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Manga Series BLACK JACK To Be Adapted Into A Live Action US TV Show

Having sold 50 million copies in Japan, cult manga comic book series Black Jack (from Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy) is set to receive a US remake from Entertainment One in the form of a live action television series. Read on for details!

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By Josh Wilding - 8/5/2012

Deadline reports that a live action television series adaptation of Black Jack is currently in the works after Entertainment One recently acquired the worldwide rights to the popular Japanese manga. Taka Ichise and Doug Davison (who have previously worked on the Western adaptations of movies such as The Ring and The Grudge) are set to serve as executive producers, while Michael Rosenberg, Jen Chambers and Adam Blumberg will oversee the show on behalf of the indie studio. Black Jack was created by Osamu Tezuka (he also came up with Astro Boy) and according to the site, it follows, "the adventures of its doctor/detective title character against terrorists and a global conspiracy." There have been various animated and live action series and films over in Japan, but this will be its first major US transformation.

Source: Deadline
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SymbioteSpidey1 - 8/5/2012, 6:58 AM
could be interesting but i am looking forward to this as much as I am about the Akira movie....oh wait. Rurouni Kenshin will be the best live action adaptation of an anime hands down...i hope.
marvel72 - 8/5/2012, 8:00 AM
another anime for america to ruin.
InfiniteMonkey - 8/5/2012, 8:01 AM
This was shit! What happened to Cowboy Bebop instead!?
Syringe - 8/5/2012, 8:02 AM
The manga is very very enjoyable,as are all of Osamu Tezuka's works cant say I'll be looing forward to this show though. The Ring and the Grudge aren't my favourite films.
Ranger14 - 8/5/2012, 9:03 AM
US live adaptations to anime/manga just don't work. Though I never read the manga, I did just watch the Korean tv series, City Hunter, and thought the show was very good.
sKeemAn - 8/5/2012, 9:06 AM
Not sure I'm feeling this......
mikesinuman - 8/5/2012, 9:22 AM
they already made a japanese live action of this. subtitled.^_^
M6 - 8/5/2012, 9:44 AM
No! Just leave it alone!
CampBlood - 8/5/2012, 11:03 AM
I loved the blackjack ova

I'm sure America will ruin it by casting some jerk0ff pretty boy as kuro
vamp21 - 8/5/2012, 11:08 AM
I liked the anime and manga.

The U.s. live action adaptation can suck a big one.

When will people in the U.S. learn that they freaking suck at making anime adaptations of everything?

The show can go to hell.
JorLBola - 8/5/2012, 12:03 PM
Cool, more movies based on mangas please :)
TheSoulEater - 8/5/2012, 9:30 PM
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timmyjingoro - 8/7/2012, 1:23 AM
Why the [frick] would you do that?

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