Ninja Assassin Probably Not a Live Action Ninja Scroll

Contradicting the unsubstantiated speculation from websites including Kung Fu Rodeo and ICv2 that director James McTeigue’s next film, Ninja Assassin, will be a live action adaptation of Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s 1993 anime film Jubei Ninpucho (known as “Ninja Scroll” outside of Japan), the Hollywood Reporter has, today, published a brief plot summary of the film that bears no resemblance to “Ninja Scroll.”

The martial arts extravaganza stars Korean actor/singer Rain (Jung Ji Hoon) as a man raised in an orphanage functioning as a ninja farm. The man turns his back to his past to make his way in the modern world, bringing him into conflict with a fellow ninja from the clan that remains faithful to the traditions of their childhood ninja training.