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GHOST IN THE SHELL
The casting news comes fresh off the whitewashing controversy that Paramount was facing with the casting of Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of a story that features characters who are traditionally Japanese.
Based on the anime of the same name, the film will star Scarlett Johansson as an elite cyborg part of an organization devoted to eliminating the world’s most dangerous criminals and extremists.
The remake is based on the anime series by Masamune Shirow.
The “Wolf of Wall Street” starlet is in talks to join Rupert Sanders’ adaptation of the Japanese comic book.
Which has a new draft from William Wheeler.
Logline: The exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the covert operations section of the National Public Safety Commission, Section 9, which specializes in fighting technology-related crime.