Editing Onimusha (section)

===Canceled film===
In May 2003, [[Paramount Pictures]], Davis Films and Gaga Productions announced its joint venture to adapt the ''Onimusha'' game series into a $50 million [[live-action]] [[feature film]]. According to Paramount and Davis Films' [[Samuel Hadida]]: "It's samurai fighting against demons – it's very close to this simple pitch. There's also a love story woven in. It's a big adventure movie with lots of special effects". He also proposed the possibility of a film franchise.<ref>{{cite news | author=Brian Linder | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/409/409663p1.html | title=Games-to-Film: ''Onimusha'' | publisher=IGN | date=2003-05-21 | access-date=2007-02-13}}</ref>

In December 2006, director [[Christophe Gans]] said that he had ''Onimusha'' lined up to film.<ref name="dvdrama">{{cite news | author=Kevin Prin | url=http://www.dvdrama.com/news.php?18185 | title=INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHE GANS (SILENT HILL) PARTIE 1 | language=fr | publisher=DVDrama | date=2006-12-22 | access-date=2007-02-14}}</ref> The film, budgeted at over $70 million, was to begin production in China in February 2008 for a December 2009 release.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=32589|title=Gans in the game for fantasy adventure|publisher=Screen Daily|date=2007-05-18|access-date=2007-05-23}}</ref> [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]] was rumored to be in the film, reprising his role as Samanosuke.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32861|title=ONIMUSHA fans prepare to be happy|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|date=2007-06-03|access-date=2007-06-04}}</ref> Hadida had to delay the filming of ''Onimusha'', which has resulted in the film's Japanese cast working on other film projects during the delay, and being unavailable to start filming ''Onimusha''. These factors meant that Gans would direct an adaptation of [[Leo Perutz]]'s novel ''The Swedish Cavalier'' first. [[Satomi Ishihara]] and [[Tsuyoshi Ihara]] remained attached to the project. There has been no further news regarding this film since 2007, and any plans for a live-action film were quietly canceled.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.svg.com/130988/whatever-happened-to-onimusha/ | title=Whatever Happened to Onimusha? | date=10 August 2018}}</ref>