Okay, it took me a sec to figure this one out because it seemed so random. But it looks like the 2006 (American) film Ultraviolet, starring Milla Jovovich and written/directed by Kurt Wimmer, is going to be adapted into an anime titled Ultraviolet: Code 44. It’s going to be directed by Osamu Dezaki, the director of Ashita no Joe and Ace wo Nerae! and it already sounds better than the actual movie. Here’s Wikipedia’s briefing on the original flick:

The film uses the basic premise of John Cassavetes’s 1980 cult classic Gloria, about a woman and a young boy on the run from the mafia, and transposes the story to a dystopian futuristic setting where genetically enhanced mutants are fighting a guerrilla war against a totalitarian government dictatorship. Many comparisons have been made between UltraViolet and Equilibrium, Wimmer’s previous film.

It was officially announced at TAF today, but I’m now noticing that there were rumors about a week ago, so some of you may have already had an inkling. ;) It’s Avex Entertainment’s project; Madhouse is doing the animation and Romi Paku, Fullmetal Alchemist’s Ed Elric, is playing a role.

Ro, Ro, Fight the Pre-Open.

No new information about the movie, just some info about where there WILL (hopefully) be more information: the Tokyo Anime Fair later this month. Oh, to be at TAF…I’ll be at Sakura Con instead, but you bet your butt I’ll be keeping tabs on the interwebs to nab whatever information streams along. I’m hoping there’ll be a flood of it.

Did anyone care about the Oscars this year? Yeah, I thought not.

Meanwhile, Variety reports on the Tokyo Anime Fair’s awards. Top prize– Animation of the Year –went to Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone.

Pretty much all the other prizes went to foreign works, interestingly– from Taiwan, Poland, Iran, South Korea, and France. The exception is the two Notable Entry (Student) prize– Takashi Kato’s Clockwork City took one of the two awarded.