Takashi Miike Adapting Phoenix Wright
First it was a videogame, then it was turned into a manga and a musical, now it has been confirmed that Takashi Miike is adapting the Phoenix Wright story into a live-action movie for the big screen.
Rumours have been flying around on the internet about Miike working on an adaptation of Capcom’s long-running Nintendo DS game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and during a press conference for Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D in Cannes he mentioned that in his next film “there will be ‘very little blood.’” He went on to say, “It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS”. Capcom has now confirmed that he is working on an adaptation.
The film stars Narimiya Hiroki as Phoenix Wright, Kiritani Mirei as Maya Fey and Saito Takumi as Miles Edgeworth.
The film is being produced by Toei who have built a massive court-room at their Kyoto studio and there will be a heavy emphasis on CG will be released in 2012.
