Variety reports that Paramount and the Mutual Film Company have tapped Darren Aronofsky to develop and direct a live-action adaptation of "Lone Wolf and Cub," the Kazuo Koike-created graphic novel collection.
The trade reports that the story "revolves around a disgraced 17th century samurai who travels around Japan as an assassin for hire as he tries to clear his family's name. His companion is his 3-year-old son, whose mother has been killed."
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This is awesome.
I have all of the Lone Wolf and Cub issues and have seen the original movie(s). It'll be great to see a new version of Itto Ogami and his son, Daigoro.
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The trade reports that the story "revolves around a disgraced 17th century samurai who travels around Japan as an assassin for hire as he tries to clear his family's name. His companion is his 3-year-old son, whose mother has been killed."
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This is awesome.
I have all of the Lone Wolf and Cub issues and have seen the original movie(s). It'll be great to see a new version of Itto Ogami and his son, Daigoro.
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