Lupin III Coming to Hollywood

Secret anime ninja writes "A story in today's Toronto Star says, "Master thief Lupin the Third, a comic book hero in Japan for more than 30 years, will soon make his Hollywood debut." The story goes on to say that it's been optioned by the producer of Minority Report, Schindler's List and Jurassic Park." Lupin III is currently airing on Cartoon Network and several Lupin movies are available on DVD. Castle of Cagliostro, directed by Miyazaki is a great movie.

Re:Cartoon Network

[aronc]

It is indeed from the 70s, or most of it is anyway. Many, many changes were made by the dubbers. This would be acceptable perhaps if the actual dub was good, but alas it is not. I'm a huge Lupin fan but I couldn't make it through more than about 15 seconds of the CN version.

Lupin

[stratjakt]

I've been watching the cartoons on cartoon network. I get the sense that it was probably really funny in its original japanese, but it's all lost in the translation, and whats left is sort of a lukewarm and lame attempt at humor.

Humor just doesnt translate like action does.

The premise is solid enough to make a good movie. Just so long as some good writers write a good script in english, and dont try to translate some old scripts.

Let us not forget...

[bzcpcfj]

John and Lionel Barrymore, in 1932, starred in Arsene Lupin (with John as Lupin and Lionel as the plodding detective).

Obviously, this version was based directly on the original French work. Not a samurai in sight.

Lupin II casting game, anyone?

[Thag]

Lupin - I 've got no good ideas. Based on looks, maybe David Schwimmer? (note: he can do way more than Ross from Friends)
Jigen - Edward Norton
Goemon - Hopefully someone Japanese. Or at least Asian. Who was the guy they used for the first Onimusha game? Or maybe Robin Shou?
Fujiko - With a name like Fujiko, you'd have to go with an Asian, though the character looks caucasian... I hate to say change the name...
Zenigata - Fortysomething, Japanese? I really don't know many Japanese live action stars. Sonny Chiba?

What do you think?

Jon Acheson

Re:Lupin

[Anonymous Coward]

From what I can tell (haven't seen much on CN), most of the translations seem like a rush job, with parts that just "don't fit."

One episode that aired a few weeks ago, Lupin made a reference to "Who Wants To Be A Millionare." However, the episode seemed quite dated, making me believe that it was something the English VA director decided to add in, as opposed to something that was in the original Japanese script.

Besides, just because something is popular doesn't mean its good. Just look at Dragonball Z. =P

Re:Castle of Cagliostro

[Mononoke]

I know this is heresey, but I don't think that The Castle of Cagliostro stands up with Miyazaki's best work.

I agree with you here. You can tell that this was a Miyazaki episode of Lupin, but that he may not have put as much of his heart into it as he would have one of his original stories.

For me the definitive Miyazaki scene is in Tonari no Totoro, when they're at the bus stop, and Totoro shows up. That moment when they're standing there in the rain, and she loans him her umbrella. There's so much that's good in that moment -- wonder, kindness, etc. -- and it all fits together perfectly.

For me the definitive Miyazaki scene is in Nausicaa when she is first given Teto. Teto bit into Nausicaa's finger out of fear and she remained calm, calming Teto in the process and proving to Teto that she could be trusted absolutely.

Re:Lupin II casting game, anyone?

[Robotech_Master]

Some people have suggested Jim Carrey for the role of Lupin III. I think he'd be a very good choice, if he didn't go too far over the top.