Live-action anime adaptation ‘kite’ starring samuel l. Jackson acquired by anchor bay

Live-Action Anime Adaptation 'Kite' Starring Sam Jackson Acquired By Anchor Bay You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 17, 2014 11:24am

SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. Anchor Bay has taken U.S. and Canadian rights to _Kite_, the live-action adaptation of Yasuomi Umetsu’s cult Japanese anime about a schoolgirl assassin hunting

down the human traffickers she believes are responsible for her parents’ death. India Eisley (_Underworld: Awakening_) stars as the young and lethal Sawa opposite Samuel L. Jackson as

Inspector Karl Aker, a renegade cop and the ex-partner of Sawa’s father, who firmly believes to succeed he has to take the law into his own hands. Callan McAuliffe (_Underworld_, _I am

Number Four_) co-stars as Oburi. South African director Ralph Ziman took over the helm from the late David R. Ellis last year and scripted the picture himself. RELATED: CANNES: WEINSTEIN CO.

FLIES WITH ‘KITE’ The original anime was known for its extreme violence, nudity, and sexuality, including controversial scenes of rape that got Umetsu’s _Kite _banned in some countries. The

live-action _Kite _is produced by Anant Singh and Distant Horizon’s Brian Cox. Moises Cosio and Alberto Muffelmann of Detalle are exec producers. Anchor Bay’s deal covers theatrical, home

entertainment, digital and VOD rights while Weinstein Co. took international last year out of Cannes. Singh negotiated the deal with Alan Grodin of Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin for

Distant Horizon. WATCH ON DEADLINE Here’s a _Kite _trailer with an intro by Jackson that hit the web in January: 4 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments. MARKETPLACE SITE ad