Live Actioin Sailor Moon Movie ?

[Adamag]

Is it possible because i heard that 20th Century Fox got the movie rights ?

[Rolling Cloud]

Is it possible because i heard that 20th Century Fox got the movie rights ?

I hope not. It wasn't the best way to express the SM story.

[DarthGonzo]

Is it possible because i heard that 20th Century Fox got the movie rights ?

Why don't you post about something that's actually happened or is happening as opposed to things that probably never will happen.

The Sailor Moon ship has sailed, at least in the US. I can't imagine something like this ever happening now.

[Wussycat]

Fox? Are you sure you're not getting Sailor Moon confused with Dragon Ball Z?

[Master Moron]

There was talk about them making a live action Sailor Moon movie about ten years ago or so. Geena Davis was supposed to be involved in some way. It never really went anywhere.

[The Overlord]

There was talk about them making a live action Sailor Moon movie about ten years ago or so. Geena Davis was supposed to be involved in some way. It never really went anywhere.

Yeah, there is a reason for that, it would be stupid. Look at this and tell me these poor women don't look like idiots:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Sailormoonmusical_seramyu_flyer.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PGSM_Cover.jpg

[Megalon]

Hey I like the Sailor Moon Musicals!

Anyway, yeah it ain't gunna happen. If they were to make a U.S. Sailor Moon Movie, why not animate it? If it were animated (although a T.V. series would work better) it might have a shot. I can't understand this stupid impulse to re-make animated shows as live action. What's the frackin' point!? It never works, and it's not as if live action opens up any new possibilities in terms of what you can do with the concept or characters.

On the bright side if such a movie were made it would no-doubt make great MST fodder.

[cyde]

No, you're never goin' to get it/never, never goin' to get it.

[Chad Bonin]

Sailor Dark Mercury is proof that live-action Sailor Moon can rock.

[Kazuya Prower]

Too bad Sailor Moon in general is dead in the US.

[Furu]

Toei has a death grip on the rights and they refuse to let anyone in the US have them, no matter how much the begging or the money offered.

So yeah, we're never going to have an LA movie here.


Or Sailor Moon Anything really.

[Kevin the Geek]

Toei has a death grip on the rights and they refuse to let anyone in the US have them, no matter how much the begging or the money offered.
Even though I'm not a Sailor Moon fan, I still think it's pretty stupid that Toei won't give the license to any company in the US. By doing this, Toei's making it very hard for fans of the series to see the show legally.

Have they even stated why they don't want to license the series in the US? If I had to guess, I would say that they don't think the series will sell well in the US.

[Furu]

Even though I'm not a Sailor Moon fan, I still think it's pretty stupid that Toei won't give the license to any company in the US. By doing this, Toei's making it very hard for fans of the series to see the show legally.

Have they even stated why they don't want to license the series in the US? If I had to guess, I would say that they don't think the series will sell well in the US.

No one really knows. For a while it was thought that maybe it was over a legal battle with Takeuichi that eventually culminated in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, but even after that they just won't let anyone have it.

Given they pulled the license shortly after ADV put out the unedited Sailor Moon R box, it's even more of a mystery.

[Dark Fact]

The idea for the live action movie floated around just as the series got really popular with the cult crowd. Needless to say, the whole idea fell flat.

Personally, I'm not surprised to see that the idea never fell through. Sailor Moon would just look too cheesy in live action, no matter how good the story is.


No one really knows. For a while it was thought that maybe it was over a legal battle with Takeuichi that eventually culminated in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, but even after that they just won't let anyone have it.

Given they pulled the license shortly after ADV put out the unedited Sailor Moon R box, it's even more of a mystery.
Apparently, Toei wants to try releasing its titles under its own R1 distribution now. I'm hoping that whatever they release this time won't look as screwed up as their releases under the Geneon agreement. I have a feeling that they may release Sailor Moon like this but I'm not too sure. Here's hoping.

[Han Ji-Eun]

Ok, I'm pretty sure I got so irritated last time this question was asked that I nearly got a warning from a mod. I'll be a normal human this time with my response.

This usually comes up in SM fandom and whatnot, and while it's sometimes fun to pick dream casting, etc, it just won't happen.

Ever. Period.

A film studio would not know how to make a live action SM movie. If some studio dared to try, they would not have a clue how to market it to an American audience.

PGSM worked because it was made in Japan, where low-budget-y sentai shows are the norm and the original manga is beloved by the entire nation.

[Cyporiean]

TOEI not letting anyone have it?

No anime studios "Let" people have things, someone has to cough up the dough for it.

Sailor Moon is done in the states, no one has the license because no one feels its profitable anymore. Which its not, at least not in the states.

Give it a few more years, and Funi will probably pick it up for nostalgic value.

[Furu]

TOEI not letting anyone have it?

No anime studios "Let" people have things, someone has to cough up the dough for it.

That's the thing. They pulled everyone's license and they won't give it back for any amount of money. It's not like people aren't asking for it. There's still section of untranslated episodes.

[Cyporiean]

the license Expired.

Have you personally looked at the contracts Geneon and DiC have to show that they've Tried to renew?

[Gatomon41]

Ok, I'm pretty sure I got so irritated last time this question was asked that I nearly got a warning from a mod. I'll be a normal human this time with my response.

This usually comes up in SM fandom and whatnot, and while it's sometimes fun to pick dream casting, etc, it just won't happen.

Ever. Period.

A film studio would not know how to make a live action SM movie. If some studio dared to try, they would not have a clue how to market it to an American audience.

PGSM worked because it was made in Japan, where low-budget-y sentai shows are the norm and the original manga is beloved by the entire nation.

Well, we cloud alwyas do the Transformers opr Battlestar Galatica route: Wait 20 years, in which the nostalgia factor begins to kick in, have some fans a group of talneted writers and directors comes up with a movie with some changes in style to make the story work.

[Megalon]

That's the thing. They pulled everyone's license and they won't give it back for any amount of money. It's not like people aren't asking for it. There's still section of untranslated episodes.
I just don't get Toei. What do they think they can possibly gain by this? Since the R1 DVDs are so rare and out of print, fans who might have given them money for it are just going to watch episodes on-line.

Just don't get it...

[Furu]

the license Expired.

Have you personally looked at the contracts Geneon and DiC have to show that they've Tried to renew?

No, but personally I know "the license expired" was crap. ADV was just releasing the second R box set, the license to which they only had a year or so prior. I don't anyone in any industry grabs a license for one year for it to expire when they're halfway through a product release.

DiC hasn't been around the license in ages, at least not since the end of the R dub. And I don't have look at contracts to know people keep asking Toei for it and they just keep saying no.

[Cyporiean]

Sailor Moon's ship has sailed, its not popular enough to justify the cost of the license. Forum Fandom is not like actual fandom, if it was, Vol. + Boxes would the best selling Anime Items.

ADV's Sub-license from DiC was revoked when DiC's master license expired.

Sailor Moon is super popular still in japan, which means the japanese licensesors will be wanting alot more money for it, probly around Naruto's Level, and its just not worth it.

And the people who download stuff would have downloaded it anyway, such is the world we live in.

[Gary L Thompson]

I'd say the possibility of a Hollywood studio making such a movie would be hard to dismiss, given some of the movies currently in production obviously aimed at cashing in the nostalgia factor for similar properties.

What seems very unlikely, given the way the franchise has been crippled in this country by Toei's handling of rights and the constant feuding with the series' creator, is that Toei would surrender the rights to anyone in America at this point.

[Megalon]

What seems very unlikely, given the way the franchise has been crippled in this country by Toei's handling of rights and the constant feuding with the series' creator, is that Toei would surrender the rights to anyone in America at this point.
If they thought it would be made into a forty million dollar block buster I think they would;)
Then again after that reprehensible Gojira movie, maybe not. I've heard all sorts of quotes from some of the people who were involved with the Japanese movies griping about how much they screwed it up. Fun-fact: The Japanese only allowed Dean and Co. to make an American Godzilla if they followed a list that they gave them about how Godzilla should be portrayed, witch was of course ignored once they started making the thing.

[Gary L Thompson]

If they thought it would be made into a forty million dollar block buster I think they would;)
Then again after that reprehensible Gojira movie, maybe not. I've heard all sorts of quotes from some of the people who were involved with the Japanese movies griping about how much they screwed it up. Fun-fact: The Japanese only allowed Dean and Co. to make an American Godzilla if they followed a list that they gave them about how Godzilla should be portrayed, witch was of course ignored once they started making the thing.

Well, if that really is the case, I'd say Toei has grounds for legal action against Dean and Co. for breach of contract, and ask the courts to force them to make another Gojira movie gratis that would be in accordance to the list, or else reimburse Toei for any loss of revenue and damage to Gojira brand that resulted from the movie bombing.