Variety gives us the news:
Joel Silver has signed on to develop a live-action feature film based on Cartoon Network’s “Ben 10” sci-fi franchise, with an eye toward distribution through Warner Bros…Dark Castle’s Steve Richards (who has signed on to produce with fellow shingle co-prexy Andrew Rona and Silver) said that the bigscreen version of “Ben 10” would be completely recast from the character’s previous live-action incarnations, and that the producers want to go as big as possible with the project.
They are currently seeking writers, and hope to learn from thier mistakes from ‘Speed Racer’, which was also aimed at the younger set a number of years ago. I don’t know much about ‘Ben 10’ but I’m sure there will be a good exposition to get the public up to speed. I don’t have a problem with this project, although some around the net might consider this a “redo” from the kids cable film and that I sure hope the youth in the film aren’t obnoxious emoheads who have the anime speak.
What do the int’l friends think? Looking forward to a possible big screen Ben 10?
My kid watched the 1st series for awhile, It didn’t really give me the Anime vibe at all. I guess it falls in that catergory cause it’s a Bandai product or somethin’? I am NOT a big fan of Anime/Magda-Magna whatever. This didn’t seem to have the things that turn me off about that genre: Huge eyes on all the characters, silly seeminly forced physical comedy, and the dubbed soundtrack voice feeling you get when you see a old Martial Arts flick.
This (1st one) was a pretty cool cartoon.
the 2nd in the series (teenage boy) not so much.
But it’s cool that there going BIG with this, The Omnimatrix thing is a cool premise and looks kinda cooler on this kids wrist instead of Daniel Craigs! LOL
What exactly is “the anime speak?”
That to me is the (translated) tween-ish voices which are overdone to the point where they not only sound like each other, but sound like other translated character voices from other anime shows and films.
Especially when they use special magic/alien powers and must speak the oaths/spell. catchphrases.