by kpa » Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:05 pm
I totally agree with Shonokin... if the only source for this story is IMDB it's not reliable. Just a few months ago some people were announcing Banno's GODZILLA 3-D was in production because of IMDB. How accurate was that?
If there's additional and reliable sources of information, then I would think this is great news. But some "common sense" problems jumped out at me:
1. Imagi's ASTRO BOY bombed at the box office. It cost $65 million to produce and has earned less than $25 mil worldwide. It tanked particularly hard in its two key markets; America and Japan ($328,457 in its first week).
2. Imagi has been having severe financial troubles. They already have an expensive, CG GATCHAMAN film in production, and now ASTRO BOY has failed to bring in the hope-for revenue. Based on ASTRO BOY's performance, I can't see the board of directors at Imagi thinking now is the time to spend another $70 million on another CG movie based on a classic Japanese robot anime.
3. The T28 website has a petition for fans to say they want to see this movie get made. Imagi wouldn't be trying to gauge interest if they were already making this movie... instead, they would be trying to create interest and demand for their product.
None of this suggests this movie has been given the greenlight.
Keith