Any questions, comments, ideas, etc. before we move further into October 2005?
Live action Cutie Honey movie from Touchstone and Toei[1], based on the series by Go Nagai, directed by Kevin Lima, produced by Barry Sonnenfield and Barry Josephson, executive produced by Go Nagai and Jerry Anderson[2], written by Marc Hyman, music by James Newton Horton, and staring Jessica Alba as Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey, Simon Pegg as Seiji Hayami, Kate Beckinsale as Natsuko Aki, Wallace Shawn as Danbei Hayami, Claudia Christian as Sister Jill, Hitomi Shimatani as original character Sachi Kobayashi, Takamori Jinnai as the original character, Sergeant Hiro, Shigeru Izumiya as the original character General Takeo, Regina King as Gold Claw, Sarah Michelle Geller as Cobalt Claw, Yumiko Shaku as Scarlet Claw, and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Black Claw. The plot is that Panther Claw has kidnapped Sachi and other high-profile politicians, including the prime minster in New Zealand to take over the world and it’s up to Honey Kisaragi, who transform into the superhero Cutie Honey, to stop Panther Claw from taking over the world and rescue them with the help of Honey’s friends, Seiji Hayami and Natsuko Aki.
[1]Touchstone would handle distribution in most places except Japan where Toei would handle distribution, Toei also co-financed and co-produced it.
[2] Representing Dynamic Production, their own personal production company that co-owned the character with Henson via the ITC library alongside either fully or partly with Henson, all other Anderson and/or Nagai works.
