From VIZ Productions, Hoffs will serve as Producer, and Branon Coluccio will be Executive Producer. Screenplay development will commence in 2012.

The popular BLEACH animated and manga series, created by Tite Kubo, follows the adventures of Ichigo, a teenager with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow — a malevolent lost soul – Ichigo encounters Rukia, a Soul Reaper tasked to hunting Hollows, and inadvertently absorbs her powers. Now, Ichigo must dedicate his life to protecting the innocent and helping tortured souls find peace.

BLEACH is a tremendously successful multimedia property around the world. The manga has been licensed to more than a dozen countries and has over 75 million copies in print in Japan alone. In North America, the manga (rated ‘T’ for Teens) has consistently appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list for Manga and the Neilsen BookScan Top 50 Graphic Novels list, selling more than 2.1 million copies across 36 volumes.

The BLEACH manga is also available digitally through VIZManga.com and for download through the VIZ Manga App for iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch, where it has proven to be a top-seller. The series was recently sped up to bring North American readers up-to-date with the latest story arc in Japan, culminating in it being featured in WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA, the groundbreaking digital manga magazine that VIZ Media just launched at the end of January 2012.

The BLEACH animated series (rated TV-14) has topped the ratings on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, sold over 1.8 million DVDs and consistently ranked among Hulu’s most watched shows, This success has further spawned an array of related video games (over 820,000 sold), apparel, action figures, trading cards and other merchandise.​

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[~MC117~]

Ohh no I hope its not going to be like Dragon ball evolution.

 

[AMJ89]

It will be a failure like Dragonball or Avatar...what's this movies budget?

 

[kayodes]

dont mess with perfection man haven't they learnt that yet?

 

[Catalyst]

oh great another fail anime movie -_-

 

[Crazyleggs24]

lol you beat me to it i just made a thread about this.

 

[-Jiraiya-]

Any Naruto live action movie?

 

[lyncher]

Wow time for another live action film to RUIN another Anime

 

[Alameen83]

Ohh no I hope its not going to be like Dragon ball evolution.

God damnit every time i wanna say something, ohh god whos gonna play ichigo?? Ed sheran? Rupert Grint? they need someone with ginger hair!! how many characters will they axe?? bleach has tons of characters.

Truly viz should of went to Square Enix FFVII Advent CHildren was fantastic.

 

[Jack Spicer]

Since M Night. Shamalmalaalmalamalalama isn't directing it, there's some hope. He ruined DB and Avatar.

This might be good, or not. What they need to do is get an awesome director+big budget and make said anime amazing.

 

[PositiveEmotions]

well warner bros is making the movie and thats a big company and they have american working on the film so it should be ok

 

[NLee]

This movie is not going to swing good. It's too flashy to be put on the big screen. The zanpaktou techniques are going to look corny in live-action and it's not going to fit. Or at least I can't see it fit.

It's either going to be a hit or miss. No in-between.

 

[Darth Atlas]

If this turns out like that god forsaken live action movie for avatar the last Airbender or if it has the same director as that movie I'll kill the entire cast and crew with my bare hands!!!! Not really but still it would suck donkey balls

 

[Laassee]

Sound cool.
Wonder who is gonna play Kenpachi =DD

 

[UchihaBrat]

If Robert Downey Jr. is in it, I'll watch it!
No, well, I'll watch it anyway to see what they can produce!

 

[Sophie Ezra]

hmm i am not into Bleach but i guess it will be interesting i hope they dont ruin it for the fans of bleach becuse they did a bad job with the DBZ movie as for avatar the last air bender it was okay but could of been better tho so whats next a Naruto movie lmao

 

[UchihaBrat]

hmm i am not into Bleach but i guess it will be interesting i hope they dont ruin for the fans of bleach becuse they did a bad job with the DBZ movie as for avatar the last air bender it was okay but could of been better tho so whats next a Naruto movie lmao

No, next is Pokemon!!
Let's just hope they don't make it like the DB movieU_U

 

[LeafSpirit 20]

Nah, in the end the project will fall like akira.. Right now its just hype of this productions, but if it will be like dragonball evolution.... (PUKES)

 

[PositiveEmotions]

i think the movie might not be that bad i mean think about it its gonna be Hollywood and sometimes Hollywood stays some what true to anime/manga/comic/cartoons into a live movie

 

[TouShIRO]

It will be a failure like Dragonball or Avatar...what's this movies budget?

You beat me too it, was going to say this


Didn't knew that there was going to be a movie about it, thanks for the info....not going to watch it i thinkxd