Yeah you read that right. Peter Jackson's CG, special effects and design studio had actually optioned to make the live version of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Obviously, not much has come of this recently or we would be hearing about it. If they had proceeded with it, Peter Jackson and not James Cameron would be the first out of the door with a A-tier movie based on Japanese OVA. But....since it's not happening the first out was Dragon Ball Z which nobody in their right mind would go see, the second will be Avatar the Last Airbender by the DIRECTOR WITH NO SKILL, M. Night Schmalyan, or however you spell that as I don't care, and the eagerly-awaited Cameron's Battle Angel Alita in about two years. However, the concept drawings are still out there and they do indeed look cool.
The full list of artworks is here: http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=1901
The real story is that several years ago, there were other works that had been optioned but none of them ever saw the light of day which was probably for the better - these included Akira and Space Battleship Yamato. Yamato, maybe - Akira, not a chance. I couldn't bear to see Kaneda and Tetsuo Caucasian-ized.
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