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This sounds familiar...

So I happened across this while checking the animation/filmmaking sites I always check...its about a new film in production.... Snoot Ent. has tapped Josh Hartnett to star in its spaghetti Western-samurai-gangster hybrid titled BUNRAKU, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Guy Moshe is the writer and director of the film, which will follow a drifter who strides into town seeking revenge and ending up in a bigger battle than he expected. Snoot's Keith Calder and Jessica Wu, Picturesque Films' Nava Levin and Ram Bergman are the producers. Production designer Alex McDowell (MINORITY REPORT) will co-produce the production, which will draw influences from puppets, origami, comic books, videogames and German expressionism. Production on the film is set to start in Europe this spring. Hmmm so I'm making a Samurai film and the title of my film refers to puppets as well (Bunraku is a form of Japanese puppetry) hmmmm.... and my style draw's influences from puppets, origami, comic