Ghost in the Shell Movie: Producers Comment on the Adaptation

In theaters next year, a live-action movie from the famous Ghost in the Shell series would premiere. The people behind it are very much excited for its release because they'll be bringing the source to life.

Interviews with the cast and crew are published in Nerdist and IGN websites. According to Nerdist, who managed to bag an interview with Scarlett Johansson, who plays the lead role as Major Mokoto Kusanagi, she talked about how creating the character and how she would move in a body that's not entirely human. Mokoto's body is mostly cybernetic, making it a slightly difficult problem for Johansson to portray the role.

"You can go deep in one direction and play a very unfeeling, mechanical sort of gait and stride." said the actress. She also added that anything the Major (Kusanagi) will do is with intent. Being a cybernetic human, "she doesn't have mannerism and tics. The absence of those mannerisms is what gives her her physical character."

According to the executive producer Michael Costigan, he said to IGN that they would be bringing the movie to life "so faithfully." Meaning, they'll be following what the anime originally is in the live-action movie. The film will not adapt one story; it will draw bring out bits of story from the Stand Alone Complex and Stand Alone Complex: 2nd GIG. The film will also address Mokoto's sense of self. "When we first started talking about getting rights for adapting it, the creators went out of their way to suggest that we don't try to adapt one thing." Producer Avi Arad told IGN.

Other casts of the movie includes:

• Pilou Asbaek - Batou

• Michael Pitt - the Laughing Man

• Beat Takeshi - Daisuke Aramaki

• Juliette Binoche - Dr Ouelet

Dreamworks and Paramount are co-financing and co-producing the film. The movie dealt with issues about its casting decisions. Ghost in the Shell will hit the theaters on March 31, 2017.