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2017 film directed by Rupert Sanders

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Directed by Rupert Sanders
Screenplay past
  • Jamie Moss
  • William Wheeler
  • Ehren Kruger
Based on Ghost in the Shell
by Masamune Shirow
Produced by
  • Avi Arad
  • Steven Paul
  • Michael Costigan
Starring
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Takeshi Kitano
  • Michael Pitt
  • Pilou Asbæk
  • Chin Han
  • Juliette Binoche
Cinematography Jess Hall
Edited by
  • Neil Smith
  • Billy Rich
Music by
  • Clint Mansell[1]
  • Lorne Balfe

Product
companies
  • Paramount Pictures[2]
  • Amblin Partners[2]
  • DreamWorks Pictures[2]
  • Arad Productions[2]
  • Reliance Entertainment[three]
  • Steven Paul Productions[4]
Distributed by Paramount Pictures[ii]

Release dates
  • March 16, 2017 (2017-03-sixteen) (Shinjuku)
  • March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) (United States)

Running time

 107 minutes[v]
Countries
  • People's republic of china[half-dozen]
  • Hong Kong[half dozen]
  • Bharat[6]
  • United States[six]
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget $110 million[7]
Box office $169.8 one thousand thousand[eight]

Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 science fiction action picture show[9] directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese manga of the aforementioned proper noun by Masamune Shirow. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han and Juliette Binoche. Set in a near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the plot follows the Major (Johansson), a cyborg supersoldier who investigates her past.

Filming for Ghost in the Shell took place in New Zealand from Feb to June 2016, with boosted filming in Hong Kong that June. The film premiered in Tokyo on March 16, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, in IMAX, 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX.[10] Information technology received mixed reviews, with praise for its visual manner, action sequences, cinematography and score, but criticism for its story and lack of graphic symbol development. The casting of white actors, particularly Johansson, drew accusations of racism and whitewashing in the United States,[11] [12] [13] [14] despite Mamoru Oshii, director of the original anime, stating there was no basis for this accusation.[fifteen] It grossed $169.eight meg worldwide against a product budget of $110 million.[seven] [eight] The moving-picture show debuted at No. 2 on dwelling house media.[16]

Plot [edit]

In the virtually hereafter, humans are augmented with cybernetic improvements such every bit vision, force, and intelligence. Augmentation developer Hanka Robotics establishes a secret project to develop an artificial body, or "beat", that tin can integrate a homo brain rather than an AI. Mira Killian, the sole survivor of a cyberterrorist attack which killed her parents, is chosen every bit the examination subject afterwards her torso is damaged across repair. Over the objections of her designer Dr. Ouelet, Hanka Robotics CEO, Cutter, decides to use Killian as a counter-terrorism operative.

A year later, Killian has attained the rank of Major in the counter-terrorism bureau Section nine, working aslope operatives Batou and Togusa under Chief Daisuke Aramaki. Killian, who experiences hallucinations that Ouelet dismisses every bit glitches, is troubled past how little she remembers of her by. The team thwarts a terrorist set on on a Hanka business organisation briefing, and Killian destroys a robotic geisha subsequently information technology murders a hostage. After learning that the geisha was hacked by an unknown entity known equally Kuze, Killian breaks protocol and "dives" into its AI for answers. The entity attempts a counter-hack, and Batou is forced to disconnect her. They trace the hacker to a yakuza nightclub, where they are lured into a trap. The explosion destroys Batou'southward eyes and damages Killian's body. Cutter is enraged by Killian's deportment, and threatens to have Section ix shut down unless Aramaki keeps her in line.

Kuze tracks down Section ix's Hanka consultant, Dr. Dahlin, and kills her. The squad links her murder to the deaths of other senior company researchers and realize that Ouelet is the next target. Kuze takes control of ii sanitation workers and sends them to kill Ouelet. Now with cybernetic optics, Batou kills 1 while the repaired Killian subdues the other. While they interrogate the worker, Kuze speaks through him earlier compelling him to commit suicide. Togusa traces the hack to a secret location, where the team discovers a large number of humans mentally linked as a makeshift signal network. Killian is captured and Kuze reveals that he is a failed Hanka test discipline from the same project that created Killian. He urges her to question her own memories and to stop taking her medication every bit it actually helps to block her memories. Kuze then frees her and escapes.

Killian confronts Ouelet, who admits that 98 exam subjects died earlier Killian, and that her memories are implanted. Cutter has decided that Killian is a liability and orders Ouelet to impale her after she returns to Hanka Robotics. Instead, Ouelet gives Killian an accost and helps her escape. Cutter kills Ouelet, but blames Killian, saying that she has gone rogue. He informs Aramaki and the team that Killian must exist terminated.

Killian follows the accost to an flat occupied by a widowed female parent, who reveals that her daughter, Motoko Kusanagi, ran away from home a year ago and was arrested; while in custody, Motoko took her own life. Killian leaves and contacts Aramaki, who allows Cutter to remotely overhear on their chat. Batou, Togusa and Aramaki eliminate Cutter's men trying to deadfall them, while Killian follows her memories to the hideaway where Motoko was concluding seen. There, she and Kuze meet and call back their past lives as anti-augmentation radicals who were abducted by Hanka as test subjects.

Cutter deploys a "spider-tank" to impale them. Kuze nearly dies earlier Killian is able to tear out the tank'south Motor Control Center, losing an arm in the procedure. Mortally wounded, Kuze asks Killian to "come with me, there is no place for united states hither". Killian refuses, saying "no, I'm not ready to leave, I belong here". Kuze says he will always be with her in her ghost then fades out, and then a Hanka sniper kills him. Batou and the team rescue Killian, while Aramaki executes Cutter with Killian's consent. The side by side day, at present repaired and embracing her true identity as the Japanese Motoko, Killian reconnects with her female parent and returns to work with Section 9.

Cast [edit]

  • Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi
    • Kaori Yamamoto equally young Motoko[17]
  • "Crush" Takeshi Kitano as Primary Daisuke Aramaki
  • Michael Carmen Pitt as Kuze / Hideo[18]
    • Andrew Morris as young Hideo
  • Pilou Asbæk every bit Batou
  • Chin Han as Togusa
  • Lasarus Ratuere as Carlos Ishikawa
  • Juliette Binoche as Dr. Ouelet[19]
  • Peter Ferdinando equally Cutter
  • Kaori Momoi every bit Hairi, Motoko's mother
  • Danusia Samal equally Ladriya
  • Anamaria Marinca as Dr. Dahlin
  • Michael Wincott every bit Dr. Osmond (uncredited)
  • Yutaka Izumihara equally Saito
  • Tawanda Manyimo every bit Borma
  • Daniel Henshall as Skinny Man
  • Rila Fukushima as a geisha robot
  • Chris Obi as Ambassador
  • Adwoa Aboah as Lia
  • Pete Teo equally Tony
  • Hugh Han as Information Host
  • Tricky (deleted scene)[twenty]

In the Japanese dub, Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka and Kōichi Yamadera reprise the roles they played in the Mamoru Oshii films and the Stand Solitary Complex tv set series.[21]

Production [edit]

In 2008, DreamWorks (who had handled U.S. theatrical distribution of Ghost in the Trounce 2: Innocence through its Get Fish Pictures imprint) and Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to produce a alive-action film adaptation of the original manga. Avi Arad and Steven Paul were later confirmed as producers, with Jamie Moss prepare to write the screenplay.[22] In October 2009, it was announced that Laeta Kalogridis had replaced Moss as writer.[23] On January 24, 2014, it was reported that Rupert Sanders would direct the film, with the screenplay now written by William Wheeler.[24] [25] Wheeler worked on the script for approximately a year and a half, later saying, "Information technology's a vast enterprise. I think I was second or tertiary in the mix, and I know there have been at least 6 or vii writers."[26] Jonathan Herman as well worked on the screenplay.[27] Ultimately, credit for the screenplay was given to Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger.[ commendation needed ]

On September iii, 2014, Margot Robbie was reported as being in early on talks for the lead role.[28] On October 16, it was appear that DreamWorks had made a $10 meg offer to Scarlett Johansson for the lead role, after Robbie had chosen to play Harley Quinn in Suicide Team instead.[29] In May 2015, Paramount Pictures agreed to co-produce and co-finance the moving-picture show.[30] On November ten, 2015, Pilou Asbæk was cast in the part of Batou.[31] According to TheWrap, Matthias Schoenaerts was previously circling the office that went to Asbæk.[32] On November 19, 2015, information technology was reported that Sam Riley was in early on talks to play the villain function Kuze, leader of unsafe criminals and extremists,[33] though on February four, 2016, Variety reported that Michael Pitt had entered talks for the role.[34] On March 3, 2016, TheWrap reported that Japanese role player Takeshi Kitano had been bandage every bit Daisuke Aramaki, the founder and leader of the aristocracy unit Section 9, tasked with protecting the world from the well-nigh dangerous technological threats.[35] This marked Kitano's showtime appearance in an English-linguistic communication motion-picture show since 1995's Johnny Mnemonic.

In April 2016, the full cast was announced, including Juliette Binoche, Chin Han, Lasarus Ratuere and Kaori Momoi.[19] In May 2016, Rila Fukushima was cast in a function.[36] Filming wrapped in New Zealand on June iii, 2016. Filming also took place in the Yau Ma Tei and Jordan areas of Hong Kong, around Pak Hoi Street and Woosung Street on June vii, 8 and ten or 14–16.[37]

Release [edit]

Ghost in the Shell was originally scheduled for release on April 14, 2017, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through their Touchstone Pictures banner.[38] [39] The flick was part of DreamWorks' distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios, which began in 2009.[twoscore] In April 2015, Disney moved the film's Northward American release engagement to March 31, 2017, with Paramount Pictures handling international distribution.[30] [41] Nevertheless, it was reported in September 2015 that DreamWorks and Disney would non renew their distribution deal, which was set to expire in August 2016.[42] In January 2016, Disney dropped the moving-picture show from its slate afterwards DreamWorks finalized their distribution deal with Universal Pictures in Dec 2015.[43] [44] Disney's distribution rights for the moving picture were transferred completely to Paramount instead of Universal, with Paramount retaining Disney's release date of March 31, 2017.[43] The moving picture was not screened for critics earlier its release.[45]

Box role [edit]

Ghost in the Trounce grossed $twoscore.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $129.2 one thousand thousand in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $169.8 one thousand thousand, against a product budget of $110 million.[8] In North America, Ghost in the Trounce opened alongside The Boss Baby and The Zookeeper's Married woman, and was projected to gross effectually $25 million from 3,440 theaters in its opening weekend.[46] It fabricated $1.8 one thousand thousand from Thursday dark previews and $seven.7 one thousand thousand on Friday, which includes the preview number.[ commendation needed ] The motion-picture show opened to $19 meg, finishing third at the box office, behind The Boss Babe and Beauty and the Beast. Deadline Hollywood attributed the poor opening to below-boilerplate critical reviews, an unclear marketing entrada, and no social media presence by Johansson.[47] In its second weekend, the film grossed $seven.iv one thousand thousand, dropping lx.4% and finishing 5th at the box office.[48]

Kyle Davies, domestic distribution principal for Paramount, felt the controversy around the casting had damaged reviews, and said: "...you're e'er trying to thread that needle between honoring the source material and mak[ing] a movie for a mass audience. That's challenging, simply clearly the reviews didn't assist."[49] Conversely, Deadline argued that the negative disquisitional assessment was due to the film being "cold, boring, thoughtless, and the aforementioned old next to its futuristic ancestors The Matrix and Blade Runner," and suggested that Paramount held the film from review because they "knew they had a lame duck."[45]

Japanese box function reception since the official release in the state, on April vii, was more positive, earning $iii.3 million during its first three days in theaters.[50] [51] [52] In Japan, Ghost in the Shell made it to 2nd place, simply behind Sing.[51] [53] [54] In People's republic of china, the pic debuted at number one, grossing in $22.1 1000000 and challenge the spot from Kong: Skull Island, which had held it for 3 weeks.[54] Information technology performed below already muted expectations, leading to the Chinese media calling it a flop.[55]

Disquisitional response [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 43%, based on 297 reviews, with an average rating of five.50/ten. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ghost in the Beat out boasts absurd visuals and a compelling key performance from Scarlett Johansson, just the end result lacks the magic of the picture'due south classic source textile."[56] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 52 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[57] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an boilerplate grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[58]

Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times praised the motion-picture show'southward visuals and production: "Some of that ravishment arrives courtesy of the flick'due south setting, a stunning pan-Asian metropolis that makes boldly inventive employ of the Hong Kong skyline, its tightly stacked buildings tricked out with enormous holographic billboards. (The cinematography and production blueprint, both staggering, are by Jess Hall and Jan Roelfs, respectively.)"[59] Michael Phillips of Chicago Tribune gave the film three/4 and said, "This isn't jokey, quippy science fiction; true to the source material, it's fairly grave about the implications of an android-dominated culture, though of course Ghost in the Vanquish is also about giant mecha spiders equipped with machine guns."[60]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 out of four stars, saying: "Just about every scene in Ghost in the Crush is a visual wonder to behold—and you lot'll take ample to time to soak in all that background eye candy, considering the plot machinations and the action in the foreground are largely of the boring retread variety."[61] Evan Narcisse of io9 commented that the film failed to capture the feel of the source cloth, with the biggest problem being the Major asking the wrong sort of existential questions about herself.[62]

Cecilia D'Anastasio of Kotaku commented on the pic's failure to adhere to the source textile: "Somebody misjudged how poorly American superhero movie tropes would map onto Ghost in the Vanquish ... [the] terminal scene tried to do that 'satisfying our need for closure' thing American directors remember is kind, just is really condescending."[63] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film 1.v/4, stating: "Ghost in the Vanquish is a defective mess with lifeless characters, missed chances for thematic exploration and a minefield of political incorrectness."[64]

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times expressed disappointment at the absence of the original's "big, man, all-too-human questions" in contrast to the retention of activity clichés, such equally chases and gun fights. Dargis also criticized the absence of the unique setting, stating that "The original manga takes place in what'south described every bit a "strange corporate conglomerate-state called 'Nippon'", while this movie unwinds nowhere in particular, simply a universal megalopolis filled with soaring gray towers."[65]

Nicholas Hairdresser of the BBC described the film as "conceptually and visually breathtaking", an elaborately designed and detailed dystopia which seems disturbingly real.[66]

Peter Suderman of Vocalisation and Emily Yoshida of Vulture criticized the removal of philosophical ideas from the story, feeling the picture westernized the story and changed the search for the idea of a soul to finding individuality and memories.[67] [68] Hanns-Georg Rodek of Dice Welt praised the motion picture for being an action pic that for once does not throw philosophy overboard.[69]

James Hadfield of The Japan Times argued that the moving-picture show missed the marker, but was better than Hollywood'south previous attempts at adapting anime for the big screen.[70]

The picture has a iii.48 star (out of v) rating on Yahoo! Japan Movies, with 4 stars for its visuals and three for its story.[53] [71] On April 10, 2017, The Hollywood Reporter noted that the adaptation's then three.5 rating on Yahoo Movies Japan was higher than the three.2 rating of the 1995 original anime movie.[72] [50]

Home media [edit]

Ghost in the Beat out was released on digital on July 7, 2017,[73] and on Ultra Hard disk drive Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD on July 25, 2017.[74] [75] The motion-picture show was number two in the Acme 20 NPD VideoScan Offset Alert nautical chart and the Tiptop x Dwelling house Media Magazine rental chart in the week ended July 20, 2017.[76] As of January 2022[update], the pic has grossed $13.i million from DVD and Blu-ray sales.[77]

Casting criticism [edit]

The casting of Scarlett Johansson equally Major Mira Killian/Motoko Kusanagi brought accusations of whitewashing.[78] [79] [lxxx] [81] Pavan Shamdasani of Asia Times wrote: "The original is about as Asian as things get: Japanese cult manga, ground-breaking anime, Hong Kong-inspired locations, Eastern philosophy-based story. Well-nigh of that's been downright ignored with its big-screen adaptation, and Scarlett Johansson'south casting equally the dark-haired, evidently originally Asian lead sent netizens into a rage."[82] In April 2016, ScreenCrush reported that the filmmakers had commissioned the use of CGI and other visual effects testing to alter Johansson'south appearance to make her appear East Asian,[83] spurring farther backfire.[84] [85] Paramount stated the tests were short-lived and did not involve Johansson.[86] Some fans and industry employees argued that the controversy was a symptom of Hollywood'due south fear that casting non-white actors would bring less profit.[86] [87] Marc Bernardin of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "the simply race Hollywood cares about is the box office race".[88]

In Japan, many fans were surprised that the casting had sparked controversy, since some had already assumed that a Hollywood product would cast a non-Japanese actress. One fan felt that the appearance of the protagonist was immaterial due to the franchise's themes of cocky-identity and the blurring of artificial and natural bodies.[89] Others pointed out that casting any actress of non-Japanese Asian descent (such as Chinese), may have been more controversial in the state.[90] [89] The Hollywood Reporter spoke to a group of female Japanese-American actors, including Keiko Agena, about the film; the actresses argued that Japanese natives are not upset by the film because of Western beauty standards held in Japan.[91] According to Justin Charity of Ringer, "your average Japanese denizen's outlook on diversity is much less influenced past pluralism than the outlooks of many Asian Americans, who live in a state where pop culture rarely represents them well, if at all. Hence, many Japanese Americans may discover Johansson'due south casting in a Ghost in the Vanquish moving picture distressing, while native Japanese observers make nada of it."[90]

Paramount released a featurette of Mamoru Oshii, manager of the anime films, visiting the studio, in which he says that Johansson exceeded his expectations for the office.[92] Oshii told IGN that the Major uses an assumed body and name, "so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her... I tin simply sense a political motive from the people opposing it, and I believe artistic expression must be gratuitous from politics."[93] During a launch consequence in Tokyo, director Rupert Sanders said of Johansson: "In that location are very few actresses with 20 years' experience who have the cyberpunk ethic already baked in. I stand by my determination—she'due south the best extra of her generation."[94] Addressing the controversy, producer Steven Paul referred to the flick's setting as "an international world" with characters of numerous nationalities.[95]

Sam Yoshiba, director of the international business partitioning at Kodansha's Tokyo headquarters, which holds the rights to the Ghost in the Shell series, said: "Looking at her career so far, I think Scarlett Johansson is well cast. She has the cyberpunk feel. And we never imagined it would be a Japanese actress in the commencement place... this is a take a chance for a Japanese property to be seen around the world."[89] [96] Johansson said of the backlash: "I certainly would never assume to play some other race of a person. Variety is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel like I was playing a character that was offensive. Too, having a franchise with a female person protagonist driving it is such a rare opportunity. Certainly, I feel the enormous pressure of that—the weight of such a big belongings on my shoulders."[97]

The flick attracted further criticism for its ending, which reveals that Johansson'due south grapheme was originally a Japanese girl.[17] [98] The Media Action Network for Asian Americans accused Johansson of lying when she said she would never play the role of a person of a dissimilar race than her ain.[99] Japanese-American extra Ai Yoshihara, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, said she felt the twist was "white people trying to justify the casting". Some other Japanese-American actress, Atsuko Okatsuka, said: "Hanka Robotics [the corporation in the film] is making a being that'due south the all-time of human and the all-time of robotics. For some reason, the best stuff they brand happens to be white."[91]

During the opening monologue for the 2019 Aureate Globe Awards, co-host Sandra Oh alluded to the issue of whitewashing in Hollywood by joking that Crazy Rich Asians (2018) was "the beginning studio film with an Asian-American lead since Ghost in the Shell and Aloha."[100]

Accolades [edit]

The motion-picture show has been nominated in ii categories for the Hollywood Post Brotherhood (HPA) Awards, and was too nominated for the 'Well-nigh Innovative Advertising' category at the Motility Picture Sound Editors' Gilded Reel Awards.[101] It won the 12th almanac HPA Honor for 'Colour Grading'.[102] The motion picture was on the University Awards shortlist for the category of Visual Effects,[103] [104] and was shortlisted for Pilus and Makeup, but was non nominated for either category.[105]

It was also nominated for Best Contemporary Brand-up past the Make-Up and Hair Guild.[106] On October 23, 2018, the picture's composer Lorne Balfe received the "Elevation Film Score" award at the ASCAP London Music Awards.[107]

In popular culture [edit]

  • Taylor Swift's music video "...Ready for It?" referenced scenes from the flick.[108]

See besides [edit]

  • Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood
  • Postcyberpunk

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Further reading [edit]

  • 2017: David S. Cohen: The Art of Ghost in the Beat, Titan Books, ISBN 978-1785655272
  • 2017: James Eat & Abbie Bernstein: Ghost in the Beat: The Official Motion-picture show Novelization, Titan Books, ISBN 978-1785657528

External links [edit]

  • Official page on Tumblr
  • Ghost in the Shell at IMDb
  • Ghost in the Shell at AllMovie
  • Ghost in the Beat at Box Part Mojo
  • Ghost in the Shell at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Ghost in the Shell at Metacritic Edit this at Wikidata

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(2017_film)

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