This is especially true when more recent productions are still tackling the same subject matter with embarrassingly bad results. Or, at least, it doesn't feel like it anymore. The concept surrounding this Japanese production, based on the popular manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow, is ultimately nothing new. Heck, even ' Dark City,' ' Gattaca,' ' Hardware,' ' Johnny Mnemonic' and 'Strange Days' dare to ask similar questions and explore comparable philosophical dilemmas. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.For many contemporary moviegoers, 'Ghost in the Shell' may not seem like the revolutionary sci-fi masterpiece it's endlessly celebrated for, especially when we have ' Blade Runner,' ' eXistenZ' and ' The Matrix' doing much of the same thing. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. So far, a release date for Japan has not been announced.
“Ghost in the Shell” hits theaters in the U.S. Casting the original voice actors to dub the film into Japanese is definitely a way to get in the good graces of fans of Masamune Shirow’s iconic franchise. Hiring a white actress to play a Japanese character seemed to critics and fans like another case of whitewashing. Last year, the casting of Johansson to play the lead in Rupert Sanders’ live-action adaptation of the classic Japanese anime series was met with controversy and backlash. READ MORE: Scarlett Johansson on ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Whitewashing Controversy: ‘I Would Never Presume to Play Another Race’
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