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First trailer released for 'Fullmetal Alchemist' live-action film

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By Scott Wilson, RocketNews24

Recently it feels hard to get excited about live-action remakes of anime series. There have been so many bombs the past several years including the abominable "Dragonball Evolution," the miserable "Attack on Titan" films, and the controversial yet-to-be-released "Ghost in the Shell" movie.

Which is why we’re going into the upcoming "Fullmetal Alchemist" live-action film with a certain amount of caution. Sure, it has an all-Japanese cast, it’s shot on location in Italy to give it that European flavor and scenery to match the original, and there hasn’t been any announcement of a “part two” film as are so frequent these days… but does all that mean it will be good?

Well the first trailer for the movie was just released, so take a look and see what you think.

A steam train runs through European fields, and the words say: “The incredible, fated trip of two brothers.” Is it… the Weasley twins? No! It’s Edward Elric, taking his alchemy-summoning stance.

A transmutation circle… nothing could go wrong with that. Speaking of things going wrong, where’s Edward’s brother Alphonse?

Ah, there’s that lovable suit of armor. Edward says to him: “I will get your body back.”

Personally, I’m excited to see where this live-action remake goes. Like we speculated before when word about the movie first got out, it feels like the film will be concentrating on just the very beginning of the series, rather than trying to cram everything into an hour and a half movie. Plus "Fullmetal Alchemist" has already had several other successful versions released, which bodes well for the film.

Source: Warner Brothers Japan

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Don't like it. Adults give their kids money to see this. This trailer has no emotional qualities at all. They made better trailers in the 1940's. Just watch YouTube.

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"Fullmetal Alchemist" is the only manga/anime that has really crossed over the generation-gap in my family...I love the fact that it is in Japanese, AND filmed in Italy. But, I cant imagine the live-action movie being anywhere as good as the "Brotherhood" anime.

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