"Onimusha will be an exciting movie that will be faithful to the game and to the Samurai and the 18th Century Japanese time period," said Hadida, who noted that a director for the project will be chosen in about a month. "This will be another big budget project that will have large armies, period sets, costumes, and a lot of special effects. There will be a lot of outdoor sequences, but the film will also have castles and other interior sets that will need to be designed."
Onimusha will be shot in China, which will double for Japan. The crew will recreate feudal Japanese villages, castles and other backdrops to bring the game's environments to life. Hadida said that while the director does not need to be a gamer, he will need to understand the code of the Samurai and understand 18th Century Japanese culture.
The movie is expected to go into pre-production this December for a few months with shooting expected to commence in February or March of 2007 in China following the Chinese New Year. Once complete, the movie could arrive about a year later during the same spring time frame that Silent Hill is opening this year.
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Hadida is also a fan of Asian cinema and he sees Onimusha as a way to blend epic Asian cinema with Lord of the Rings-style special effects and scale.
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