The first trailer for the anime-to-live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell has come out and, surprisingly, it doesn’t look all that bad! The visuals are rather gorgeous and there are shots that are exact frame-to-frame realizations of the 1995 Mamoru Oshii film. There’s also a cover of Depeche Mode’s “People are People”, which is a great way to worm your way into my heart, so…
Ghost in the Shell tells the story of The Major (Scarlett Johansson), a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.
Directed by Rupert Sanders, Ghost in the Shell stars Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Juliette Binoche, “Beat” Takeshi Kitano, Michael Wincott, and Pilou Asbæk.
Ghost in the Shell hacks its way into theaters on March 31st, 2017.