Oh dear, this could be bad - Bleach Movie.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=25335

No specific details on if it's animated or not, but since Warner Bros. is involved I'll bet it's live action like the Akira release mentioned at the end. Not to say that I won't see it, unless they do something stupid like cast completely wrong people [IE Miley Cyrus as Rukia or something]

I'll be watching this for updates, since I think I'm the first to post about it. I stumbled across it looking for a US release for the 4th DS game, and stuff about Iron Man 2. Story has been released on several sites, so I'm reasonably sure it's authentic.

I see a few problems here. Bleach is chock full of Japanese characters. In the anime, they look pretty generic/white/american-european, etc. However, we cannot have a red haired Zac Efron cast as Ichigo. But at the same time, it'd look odd to have a red haired Japanese actor as well. I can't really think of anyone who would look like they'd fit the part, especially since the characters are generally teens. If they use American actors, they can't shoot in Japan, which, unless the movie is a spin off or something, presents a real problem, at least to me.

Keep in mind that I'm just tossing out ideas, and have no facts to provide. I really like this series, and I want it to be done right.

whoo boy...if there going to make another bleach movie either its animated or its likely to be as fail as eragon was...(the book was 100000x better).
zac efron....ichigo..... i swear ichigo would jump out of the tv and beat him to death before that happens!!!! xD

Not gonna happen. If a movie doesn't have a script, a director, etc. I will be skeptical.

I looked farther and they were saying that WB was "in the process" of acquiring the rights. I enjoy Bleach a lot, but I don't think a live action Hollywood movie could do it justice.

I don't think any studio from any country could do (the first half of the show) justice. Shonen Jump titles aren't meant for movies. I've grown to the idea of anime live action movies after Avatar. Although Avatar was a mediocre film, it is definitely a blueprint in what's to come. If they could get a hollow with the same technology they used in Avatar, that could really be something.

I don't really think it could be bad as a real movie, rather abit cool if they manage to find right places to film it in and that.
Would be cool to see a 16 year old boy swinging a steel sword in the air after big creatures. :3

Well, it can't be much worse than the manga, but that isn't much of a compliment I guess.

Tite Kubo has said that he purposefully made the manga in a way that it couldn't be made into a live action movie so I don't think they'll be able to get the rights.

hopefully.