Appleseed
Described as a reboot, Sony Pictures and Lucent Pictures (producers of the Berserk films) have announced that they’re producing a new Appleseed 3DCG film with Appleseed Alpha. The work, based on the original manga by Masamune Shirow, is set to go back to the early days of the two lead characters when they were out in the wilderness looking for the city of Olympus, which is where the other films that have been produced take place. The new feature brings back what’s expected to be the same talent as it’s directed by Shinji Aramaki with Joseph Chou once again producing it. The film is expected to debut this summer in Japan and will likely get a good push overseas as the previous installments have done fairly well overall.
The first image from the feature has been released as well:
Original manga concept: It is the 22nd Century, the Third World War (2099-2126) has decimated a large part of Earth even though nuclear weapons have not been employed during the conflict. Old nations such as England, France and China have survived but have difficulty restoring their power. On the other hand, new nations and organizations such as the Sacred Republique of Mumna and the Poseidon Organization have been born on the ashes of the world resulting from the Third World War.
In this bleak future, we are introduced to ex-L.A. SWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires. Having survived the world conflict and living in a desolated city, they are found by a young woman called Hitomi who proposes them to follow her to the utopian city of Olympus which has become the world’s most powerful organization and which registers the new relations in terms of politics, economics and military between new and old nations/organizations. In Olympus, they are integrated in the prestigious ESWAT (Extra Special Weapons And Tactics) organization, whose main mission is to protect Olympus from terrorist attacks and Olympus’s interests in the world.
From here on, the two main protagonists encounter a great number of other characters and organizations who will be implicated in international plots that target Olympus.
[Source: IGN]