Director Chad Stahelski (John Wick) doesn’t want to westernize the Ghost of Tsushima film. Above all, he wants to remain true to himself with a feature film that is perhaps less mainstream and is supported in his approach by Sony Pictures.
Chad Stahelski (John Wick 4) could well surprise with the film Ghost of Tsushima. No talk of making a feature film that waters down aspects of the game.
A Ghost of Tsushima film entirely in Japanese
Director Chad Stahelski has agreed to speak at Ghost of Tsushima’s microphone about the film in promotion of his Netflix production Day Shift colliders. He was absolutely honest about his intentionoffer an adaptation entirely in Japanese, only with subtitles in the different languages, with a cast that is also Japanese.
I think if we do this well it will be visually stunning. It’s very character driven. There is an opportunity to make great action sequences that are very aesthetic. And honestly, we’re going to try that while we focus on the characters. This is a Japanese story about the Mongol invasion of Tsushima Island. So you need an all-Japanese cast that speaks Japanese. Sony agrees to assist us in this process. I’ve been going to Japan since I was 16. I love the country, its people, the language.
In today’s Hollywood, more formatted than in the past, we can say that the bet is risky. And the creator of the John Wick saga is well aware of that.
Nobody is going to give me $200 million to make a tech-driven film that doesn’t speak English. I understand. So I have to be smart and figuring out what’s economically feasible for the license, the studio, while getting what I want and making something epic.
In his opinion, people will come to see the Ghost of Tsushima movie when the execution takes place in every aspect (action, story…). As he said before, Chad Stahelski wants to do it right.
The casting is hectic
While the actor who lends his face to the main character of the sucker punch game, Jin Sakai, would see himself baring his buttocks on the big screen, there is another suitor. A combat professional will indeed try to snag the role.
