Hollywood Reporter’s comics/geek media focused Heat Vision has learned that the live-action Ghost in the Shell has added Tokyo-born actress Rila Fukushima (The Wolverine’s Kukio, Arrow’s Katana).
Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) directs, with the adaptation set to premiere in theaters on March 31, 2017. l (Tyrant), Lasarus Ratuere (Terra Nova), Yutaka Izumihara (Unbroken) and Tuwanda Manyimo (The Rover).
Leads include Scarlett Johansson in the lead alongside Pilou Asbæk’s Batou, oppisite Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Pitt in talks to play the movie’s Laughing Man.