Forum:Bleach Live Action Movie?

Good news or bad?
Came across this today Warner brothers is adapting Bleach into a movie Heres the link. Im iffy on it cause hollywood has done a poor job adapting manga into movie. Comic's did poorly in the begining hopefully by the time this is developed there will be some good directors capable of making the film good.
 * http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=64445

The thing i'm worried about after reading the article is that when coverting the manga to a movie is that the start of the manga has ichigo fighting a diffrent hollow every 4-5 chapters for most of volume 1 and 2, which wouldn't make a good start to a movie.

didn't tk say in a interview that he didn't want to have bleach as a live movie and wanted to do something that can only be done as a anime.Bluegetsuga 20:13, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Putting in my two cents worth,i belive this will be a catastrophy James Thomas

NO PLEASE NO!!! I got to say BAD BAD NEWS!!! Look what they did to Dragon Ball, Do we want this to happen to our Bleach?? Come on, they need to leave Anime alone because it's better as an anime than real people making Ichigo look bad... I gotta vote NO for a Bleach movie

i just read this one from a website here in the Philippines (http://www.philanime.com/)...

also, here is the site where they saw the announcement, via Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100322/film_nm/us_bleach)

so i do think that this Bleach Live Action Movie is true....

what?!? better make this good... especially the cast! The Bleach Rock Musical Live is a great "live" version of Bleach with a very good ensemble of cast. Since the stage play was good, I'm giving the movie a chance. The producers whould check this to have ideas, especially the cast, and for the movie not to flop and look phony like the Dragonball Movie it's not that i am against americans/white, but i believe most of the actors should be japanese/asian-looking. WB should really do this well, if not, a LOT of Bleach-fans will be infuriated!!WinterFox 07:32, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

Now i haven't seen the dragonball movie, the comercials instantly turned me away from it, but i keep reading that it blew, so i'll go with that. Some anime does not/ can not work with live action, and bleach falls under the does not to me, mainly because a) do they make a original story, or go with the real one. with the real storyline we've seen it, and would rather watch the animated version, rather than the hollywood one, and original story could work, if they made a good one. b) cast: who makes a believable character from this anime, can they get good actors, or people you've never heard of (i say you've because i'm bad with names). The final reason live action may not work for bleach is the cgi, its obvious its gonna be there, but will it look awsome and seemless, like avatar (the blue people one, not arrow head boy) or is it gonna be crappy. but if we must put up with it then so be it. Now theres a few people that i'd like to see, Yoruichi: Halle Berry, you all thinkin it, Yamamoto : the guy who was Gandalf or the saruman guy, tosen: Will Smith, thats all i got for now. Lazychubb

Is it real
Okay, so I've been looking around the Bleach section of WikiAnswers, and there has been mention of a Bleach live action film, with someone going as far as saying that it's scheduled for release in December 2012 and that Vin Diesel is going to play Ikkaku (which is another topic in its entirety). My question is, where the hell are people getting this information? I've been Googling and checking IMDB and I haven't found anything! It's really beginning to bother me, and if there's information about it, I'd like to know.

So, does anyone have some links to online articles with information about this? Angeluscado 21:42, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

Well, I found this site: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Bleach/news/?a=9160 Sounds like it's going to be a musical? Twocents 21:48, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I already knew about that one. I'm talking about a USA-produced live action movie that's being talked about. Thanks anyway, though. Angeluscado 21:56, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

Oh, okay. I ran another search and all I found were, "If Bleach was made into a live action movie, who do you think should play the parts?" and similar discussions on a variety of places. I noticed that some users on those sites, and on others, mistook those discussions as being for a real movie. Is it possible that you did the same? Twocents 22:08, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

It's entirely possible. On the WikiAnswers questions, there were people saying "Is so-and-so going to play this character in the Bleach live action movie?" and such like that. There was also one where someone was asking when the Bleach live action movie was to be released, and whoever answered it seemed quite certain that it was going to be released in December 2012 and that Vin Diesel will be playing Ikkaku. Mind you, they didn't sign his answer so there's no way I can contact them or anything. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard anything, but it's obviously just rumours/speculation. Angeluscado 22:34, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

This is the link that had me asking this question in the first place. Would have been nice if they'd provided links or something so that I don't look like an idiot on here :P.

Oh, and I see from the history on that page that it's an anonymous user. That's annoying. I'd probably disregard it since they didn't provide any evidence (such as links to sites) to back it up, and they don't even have the guts to stand by what they posted. :P And nah, you don't look like an idiot! I'm sure there are a lot of people who were confused by that. Twocents 22:42, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

Oh found this in case you guys didn't see it yet http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/03/22/live-action-adaptation-of-bleach-manga-in-the-works/ --Kisukeiscool100396 22:32, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

It does appear to be real according to Madman Entertainment. Here's the link http://www.madman.com.au/news/warners-acquires-liveaction-rights-to-bleach/ Such a shame, it really should just stay the way it is, NOT LIVE ACTION!!!!!!!! AuronValentine 22:10, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Not feeling Reassured
So in going over this whole concept of a live-action movie I have seen nothing but a recipe for disaster. There seems to be confusion as some people think they can accurately translate the world of Bleach with actual characters. The question that needs to be asked is what are they planning. How are you gonna translate a orange haired teenager onto real characters. What storyline is gonna be portrayed? The most interesting part is this gonna be one of the many films that have fallin victim to hollywood "White washing" that has colored the Avatar: Last Airbender Movie with controversy? The greatest issue people recall is the Dragon Ball Z: Evolution travesty, though the problems with similar movies go back farther than that. Well to top it all off the revelation of the director doesn't endear me to this project. The director in mind is Peter Segal. While I don't doubt his skill as a director his past work is telling of what he does. (Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Tommy Boy, My Fellow Americans, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard, Get Smart). Leslie Nielson, Chris Farley, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, and Steve Carrell are the major hitters of his career. This issue is that he is good at comedies and while Bleach has its light comical side its not funny hijacks 24/7. Where's the action/fantasy storyline gonna come in. Im fully prepared to give him a chance but his career is full comedy with no deviation to any other genre with some weight. I wouldn't want a joke and I hope Kubo will make sure his work is done right or not at all.Salubri (Talk)  01:24, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

Salubri Sellos wants to produce NOT direct. WB is MUCH BETTER than Fox. I decided if a BLEACH movie were to be made, I wanted WB to do. Because WB is hell-bent to have there next huge franchise. I have followed what WB does and thats how they work, WB never does anything half-way. Plus viz is co-producing with WB which is more reassuring, DBZ evolution did not have that. --Lemursrule 01:46, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

As Lemursrule-chan said it is a little reassuring WB is doing it and Viz is helpin out this time round, but i'm with Salubri-chan that i have my doubts whether or not the it can be done properly. Let us pray that it doesn't turn out DBZ:E........scary :C AuronValentine 09:05, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Let's hope so indeed. ♥Phoenixfeather: The flowers are blooming...♥  21:21, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

These are my thoughts exactly. It is like the rumors of a live action Pokemon Movie. I just don't see Anime/Manga translating to live action. The director in mind is a scary thought. Bleach=/=Comedy in that form. RyftLord (talk) 01:02, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

I think it would be interesting to see maybe Tim Burton or Gore Verbinski do it. Although WB has not even secured the rights yet, they have enough on their plate with Death Note and Akira. Sellos said he was in negotiations to produce, just because you negotiate, doesn't guarantee you the job. It will likely be in development for quite sometime. --Lemursrule (talk) 01:14, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

Possible Cast:

4th Division Captain Retsu Unohana-      Michelle Yeoh (perfect for the character)

5th Division Leutenant Momo Hinamori-  Erika Sawajiri ( has that innocent vulnerable look)

6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki-    Tak Sakaguchi (display arrogance perfectly)

9th Division Leutenant Shuhei Hisagi-     Mitsuki Koga

13th Division Captain Jushiro Ukitake-    Kippei Shiina

Rukia Kuchiki-                                     Yukie Nakama ( maybe too old for the character but...)

3rd Division Captain Gin Ichimaru-          Donnie Yen ( both have fox looking face)

Kisuke Urahara-                                    Joe Odagiri

Yoruichi Shihoin-                                  Halle Berry (well, Catwoman!)

Definitely a NO!

Ikkaku Madarame- Vin Diesel (seriously, its gonna be a long stretch so a very big NO!)

What do you think, guys....Alex Biktur A. PalangChao (talk) 07:58, July 18, 2011 (UTC)avp.

Well I hope the live bleach action would be gr8 because it would give the ppl who dont watch anime into the world of bleach, especially Aizen he's a cheracter out of dis world I'm looking forward to watching the movie, Thank you!

My thoughts on Bleach movie..
I have a few comments i'd like to make public....

We all have mixed feelings about this live action Bleach movie and are praying hollywood doesn't phuck it up. I feel like if this movie is done right, we could get a whole saga going on with Bleach. Thats IF its directed and produced correctly...Let me ask you all this. Who would know better what Bleach is all about and what ingredients it would take to make this movie a success besides Kubo himself?? The fans....thats who.

If we could get a good group of knowledgeable Bleach fans to form a think tank and plot out the movie and send it to Warner Bros. we maybe able to get a decent movie to watch. I don't know about you but I'm tired of the remakes and boring cliche movies being put out.

Bleach has everything it needs to be a great saga. Epic fight scenes, love, controversy, expansive list of characters and an excellent storyline. Just think of all the different movies they could make from Bleach.. Movie 1: We meet Ichigo and the main cast. He meets Rukia gets his reaper powers, batlle a couple of hollows along the way. Make the hollow Grand Fisher (hollow that killed Ichigo's mother if my memory serves me correct) the main protagonist. After he beats Grand Fisher then we briefly see Renji and Byakuya come to get Rukia then do the dramatic "ohhh you know there's gonna be another one" cutoff.

Movie 2: Ichigo and crew go to soul society....there's so much goin on in this arc, jeez thats two movies at almost 2 and a half hours long there. Hopefully you all get my point. We have a chance at helping this movie great. All we have to do is take some time away from our busy "other internet time" and come together to make this thing happen.

Part two of my little spill.... obviously all the characters from bleach aren't Japanese..which calls for a mixed cast. An expansive cast of characters would require a lot of different actors..while I believe that this movie should have some well known actors in it both from the western and eastern parts of the world, I would also recommend that they use new, fresh actors in this one. I seen a list someone made of actors they think should play certain parts...thats good. I like that thinking. All the more reason as fans to pull together to make this movie work. I'm not trying to gain anything from this besides the joy of watching a kick ass live action flick about my favorite manga. I don't think its to much to ask to be able to watch an actually good refreshing movie for once...lol

Alright, I'm finished rambling for now..but you all should give some serious thought into what i have suggested...