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mdo7



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 9:43 am Reply with quote
Whoa, OK. This is interesting to see, can't wait to see how this will come out.
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population_tire



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:05 pm Reply with quote
This Chloe Zhao person came out of nowhere and now is showrunning the Buffy reboot. Is she some sort of nepo baby? This news is gonna take time away from Buffy too.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:32 pm Reply with quote
population_tire wrote:
This Chloe Zhao person came out of nowhere and now is showrunning the Buffy reboot. Is she some sort of nepo baby? This news is gonna take time away from Buffy too.

She’s directed films and short films since 2008 and got picked up by Disney for Eternals in 2018. Hollywood has been favoring picking out small time directors for blockbuster movies for at least over a decade now because it gives studio execs more control over the film versus having to butt heads with a big name director like Steven Spielberg. After that, it’s literally just networking, talking to the right people for potential future work.

Also, is she actually the showrunner? I just see Deadline reporting that she’s directing the pilot episode. This news would just mean that she probably won’t be directing that many episodes past the pilot.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:53 pm Reply with quote
population_tire wrote:

This Chloe Zhao person came out of nowhere and now is showrunning the Buffy reboot. Is she some sort of nepo baby? This news is gonna take time away from Buffy too.


Among other major awards, Zhao is renowned for winning the Oscars Best Picture and Best Director, becoming the first Asian woman to do so

Anyways, as I mentioned earlier, Sony Pictures International is doing the same thing. Sony Pictures just stated during a presentation at TIFFCOM, the market arm of the Tokyo International Film Festival: Sony Pictures International (SPIP) eyes live-action adaptations of Japanese manga – studio executive reveals ambitions to expand Japanese manga adaptations beyond "Kingdom" franchise as part of global IP strategy

Currently, SPIP’s sole manga-to-live-action adaptation is the "Kingdom" franchise, based on the Japanese manga property - although Mamoru Hosoda’s upcoming “Scarlet” set for November release in Japan, as an original anime movie rather than an adaptation

SPIP operates as one of 9 labels under Sony Pictures Entertainment and produces local-language content across 10 countries (including Japan, Korea, China, India, Thailand, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico) and that SPIP’s anime-to-live-action efforts would complement Sony’s broader animation business, which includes Crunchyroll and Aniplex.
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sdsichero
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 9:36 pm Reply with quote
Ughhh. Although I am sure there can be good productions adapted from anime, I really don't like to focus on that unless there is an incredible vision for it. Oh well, hopefully good stuff will come of it.
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