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HolyCow
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GOTH movie?

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Anime News Network wrote:Goth Novel Slated for Hollywood Adaptation
Entertainment industry news daily Variety reports that Fox Atomic is planning a live-action adaptation of the Japanese murder mystery novel Goth. Written by Otsuichi, it is the source of a manga drawn by artist Kendi Oiwa (Welcome to the N.H.K.). Mimic 3 director and videogame script writer J.T. Petty is set to direct the film.
6.0 hours ago - 2007-10-04 03:50 EDT
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797 ... id=13&cs=1

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NOOOOOO!!!!

/me goes off to cry in a corner.

That's soooo pathetic it's not even funny. I wanna kill that guy who did the summary.
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I find it a bit odd that it would skip from Japanese novel to American film.
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Described as a gothic love story, the project revolves around two high school teens from opposite sides of the tracks who are forced to come together to take down a serial killer in their hometown.
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I bet he's gonna do the first story (the GOTH chapter) and make it a cheesy romance flick :cry:
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