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Naruto live-action movie coming to America, will star Shia LaBeouf


5:00 PM on 04.01.2009
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Hot off the news of the Code Geass live-action film, we get another adaption coming in. After the explosion of success that was Dragonball: Evolution, Viz Media has decided to bring another popular anime series to the silver screen: the ever-popular Naruto. However, this time they felt it would be necessary to have an American cast, due to viewer complaints about Dragonball's "terrible" dialog. It seems there was a little bit of a culture barrier between the Asian actors and the American audiences.

Since the plot line and character development devised by the writers was pure cinematic gold, the producers knew that choosing the right actors would be key. The Naruto movie will star American actor Shia LaBeouf as Naruto, whose presence should draw out some of the female spectators as well.

"LaBeouf has a lot to offer us as an actor in our movie and is perfect for the part of Naruto," commented an anonymous employee from Viz Media. "This is going to be a more modern, teen date-type of movie. We're hoping young women will see his name on the movie and go 'Wow, Shia LaBeouf? I don't know what Naruto is, but that guy is hot!'"

No word as to the supporting cast or release date at this time. 






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Oh you.
I think LaBeouf was a good choice. Looks just like Naruto.
facepalm
just the thought of this makes me rage.
More lies!!!!!
Meh, even though it's April 1st and this is fake, I could see it happening.
I apologize for being the harbinger of the Naruto apocalypse. :P
I'd love to see him Rasengan with his mangled hand
lol oh u guise
lol, awesome
How come I feel like this will turn out to be real within the next month or 2?
"after the explosion of success that was Dragonball: Evolution" hahaha --- and that is what gave this away.

Now all these jokes might turn out like "the boy who cried wolf"... so be afraid, be very afraid!
You know, for a second I forgot it was April Fools, and that headline literally caused me pain.
this ones more believable
I...........BELIEVE IT!
I...........BELIEVE IT!
Lmao makes me laugh.
.....no i wont accept this
Better then your joke earlier
why so serious naruto?
believe it?
I laughed my ass off when I saw "teen date-type of movie."
You never know though, considering its Viz, this may become a reality soon enough. People won't be laughing then. Well....some will be I guess.
As much as this is an April Fool's announcement, I see it more as prophecy than joke.

I'm still reeling over Hollywood's relentless plundering of western 1980's cartoons. G.I.Joe? Really? What's Next? Thundercats? The Smurfs? Silverhawks?

Hell, why not make a live-action "Steven Spielberg presents: Denver the Last Dinosaur"?

Cartoons, be they traditional or Anime, gain their merit from their animation and flashy visuals.... replacing them with actors and bad CGI is taking away their only redeeming qualities.
Yeah.

FAIL.
It's not like the source material was so great but this will officially murder it.
.....no i wont accept this


Let us rebel against the terrible casting of the sacred Naruto series!!!
This isnt fake! It said something about it in the NewsPaper too!
You Guys Are Idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was not a good movie it was a insulate to the ones who loved it and treat naruto the same way is nothing but a slap in the face to all otakus everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEVER.... this will be bullshit if they make this a reality! Shia LaBouf is an excellent actor but he's not right for this role and for the fact of this being a teen-date type of movie -____-. not happening! Making this into a real life movie will be disastrous and probably make not want to read Naruto ever again... This is an outrage!
faceplam:-(

but this isn't even the worst of it go here

http://my.opera.com/cgman/blog/2009/06/28/death-note-from-japan-to-united-states

Hollywood is ruining live action as we know it
Ok bull to the mother fuckin shit if u wanna turn an anime into a movie one u have to find some one who matches the characters description completely and two the actor has to be the same age or at least a year older/younger than the ca
HA! i laugh at the fact they said Dragonball evolutuion was a success most everybody i know says it sucks ASS but that aside i REALY hope they dont mess up this movie if they do i will be insulted as a anime fan and if i have too ill work to make a better Dbz movie and Naruto movie
Also about Shia..... that they want to draw in the girls.... that will say and i quote "Wow, Shia LaBeouf? I don't know what Naruto is, but that guy is hot!'" IS NOT WHAT YOU MAKE A NARUTO FRIKEN MOVIE FOR its for us anime fans that like naruto i swear it is SO SAD that mobies today are running on FAN GIRLS!!!!! and no not anime fan girls but hot actor fan boys dont know what im talking about? heres a example....TWILIGHT! FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD!
HELL NO HE WOULD BE AND AWFUL NARUTO .DNT RUIN THE MOVIE plz dnt let him be in it , i have a feeling alot of naruto fans are going to be mad as hell .hopefully they dont mess up on rest of the co stars
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT...........THE..............FUCK?????!!!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK IS HOLLYWOOD THINKING?!

Okay, so Shia is a chick-magnet, so he is a good actor, so "Transformers" made him...DON'T MAKE HIM, A 20-SOMETHING YEAR OLD MAN, A FUCKING 12-YEAR OLD KID!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S THE SAME AS CASTING TONY CURTIS AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!! IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!

Furthermore, has Tinseltown learned NOTHING from the epic failure of Dragonball: (De)Evolution??! Those who learn nothing from the past is doomed to repeat it...hence the yet another casting of yet another WHITE MAN in an ASIAN KID role...and none of the other characters looked even REMOTELY like their original counterparts.

And speaking of Dragoball: DeEvolution: "Wow, Shia LaBeouf? I don't know what Naruto is, but that guy is hot!" This is up there with "Wow, Justin Chatwin? I don't know shit about Dragonball, but that guy is hot!"

The whole idea of attracting hot actor fangirls (as opposed to people who possess the intellect to actually judge the film for its entirety enough to enjoy it instead of who's in it and fuck everything else) alone is exactly what went through the heads of the FOX movie execs when they decided to use their "creative" (and I do use that term loosely) license to churn out Dragonball...and now it seems that Naruto is next on the list of things to butcher, debase, rape and pretty much dumb down in every way possible.

And to the fangirls, FUCK YOU!!!! If you don't know what a movie is about, you shouldn't go see it...just get a picture of your chosen guy idol, close the door and go about thinking about him in privacy...that's all you really want to do anyway, so why waste 10 bucks.

In short, this just reaffirms my conclusions that Hollywood will and does do everything possible to option a successful product, buy all rights to it, and then butcher it to make a movie that THEY think AMERICANS will want to go and see, or more specifically a CERTAIN group of Americans.

So, please, HOLLYWOOD, start considering what I would like to see? Cos if I see Naruto and Shia Lebouf on the same poster, trailer or blog, and if I ever hear about the two in the same context other than not being cast, I will drive to Cali, find the person in charge and beat him up with my shadow clones, then light the set on fire.

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