AsMoral Wrote:We haven't mentioned it because it has not hit theaters in the US yet. I have read the John Rain novels and still wish to see this to see how well it plays out on the big screen.
Barry said there's no current distribution plans outside of Japan at this point.
From what I know, it's a significant departure from the novels. Obviously a lot of what happens in Rain is internal - how and why he does what he does. Stuff like that doesn't translate well to the screen a lot of the time.
Also, Barry had written a screenplay for them but they choose to go another direction and I believe the director (or producer?) wrote their own screenplay. The kind of things I believe FPW knows a thing or two about.
Anyway, Barry is amazed his book made it to a movie and the response that it, as well as his books, have gathered.
If he says the movie will make it Stateside I'll give a shout out.
BTW Kenji, Barry has moved back to Japan for at least a year.