Speaking with film site Bloody Disgusting, actor Radha Mitchell - who starred in the first film - said "I don't think Christophe is attached. [That] is a shame because he's a nutter but he's so passionate about the game. I think he should do it if they do it again."

No, Radha, nobody should do that movie again.

Radha Mitchell on 'Silent Hill' Sequel [Bloody Disgusting]

Sure, the Onimusha series is no stranger to throwing in an out of place European or two, rather unexpectedly, but this just smacks of icky casting to up the white people quotient. Here's a snippet.

When Britta, the daughter of a Dutch merchant, is abducted on board a ship by seemingly invincible warriors, her tutor and confidant Jacob pursues her captors, vowing to rescue her at all costs. Meanwhile, the beautiful Princess Yuki is also kidnapped, this time by ninjas that reveal themselves, incredibly, to be part spider. In search of Yuki, Samanosuke joins forces with Jacob to vanquish their common foe.

I can only assume that the listing of Samanosuke and Yuki's existence in the plot line as secondary is indicative of the importance of their roles in the story. Since Gans churned out such a sloppy Silent Hill adaptation, I don't really have much in the way of faith for Onimusha. That's probably a good thing, since my attachment to Onimusha isn't nearly as strong as Silent Hill. More details on the film's outline are at Coming Soon.

The Story for Christophe Gans' Onimusha [Coming Soon]

This is one of those casting "no-brainers." Kaneshiro not only performed the voiceovers for Samanosuke in the original Onimusha: Warlords and Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Capcom designed the in-game model to look like the Taiwanese-Japanese actor. Outside of Onimusha games, Kaneshiro is probably most famous for his portrayal of Jin in the movie House of Flying Daggers.

Something about this sounds too right. When's some clueless executive going to come around and fuck this thing up the right way? Michael McWhertor

ONIMUSHA fans prepare to be happy... [Ain't It Cool]

Capcom's sword-swinging series Onimusha is getting the big screen treatment with Silent Hill director Christophe Gans at the helm. Production of the US $70 million film will begin in China starting next February. Says Gans:

I have loved the Onimusha story for years and am overjoyed to have the opportunity now to bring it to life for worldwide film audiences and to access the unparalleled film resources of China to do so on the scale that the story demands.

That's Hollywood talk for it's cheaper to shoot in the Mainland. Onimusha is aiming for a December 2009 release. Brian Ashcraft

Movie Talk [1Up]

Don Carmody, the man that brought us Rabid and Porky's (not to mention A Christmas Story and Weekend at Bernie's), has his hands busy with two video game adaptations: Silent Hill 2 and Clock Tower. Carmody, who won an Oscar for Chicago, produced the Silent Hill prequel as well, but has revealed that director Christophe Gans won't return to helm SH 2 as he's "involved pretty heavily in another project right now." What about Clock Tower? How's that coming along?

It's a tricky one to get. I became involved in the project about a year ago and I just felt they were going the wrong way. So I added my two-cents and they're trying to put it in. We'll see what happens there. Hopefully it'll develop out, not every iron you stick in the fire gets used.

Yah, but with Hollywood game adaptations, it's usually the sucky irons that get used. *sigh* Brian Ashcraft

Producer Talks Horror Game Movies [Gay Gamer]

French filmmaker Christophe Gans is ready to try his hand at another adaptation by bringing Capcom's PS2 samurai warrior series Onimusha to the silver screen. He was previously slated to direct Bob Morane and Rahan. These projects have been cancelled. Jean Reno (The Professional) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (Chungking Express) signing on could spell global hit.

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