Lindsay Lohan is Sailor Moon?

[Digital Leonardo]

Lindsay Lohan is Sailor Moon?

Here’s one from deep in the files of "Dear God, please let this never happen," although I already envision an army of rabid fanboys beating a path to my door to kill me for saying that. The story comes from the Japanese magazine called Animage, who report Fox has claimed the rights to Sailor Moon, and hopes to make a live-action, English langauage version of the popular story. And that’s not all! The magazine further reports Fox’s desire to enlist the writing/directing talents of geek kingpin Joss Whedon [Buffy the Vampire Slayer], and the acting ... erhem ... talents of Lindsay Lohan, presumably for the title character.

Now I know a lot of you out there are excited by the idea of Lindsay Lohan in a magical school-girl costume, and I know you are already enraged at the idea of anyone suggesting it shouldn’t happen, so please don’t destroy me in your righteous fanboy wrath. Frankly, I just think there are a dozen or so other anime titles I’d much rather see on the silver screen before Sailor Moon. I don’t have anything against it, per se, I just wouldn’t put it on the top of the list if we’re talking about anime being turned into American film.

www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=15101

Oh My!!!

[Jess-chan]

Wow...a live-action Sailor Moon movie in America. That sounds a bit scary.

[Chibi Jen]

^^;; So is this a good thing or a bad thing..? I donno what to expect either XD

Is this just talk, or is it gonna happen?

[Digital Leonardo]

At the moment it is unknown, Joss Whedon is working on Wonder Woman and Serenity 2, so we don't know what will happen. But this is a very relyable source so there is a good chance it will happen.

Lindsey Lohan... I really don't want her as Sailor Moon. I just don't think she'd work, there are alot of... better actress that would fit the role like Kate Todd or Amanda Seyfried or even Kristen Bell...

If a Sailor Moon movie is made, I think (knowing Joss's mind set) he'll do the first movie with just Sailor Moon (which I think would work) and then if a second was to be made, have the other senshi join.
I think Joss Whedon is the best picked to write/direct, he used alot of Sailor Moon aspects for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (if you see season 1, the whole Angel/Buffy relationship is so much like Sailor Moon/Tuxedo Kamen), and he really knows how to keep the spirit of characters. If he did Sailor Moon he would make it american, but he would keep the Japanese aspects into it, and maybe even film it with a Japanese cast and just have it english speech, like Rob Marshall did with Memoirs of a Geisha.

(I would have written this in my first post, but I was at school when I got the news)

So story wise, I think Joss Whedon will keep close to the manga/animated series... but I'm just worried about Lindsay Lohan as Sailor Moon... Though, she could pull off a good Venus.

[Chibi Jen]

It would be interesting to see how it turns out =) So far it sounds like a neat idea to have anything Sailormoon produced at this stage (shows its popularity even after so many years) but of course, some should stay unproduced (like that other horrid clip we saw ><;

[freezingkiss]

Im guessing, the EVIL Saban trailer?

[Chibi Jen]

Oh no..it's not that one... the Evil Saban trailer was old news.

[Digital Leonardo]

Yeah, not Sabon...

If anyone is going to produce this it will be Fox, known for shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X-Men and other shows like that. So it will be A quality and not cheesy crummy animation/80's actors.

[Chibi Jen]

freezingkiss said:

Im guessing, the EVIL Saban trailer?

Oh wait..or were you referring to my last comment:

but of course, some should stay unproduced (like that other horrid clip we saw ><;

More about this Live Action:

www.moviehotties.com/2006/04/lindsay_is_sailor_moon.html#more

[sailorfire]

This was like an old rumour in livejournal....

[Chibi Jen]

no...? Old news? This is quite recent.

[Digital Leonardo]

Jennifer Garner would fit as a bad guy, maybe not Beryl, though maybe a younger Beryl. She is very good at controling her anger as an actress and using it for her performance.

Here are some actresses I'd like to see as Sailor Moon.

Elisha Cuthbert: imdb.com/gallery/scrapbook/22/Sbk/22/6073600_2_11.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Cuthbert,%20Elisha

Alexis Bledel: imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3437/Events/3437/AlexisBled_Micks_5675254_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Bledel,%20Alexis

Kristen Bell : imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3584/Events/3584/KristenBel_Grani_5986677_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Bell,%20Kristen%20(I)

Kate Todd: imdb.com/gallery/hh/1433900/HH/1433900/scan0.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Todd,%20Kate%20(II)

Alona Tal: imdb.com/gallery/hh/1775214/HH/1775214/iid_881384.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Tal,%20Alona


I think they have the right look and feel, I just don't think Lohan is Sailor Moon...

[sailorfire]

I don't know... to me, it seems like old news. i have seen this in livejournal before......honestly... like along time ago.

[Digital Leonardo]

It's been old news that Sailor Moon will be made into a movie, but this is FRESH NEW NEWS that Fox has bought the rights to Sailor Moon and is looking to make it into a Movie.
Though there is the odd word that they want to make a TV show out of it, I think a movie would work best.

[Chibi Jen]

Donno if this is reliable or not, but it seems interesting so i thought I'd share:

www.ifitsmovies.com/2007/02/06/joss-whedon-now-free-to-do-sailor-moon-live-action-movie/