According to the entertainment website Variety.com, The film adaptation of Evangelion, one of the most important manga / anime of the 90s, has been confirmed.
The live-action feature film by Neon Genesis Evangelion will be co-produced by ADV Films, Estudio Gainax and Weta Workshop, the studio created in 1987 by the director Peter Jackson, which will ensure grades FX.
For now little is known about the project, but John Ledford, President and Founder of ADV Films has already come out to declare that «The three members of this project represent a kind of dream team for it; from the creativity of Estudio Gainax, the leadership in special effects of Weta Workshop and the experience of ADV in the distribution and promotion of content related to Japanese animation, we are sure that this project is a unique opportunity ».
As expected for such a production (remember that Evangelion has giant robots that fight in the middle of the city) the budget is set at $ 100 million.
As for the changes to the original plot, the scene where the action takes place will change from Tokyo-3 to New York-3 and to avoid controversy with the church (uf), the fight will not be against Angels but against aliens. Among the actors who are already shuffled to star in the film the names of Daniel Radcliffe as Shinji, Hillary Duff or Jessica Alba as Asuka and the Japanese Chiaki Kuriyama as Rei sound.