Chihiro Kameyama has been thinking of making it into a movie for 3-4 years, and finally decided to go ahead recently. The feature version's screenplay is currently written, and the same main cast, including Takako Matsu, Nene Otsuka, Hiroshi Abe and Masanobu Katsumura, are supposed to appear. Fuji is hoping the repeat of "Bayside Shakedown" pattern, the strong drama-movie combination with the same cast, with successful sequels and spin-offs.
The film's release is scheduled in September, 2007.
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http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20061207-OHT1T00066.htmDespite his long-held status as Japan's most popular male television actor, for the most part SMAP hearthrob Kimura Takuya (AKA Kimutaku) has been conspicuously absent from the silver screen.
All that seems to be changing, with his current lead turn in Yamada Yoji's "Love and Honor" (Bushi no Ichibun), and now Fuji TV's film adaptation of their hit series "Hero."
Pulling in an average rating of 30% when it screened in early 2001, the show starred Kimura as a former juvenile delinquent turned unconventional detective, and quickly became Fuji TV's highest rating drama series ever.
Fuji's head of film production, mega producer Kameyama Chihiro, had originally considered making a film out of it 3 or 4 years ago, but when a one-off special aired in July this year registered a whopping 30.9% rating the Fuji bean counters began drooling for more.
The script is still being written, and filming is scheduled to begin next March including a possible overseas location shoot. Suzuki Masayuki, director of fellow SMAP member Katori Shingo vehicle "Ninja Hattori-kun The Movie", takes the helm.
Original cast members Matsu Takako, Otsuka Nene, Abe Hiroshi and Katsumura Masanobu are set to return, and big name guest stars are in the works. Expect something on the scale of the "Bayside Shakedown" films.
A release is set for September 2007.(sources: Sanspo,Sports Hochi)
