The Hollywood Reporter reports that Imagine Entertainment has partnered with All Nippon Entertainment Works and Bandai Namco Pictures to launch into the production of a full-length fictional version of the anime series " Tiger and Rabbit " ( Tiger & Bunny ), which became a real hit in Japan. The film will be produced by Brian Graser, Ron Howard, Sandy Cleeman, Annmarie Bailey and Masayuki Ozaki. The latter, by the way, worked in the same capacity on all Japanese projects of the Tiger and Rabbit franchise. It is reported that Ozaki has long dreamed of filming an English version of the anime, but could not find suitable partners in Hollywood. The series is set in the fictional city of Sternbuild, where superheroes, popularly called Next , fight criminals and save the lives of ordinary people. The representative of the old school of heroes, nicknamed the Wild Tiger , gets a young and ambitious boy as his partner, and from that moment they will have to become one team to free the city from evil. The anime was first released in 2011. Subsequently, the characters of the series became the central characters in the manga, as well as in two animated films. “The original draws attention with a compelling story and interesting characters,said producer Annmarie Bailey . -The concept of anime is a new take on the superhero genre as a whole. And we are happy that the creators of the series supported the idea of creating an English-language feature film ”. The Topic of Article: Tiger and Rabbit meet on big screens. |