Miike to Helm Live Action Takeru Movie

Japanese film production company Real Products, in association with Thailand’s Local Colour Film and unspecified Chinese and Korean producers, has signed director Takeshi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer, Yatterman) to helm the production of a $30 million live action film adaptation of Buichi Terasawa’s fantasy ninja action manga story Takeru. The Takeru manga story, very similar in style to Terasawa’s earlier Karasu Tengu Kabuto manga series, was released on CD-ROM in Japan in 1995, and in America the following year. The film is tentatively scheduled for release in October 2010.

If Miike is allowed to fully cut loose and revel in the sexuality and violence typical of Terasawa manga, this could be a real treat for mature audiences.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter