おととし2010年春に、上 ↑ の写真とサンプルの予告編（↓）を公表しながら、プロジェクトが進展していなかったハリウッド版実写映画の「大空魔竜ガイキング」のプロデューサーに、「ターミネーター」シリーズや、マーベルのコミックヒーロー映画「インクレディブル・ハルク」（2008年）といったジャンル映画を得意とするゲイル・アン・ハードが就任し、同女史の製作プロダクション、バルハラ・エンタテインメントと日本の映画スタジオの東映とが共同で、企画実現に務める運びになったことが、下 ↓ のプレスリリースで発表されました…！！









今になってゲイル・アン・ハードを担ぎだし、「ガイキング」の映画化を推し進めたい製作者らの真意としては、ワーナー・ブラザース製作・配給のギレルモ・デル・トロ監督の大怪獣VS.巨大ロボットのSFバトル・アクション映画「パシフィック・リム」（2013年7月12日全米公開）への期待と前評判が高く、巨大戦闘ロボットのオタク映画を成功させるのは今がチャンス！！、「パシフィック・リム」に続け！！といった狙いの読みがあるのでは…？！
さて、CIAリーダーのみなさんは、大物プロデューサーのゲイル・アン・ハードが、ギレルモ・デル・トロ監督に匹敵するオタク監督として、誰をチョイスすることになるのか？！、ハリウッド版実写映画「大空魔竜ガイキング」の今後について、どのように予想されるでしょう…？！

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VALHALLA ENTERTAINMENT SET TO PRODUCE “GAIKING” FOR ANEW AND TOEI ANIMATION

LOS ANGELES – December 18, 2012 – Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment (“The Walking Dead”) and Toei Animation have teamed with All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) to develop Toei’s iconic anime property GAIKING. This marks a new push for Toei into the U.S. marketplace and the first development deal for ANEW.

GAIKING follows a young man who is recruited to serve as the lead pilot for the Super Robot Gaiking. When Earth is threatened by an alien race intent on taking over the planet, he emerges as the only one who can pilot the massive robot. Together with his fellow co-pilots he must fight off the alien force in order to save mankind.

“I’m extremely excited to be working on GAIKING,” said Hurd, “which marks a huge step forward in adapting one of the best Japanese IP for a global audience.”

Valhalla Entertainment recently announced their USA Network pilot HORIZON for Universal Cable Productions. Additional projects on their development slate include THUNDER ROAD for Discovery Channel, RECONSTRUCTION at The History Channel, JANE WAYNE with USA Network,11th COMMANDMENT with NBC, and AREA 51 at AMC.

On the feature side, Gale Anne Hurd executive produced the upcoming Sundance Premiere film, VERY GOOD GIRLS, and is moving forward on the action/thriller THE NAMELESS with Route One. Hurd is also known for her sci-fi blockbusters THE TERMINATOR 1 & 2, ALIENS, ARMAGEDDON,and THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
ANEW, led by CEO Sandy Climan, is dedicated to partnering with Japanese underlying rights holders to develop creative content, including films, books, toys, animation, and Manga, into global English language motion pictures and television. It has an initial capitalization of $80M from the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a public-private investment fund affiliated with the Japanese government. ANEW’s creative partners include a broad spectrum of the leading media and entertainment companies in Japan.

“ANEW’s mission is to bring the highest quality Japanese stories to a global audience in partnership with world-class producers,” said Climan, “I am thrilled that ANEW is joining with Toei Animation and Valhalla Entertainment in developing this landmark property into a major motion picture.”

Toei Animation is the largest animation production company in Japan and is responsible for thousands of hours of programming, including DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK, which is being remade as a 3D CG animated feature film. Since it’s founding in 1956, Toei has produced more than 10,000 episodes of TV (191 titles) and over 200 animated feature films. Toei Animation is the original rights holder of the underlying GAIKING IP and a Co-Producer with Valhalla Entertainment.

“Gaiking has long been one of the most beloved giant robot animation franchises with a global fan base. We are very excited to be partnering with Valhalla Entertainment and ANEW to bring this title to a worldwide audience as a live-action feature film, which we hope to be the first of many more to come from Toei’s large stable of IPs,” said Yoshi Ikezawa of Toei Animation.

Gale Anne Hurd will serve as lead producer on the project. Yoshi Ikezawa of Toei Animation and Joseph Chou will also serve as producers. Sandy Climan, Tim Kwok, and Kozo Morishita of Toei Animation are executive producing. Kris Henigman, Director of Development at Valhalla, will oversee development for the company in association with Annmarie Bailey, Vice President of Creative Affairs for ANEW.






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