New BGC Live Action Movie Announced

Australia’s Arclight Films, Canada’s Wizzfilms, Infotainment China Media Company, Singapore’s Axxis International, and the United Kingdom’s Latec International have acquired the rights to produce a live action Bubblegum Crisis movie from Japan’s AIC studio. Principle photography will take place in Australia with “two male leads and a quartet of female action babes — two Caucasian and two Asian.” Post production will be done in Canada by Wizzfilms affiliated company Mokko Studio. Axxis International reports that 70% of the film’s anticipated $30 million production budget has already been secured. The production is now beginning its search for a director and cast. The movie is tentatively planned for an early 2012 worldwide release.

It’s unclear how this new announcement relates to Singapore’s Cubix International, which acquired the rights to produce a live action Bubblegum Crisis movie last fall but is not associated with this freshly announced production.

Source: Screen Daily & The Hollywood Reporter