"Hey folks, Harry here... Here's a project that could either be utterly fantastic or a steaming pile of shit. I know some of the folks involved in this film. Allegedly it's going to be an extremely Hard R - serious-minded Americanization of BATTLE ROYALE. Personally... in an ideal world... they'd hire Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner to adapt the script and Paul Verhoeven to direct. And they'd just turn them totally loose. Either that... or hire Larry Clark loose on this material and just set the world aflame. The scary part of this project is the tragically hip producer, Neal Moritz is producing... And that pretty much means any chance of this being an extremely hard-nosed brutal american telling of this Japanese classic... well is just about as sure as pissing a straight line outside during a hurricane. Not very likely. Let's hope for the best. At this point, there's no screenwriters and no director. It's just been reported that Neal Moritz and Roy Lee are producing at NEW LINE CINEMAS a remake of BATTLE ROYALE. Let us pray for the best!"
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Anonymous2006-06-12 13:56
Why don't we make Battle Royale into a Reality TV show. Starring every actor in Hollywood. And Scientologists.
it'd fucking rock if verhoeven did it. he won't though, and it probably won't. well, battle royale was always sort of a dumb slasher flick to begin with so no huge loss.
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Anonymous2006-06-13 1:16
if they take down the pretentious factor down some notches it might not be that bad.
I really want a high res pic of the painting that the teacher made at the end of the movie with all the dead kids and Noriko just standing there with a huge ass smile on her face. This needs to be rastorbated, please help...
The actor that played the teach is Takeshi Kitano. He's well known as one of japan's finest directors. He's also a gifted painter and his films usually feature at lest one of his works. Although he didn't direct Battle Royal, he painted that disturbing picture just 'cuz. Just hunt him down on google and while your at it, get the painting from his film "Hana-bi". I think you'll enjoy that one too.