Kevin Munroe talks about Gatchaman some more

Hello everyone!

I was just reading part of an interview with Kevin Munroe on Newsarama.com and talks a little more about leaving the Gatchaman movie.
Kevin Munroe

(I hope that worked..geez I'm so lousy with computers!) If not here's part of it.

But a lot can happen in a year. In that time, Munroe left producer Imagi Animation and Gatchaman. Why?

Thats the big question, says Munroe from his home in L.A.. Its such a simple and complicated thing at the same time. Basically, I was a huge fan of the original series. We talked about it back then. I also dont think you can look at the lack of success of Speed Racer and say that applies. Theres a power and universality of Gatchaman I think will work no matter what. Theres a way to reach a truly broad audience. Thats what I wanted to do. I wanted to make it a real sci-fi action thing. But as the year went on, there came creative differences. So we parted ways.

Am I bummed about it? Yeah. Its one of those jobs where we tried everything and it just couldnt work. I cant say I absolutely know whats good and whats not, but I certainly knew what I wanted to do with it. Especially after the Turtles experience, where we really wanted to push the envelope and came up against a lot of obstacles. I felt Gatchaman would have been the chance I was looking to push the envelope that was started with Beowulf and Ghost in the Shell.

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Hmmm. I guess it comes down to what Munroe means by "a real sci-fi action thing." Apparently, whatever it means, Imagi didn't want it. I think we're going to have to wait to see some new concept art or, better yet, a trailer, to get a real idea of what the film is going to be like with the new director, Falkenstein.

I'd like to think the people making it are fans too, and they want to convey the emotions that made the original such a hit.

Thanks Condorfan for the update!

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There's two - both in French but dubbed. UK titles are:

Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar and

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

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Thats a nice pic, but it looks too Games Workshopy...

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