But Aja, inspired by his recent mainstream success with Piranha 3D, is aiming for a movie of overambitious blockbuster proportions and continues to compare it with Star Wars.Considering the volume of material available, it will be quite an undertaking. It has already been adapted to television as well as the big screen in 1982âs Space Adventure Cobra. The manga originally appeared in the Japanese magazine Weekly ShÅnen Jump between 19. His close confidante is Lady Armaroid, a mechanical cyborg with a really cool name. His arm? The Psycho Gun, a weapon that is connected to his brain. His tactics include surgically altering his face and erasing his own memory which he later regains. Cobra embarks on a series of adventures himself as he tries to escape his enemies. Cobra, or Kobura, is a manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa, who apparently drew inspiration from French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, famous for his action-adventure movies from the 60s and 70s. Of all the animés I used to watch as a kid, itâs the most avant-garde, in both rhythm and imagination,â he told French site Cinemateaser.Hit the jump to find out more. The Piranha 3D director had already shared his enthusiasm about this project few months ago, and it really seems like a personal goal that he has set for himself. Alexandre Aja is currently writing his next movie, a live-action 3D adaptation of Buichi Terasawaâs popular manga, Cobra the Space Pirate.
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