{"id":81846,"date":"2015-11-11T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=81846"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:12:53","slug":"ghost-in-the-shell-remake-casts-theon-greyjoys-uncle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/ghost-in-the-shell-remake-casts-theon-greyjoys-uncle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost In The Shell remake casts Theon Greyjoy’s uncle"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have to admit: this is one that we thought would never happen, but now we’re coming to accept that it might just come to pass – which we’re obviously delighted about. We’re, of course, referring to the live-action remake of the 1995 anime classic Ghost In The Shell<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White And The Huntsman<\/strong><\/em>) and starring Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Age Of Ultron<\/strong><\/em>, Under The Skin<\/strong><\/em>), the latest name to be added to the cast is Pilou Asbaek (Lucy<\/strong><\/em>, and soon to play Euron Greyjoy in Game Of Thrones<\/strong><\/em>), who will play Batou as reported by Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pilou Asbaek will play Batou in the Ghost In The Shell remake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While it is a decent piece of casting \u2013 we’re sure Asbaek will be great \u2013 it does however represent the second case of a white actor being cast in the film based on such a classic Japanese story, following that of Johansson<\/a>. Again, considering the studio backing and big names behind it, it is slightly disappointing that Japanese actors haven’t been cast in the major roles. Hopefully this won’t be a trend that continues for the rest of the casting, but we’ll wait and see.<\/p>\n

Ghost In The Shell<\/em> will be released in cinemas on 31 March 2017. For more news about the biggest movies, pick up the latest issue of SciFiNow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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