EVAGELION -The End is Here- ...

[zeo-mare]

so this is for real they are planning a real live action movie? having the Weta team on it does not hurt, but i hope this does not come out as another G savior.

[Anubis]

Same stuff as before, but now with project on hold. They didn't even have a financer back before. It'll be a long time before anything new comes form this, if it ever does.

[Mechamaniac]

Weta Workshop has just released concept sketches of the movie, which has been put on hold for the moment:

http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz/projects/fil...lm/neon_genesis

Cool, and let's hope it stays that way.

[Blaine23]

Dude, maybe I'm weird or something (okay, I'm sure I am)... but I think as far as preproduction sketches go... they look fantastic.

I mean, you have to consider that preproduction sketches are pretty good ways away from finished film. The purpose of them is simply to define a world, get a feel for the look they're going for, etc. Costume designs, robot designs, settings - all of that changes dramatically once made to look "real" with CGI.

WETA's a quality shop. If this movie had sucked nuts, it certainly wouldn't be their fault, IMO. It's the acting, script, and direction that is really hard to believe in for a project like this one.

Anime to live action is going to happen, whether fans want it to or not. I think Evangelion would be a better choice than alot of the other anime I've watched simply because, for all it's weirdness, it is essentially a human story set in a world that is recognizable.