It was announced that action comedy manga “Kuroshitsuji” (Black Butler) will have a live action adaptation, starring Kamen Rider Kabuto's Hiro Mizushima. This will be Mizushima's first acting role in 3 years.
According to producer Shinzo Matsuhashi, Mizushima was the only Japanese person right for the part and if he can't comply, there wouldn’t be a movie. Finally after meeting with the actor several times, Mizushima accepted.
The series follows Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler who is bound by a supernatural contract to serve Ciel Phantomhive. In return, when Sebastian has helped Ciel finish avenging his parents' deaths, Sebastian will be allowed to kill him and consume his soul.
Filming is said to start in April with “Nana” director Kentaro Otani and “Tiger & Bunny” anime creator Keiichi Sato. The “Black Butler” live action film is slated to be released by mid-2013. The all-original story of the film is set 130 years after the manga.
Mizushima left acting after the live-action film adaptation of BECK, to pursue his writing career as Tomohiro Saito. His debut novel “KAGEROU” won the 5th Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction.
Source: Cinema Today via Nippon Cinema
The butler who walks the path heaven and rules over all RETURNS!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Hiro-kun
ReplyDeleteTendou Souji returns? Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss.....
ReplyDeleteHaha. At least Sebastian can do some CLOCK UP! :P
ReplyDeletenice to have him back.
ReplyDeletereally nice choice, Hiro Mizushima to play butler. He doing good on Mei‑chan no Shitsuji.
Yes x3. Kabuto is back as a butler
ReplyDeleteI know nothing of the anime but I WILL WATCH FOR HIRO
ReplyDeletehe is good at everything he does (i'm referring to tendou souji - whom we all know that Hiro Mizushima played as Kamen Rider Kabuto) , being a butler is a cakewalk for him hahaha!
ReplyDeleteBut Sebastian is English. I mean I'm happy they are making a movie but that'll take me out of it. Or at least Ciel should be a white kid. Yes, it's fantasy but if that's the setting the author chose I feel that's how it should be done.
ReplyDeleteI remember how sad it was to hear the news that he'd retired. Hiro's a fantastic actor, and I'm very happy that he agreed to come back.
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ReplyDeletebut his english is so good, so it really fits this role
"But Sebastian is English." Hiro actually speaks fluent english, and French. So it won't be a problem
ReplyDeletethe Japanese Michael Jackson is back LOL
ReplyDeleteI don't know... He seems more like the Johnny Depp of Japan, to me... Ooooohh...!
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