A producer for the U.S. adaptation of the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell is trying to skate out of whitewashing controversy by describing the film as “international.” “I don’t think it was just a Japanese story,” he says.
Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni created Gladiator, and now he’s writing the story of a man who battled within the arena of his own mind. The Muslim poet and scholar Rumi lived in 13th century Afghanistan, then the outskirts of the Persian Empire; he is still well beloved, and soon his life will be on the big…
Rila Fukushima is joining the American film adaptation of the manga series Ghost in the Shell, which has already drawn criticism over its choice to cast Scarlett Johansson as the cyborg-fighter lead character.
The Ghost in the Shell is already being whitewashed, with the live-action version of the manga series being helmed by Scarlett Johansson. To make matters worse, sources claim producers at one point looked into testing special effects to give her features that looked more Asian.
The creators of The Martian are being criticized for casting non-Asian actors in roles that were originally Asian in the book.
It turns out that hundreds of reviews trashing Stonewall, Roland Emmerich’s wildly misguided, whitewashed parody of the Stonewall Riots of ‘69, were effective in their goal of steering weekend moviegoers in literally any other possible direction.
Disney is currently developing a live-action prequel to Aladdin. The film, tentatively titled Genies, will focus on the history of Aladdin’s big blue wish-granter. In addition to the prequel, THR reports “the long-term plan is to have the project lead into an Aladdin live-action movie,” and I have a few casting ideas…
Disney’s live-action version of Mulan is in the works and...because we all know how these things go down...there’s already a preemptive petition to prevent a white actress from being cast in the lead role.
Hollywood continues to dismiss the whitewashing in Exodus: Gods and Kings, which is a film starring Christian Bale as Moses that opens this Friday. The questionable casting rightfully earned an automatic boycott from some moviegoers. Bale, who hardly cares, danced around the issue at the film's New York premiere.
Central casting has taken wallops from both sides over their various ethnic interpretations of characters from Suzanne Collins' YA dystopian trilogy as they're being converted to the big screen (note: very, very successfully). To be fair, this is complicated particularly because the futuristic setting suggests that…
You think somebody forgot to tell British Vogue's retoucher that Rihanna is black? [Vogue UK]
This Monday brings tidings of the : "It was the first thing that sold off the shelf," says Ashley Olsen, who claims her company is "struggling" to keep up with customer demand. "During our last economic crisis in the U.S.,…
Bloomsbury has apologized for using a white model on the cover of Jaclyn Dolamore's Magic Under Glass, about a dark-skinned girl. They're issuing a new cover — maybe they've finally learned? [Guardian]
Justine Larbalestier's Liar, whose original white cover image didn't match its black protagonist, is getting a new jacket. The publisher is sorry the old cover was "interpreted by some as a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity." [Independent]
In a piece originally on Guanabee and now on Racialicious, writer Alex Alvarez breaks down the racial stereotypes in women's magazines. "Latinas are portrayed as being sultry and seductive," writes Ms. Alvarez. "[They are] encouraged to have more overtly sexual bodies, with an emphasis on curves, dark eyes and bright,…
