Neon Genesis Evangelion
A small quote that brings hope to all us Eva fans around the world that want to see this movie made:
"ADV also made several confirmations during [its] panel. The biggest and most exciting of them all was that the Live Action Evangelion Movie is confirmed and is going through pre-production."
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On July 25 2003 ADV announced the production of a Live Action Evangelion movie.
"In an announcement sure to make waves in the entertainment industry, ADV Films President and CEO John Ledford today publicly confirmed industry rumors that the firm has acquired the rights to produce, and has already begun development of, a live-action feature-film based on the Japanese animated television series "Neon Genesis Evangelion," a multi-million dollar worldwide franchise and perhaps the most influential anime title in the history of the art form. The project is a collaboration between ADV Films, Gainax and Weta Workshop, Ltd.
The Participants ADV Films is the leading producer-distributor of Japanese animation in North America. The Japanese anime and game studio Gainax Network Systems was one of the original production studios responsible for Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Weta Workshop, Ltd. is the New Zealand-based special effects studio that created the effects for Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
"The three main players here represent something of a 'dream-team' for a project like this one," said Ledford. "Between the quality and significance of the Gainax title, Weta's industry-leading skill in the creation of special visual effects, and our expertise in the marketing and promotion of anime and anime-related content, this project is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
After that several images/concept art were released by WETA Workshop.
Rei/Ray Plugsuit
Asuka/Kate Rose in plugsuit
Misato
Unit 01
New City Detail View
After a long while of no new news it was then announced by Matt Greenfield that ADV had raised half of the $120 million dollars to produce the film. It was also announced by Matt Greenfield that three “top A list directors” had been competing for the chance to direct the movie.It has again been a while since any new news has been given on the movie but one thing is sure, there are a lot of people that want to see this movie happen. This can be seen by all of the hard work that ADV, WETA, and Gainax have put into this project. The most resent evidence of this was during an interview with Richard Taylor of WETA Workshop.
Q: So King Kong was Peter's dream project since he was a child. Is there a dream project you have?
Taylor: There are many ideas that I would love to one day bring to fruition, but I respectfully put them on the back burner while we develop other people's ideas. [b]But right now probably my greatest desire is to see Neon Genesis Evangelion come to life.[/b] I've been working on that nearly four years with ADV, the people who own the rights to the live action film. We've traveled to Japan, we've met the original creators, we have done development work on it. I believe Evangelion, to the Asian market, could be up there with the Lord of the Rings.
Q: What is the current status of that film?
Taylor: I don't honestly know, but that's not to say that it won't happen. Everyone's intentions is to see it happen. It's a very, very complex property to bring to the world cinema because of its incredible following. It has to be done, hopefully, with great sensitivity and aesthetically with utter perfection. That requires time and thought.
P.S. :
Just to give you an idea of the computer power behind Weta check this out:
Weta runs the third largest supercomputer on the planet if you count the number of processors, 3300, it can call on, says Scott Houston, chief technical officer at Weta.
The ones that beat WETA are the Japanese Earth Simulator (5120 processors) and Los Alamos National Laboratory's supercomputer (8192 processors).
Right now there is no idea of when the production of this movie will really start mainly because of the involvement that WETA Workshop will have in the Halo movie.
However, at 2007's Anime Weekend in Atlanta, ADV spokesman Dave WIlliams commented that the Evangelion movie had passed pre-production and was entering production. He would not elaborate on anything further, and nothing concrete has been heard of the movie's status since.
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