You know, there’s a saying that “there’s no such thing as bad press” and I wonder if we’re seeing a demonstration of that today with THR’s report that Warner Bros. is developing a big-screen adaption of the manga series BLEACH. 

 
Before I explain my assertation, I’ll fill everybody in on this series if you don’t know.  It’s a MASSIVE global hit that’s been produced weekly in Japan by “mangaka” Tite Kube and the plot shakes down a little like this…

The story centers on a 15-year-old boy who has the ability to see ghosts and meets a female Soul Reaper, a member of an order that escorts the souls of the dead. A fight with an evil spirit causes the Reaper to transfer all her power to the boy, leaving her stranded in the human world and the boy taking over her job as a fighter of evil.

Getting to back to the “bad press” thing… I bring that up because some of you might have heard of this series a couple weeks back after Nick Simmons was accused of plagiarizing it in his comic, INCARNATE.  Notably, some of you might have heard of it for the first time, there, and, perhaps, looked up the book after it was brought to your attention. Thus, a seemingly negative case of accused plagiarism actually benefits the book that’s supposedly been wronged. I can’t help thinking that sort of thing might be coming into play here. Sure, this deal might be a long time in development, given how huge the manga is, but it isn’t too far out of the realm of possibility to suggest that a WB exec might have first of BLEACH when the plagiarism case showed up in the trades and figured, “Hey, this might make a good movie.”
 

If it plays out, this will be joining PRIEST and ASTRO BOY in the American-adaptations-of-anime-and-manga department. Peter Segal, the director of GET SMART and 50 FIRST DATES, is lined up to direct and I say, “Don’t freak out.” Give the guy a chance - - there have been many directors who’ve successfully transitioned from one kind of movie genre to another.  

 
 
 -- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia.   Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this March - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.

Obviously Hollywood can't keep anything sacred. I'm a fan of the Bleach anime series and there is no chance in the world for it to be transferred to a big screen that it works.
I hope they won't make this, but if they do I sure hope it ain't gonna be just CGI...
 God damnit !

To bad I was kinda hoping for One Piece

I wasn't interested after they left Earth and went to another world if they do make a movie I might be interested if they keep it set in the beginning of the series. 

ooooo . :D this sounds good.
Fullmetal Alchemist , Sailor Moon , Tenchi Muyo & Naruto should be next. ^_^

"Maybe they'll just take the Bleach Rock Musical on tour instead ;p     "

Cant hollywood leave anime and manga alone it's enough that they are ruining Death Note by making a live action American version, not to mention that the live action japanees sucked. But hey maybe they'll suprise me with Bleach and not make it suck like they have and are doing. 

Hopefully they don't destroy it like they did Dragon Ball... *stabs eyes out with a spoon*

I solemnly swear to see this movie, as long as they don't do this: 

No matter how much I suspect this'll be adaptation decay from beginning to end, I'll see this.

No, let the Japanese make this movie!

OH HELL NO!!

my eyes they're burning!!!!

A bleach movie... Wow this gonna be one of the best piece of art ever. It will join all the movies classics like Catwoman, Dragon Ball evolution,  Santa Claus Conquers the Martians & any film made by Jason Friedberg \ Aaron Seltzer

this isn't a good idea 
 in fact, this is a shitty idea
 
 and why the hell is matsumoto in that picture?

" OH HELL NO!! "

Sweet. I'm down for it.

OMFG!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!! :D

NNnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooo!  If there is a god, this will never come to pass. Some things should never be tranlated from animation. Have these slow- wits not learned from DragonBall, Stret Fighter(VanDamme), and the upcoming Tekken?

In the words of Ash, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"!

 can someone be awesome... and give me the Plot Summary of the Show/Magna called Bleach... what is it about... and a quick summery of the characters that would be awesome... 
 
Example: Spidey-SPiderman is about a Kid. Who gets super powers(spider-themed). Who fights crime. and Fights Evil. Spidey is a kid named Peter Parker. Now hes the back in the day "Loser". Few(but great/close) friends. And couldnt get a date. His plot is. that once he gets his powers his life is turned up sidedown.    

jesus christ O.O  EVERYONE GO SEE KUBO TITES TWITTER!

Well Bleach can't get any worse than it already is *thumbs up* Eddie Murphy will play the role of Tousen.

I think it could translate very well to a live action movie, I would however prefer a Japanese version as it would be better then anything America would produce.

This is gonna be sooo bad!!! It's hard to turn ongoing mangas/animes into properties because it's hard to fit the arcs into a couple hours. Especially when you have to develop multiple character relationships as well as the main character(s) personality. Bleach has so many different relationships at play beyond Ichigo's and Rukia's that it won't even be worth it. This is why anime movies work so well because they play to the already established fan base and tend to tell one shot/what if? stories.