South African director Ralph Ziman will helm the live action remake of Yasuomi Umetsu’s 1998 Japanese anime "Kite" replacing the late David R. Ellis who died last month whle prepping the film says Deadline.
The story is a character-driven actioneer about a young woman living in a failed state, post-financial collapse, where the corrupt security force profits in human trafficking. When her police father is slain, she vows to track the murderer down with the help of her father's ex-partner - unaware he is the man who had her father killed.
At the same time, Callan McAuliffe and India Eisley ("Maleficent") have joined the cast.
Samuel L. Jackson also stars
Moises Cosio, Alejandro Saevich, Anant Singh and Brian Cox are producing.
Production hopes to begin in Johannesburg later this month.
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