Black Butler's Live-Action Movie Headed To The UK?

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Back in January, a Japanese live-action movie based on Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga was released in Japanese theatres. Although an official release has yet to be announced, if website of the British Board of Film Classification is any indication, Warner Bros. Entertainment UK might be planning a theatrical release of the movie, as it was issued with a 15 certificate earlier this week. 

The BBFC website describes the film as follows:

BLACK BUTLER is a live-action adaptation of a Japanese manga series about a demonic butler and his master, set in a futuristic world where a new drug with fatal side-effects threatens to destabilise society.
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Unlike the original manga, which was set in Victorian England, this movie adaption has moved the setting to an Asian city in 2020 and the main character of the manga, Ciel Phantomhive, has been replaced with Shiro (Gatchaman's Ayame), who has to don a male persona as females aren't permitted lead the Phantomhive family. The role of the demonic butler Sebastian Michaelis is played by Hiro Mizushima (Beck).


Yen Press are currently publishing the ongoing manga series in English, while Manga Entertainment UK released the first two seasons of the anime in the United Kingdom. The final episode of the franchise's third television anime series aired in Japan last week.

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I heard good things about this adaptation (and I actually enjoyed the look of the trailer as well). Come to think of it, Warner Bros are on a roll when it comes to releasing Japanese films to the UK. Rurouni Kenshin & Yurusarezaru Mono both had theatrical release & Blu-ray releases so it's no doubt that Black Butler (& Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno) would get the same thing.

I haven't read the manga though but I'm aware the adaptation is set way into the future.
 
Cool, I'd quite like to see this after watching the ad hundreds of times on a train once (as a captive audience member).

R
 
It looks like it's released on Friday 17th October.

I haven't read the manga but I'll go out and watch it to support Warner Bros. new policy of releasing Japanese films worldwide. It's toured different film festivals I've written about so it'll be interesting to see it for myself.
 
Looks like I may be the only one disappointed by this. I think they could of done something far more super than this. The whole Shiro instead of Ciel feels unnecessary to me although I can see why so many would enjoy the female having to take a male role etc. Beck does look cool as Bassy though :)
 
After asking folks on twitter, it looks like Black Butler will be showing at the following Cineworld cinemas in the UK:
Bolton
Cardiff
Crawley
Enfield
Glasgow RS
Sheffield
Stevenage
West India Quay

Details for times etc. will be announced sometime on Monday.

For comparison - Rurouni Kenshin:
Cardiff
Enfield
Glasgow (Renfrew St)
Milton Keynes
Shaftesbury Avenue
Sheffield

and Yurusarezaru Mono:
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Cardiff
Crawley
Enfield
Sheffield
West India Quay

UPDATE -

Genkina Hito wrote an article on the live action trailer from Warner Bros UK.
 
We've got official confirmation of where the film will be screened. There will doubtlessly be more cinemas lininp up to show this so let's keep this thread going so people can post up the cinemas which will host it.

Thanks go out to NormanicGrav and GolGotha for reporting so far.
 
Cineworld has updated the Black Butler details.

The locations are now:
Bolton - not available on Sunday 21st
Crawley
Glasgow (Renfrew Street)
Sheffield
Stevenage

Times:

Cineworld Bolton
20:20 (17th - 23rd)

Cineworld Crawley
20:10 (17th - 22nd)
20:15 (23rd)

Cineworld Glasgow (Renfrew Street)
21:45 (17th - 21st)
18:30 (22nd & 23rd)

Cineworld Sheffield
11:30 14:25 17:15 20:05 23:00 (17th & 18th)
11:30 14:25 17:15 20:05 (19th, 20th & 21st)
11:30 21:00 (22nd & 23rd)

Cineworld Stevenage
21:35 (17th - 23rd)
 
A surprisingly decent review from the Radio Times from a more objective angle: http://www.radiotimes.com/film/c5xq4c/black-butler

I'm quite curious about how the mainstream media will view this kind of material since Japanese cinema is often (unfairly) compared to big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. It was a relief that the other people at the screening I went to were chuckling in all the right places.

R
 
Just got back home from watching it at the cinema and I can confirm that it is fun. It's visually splendid, the direction and editing is fluid and captures the action well, and the acting is bang on for establishing the characters and maintaining the sense of fun and I have an even bigger crush on Gouriki than I did before watching the film. Mizushima is magnificent as Sebastian. I liked it a lot.

Check out Rei's review because it gives an accurate and great assesment of the film.
 
Genkina Hito said:
I have an even bigger crush on Gouriki than I did before watching the film.
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You aren't the only one in that position. :oops:

Glad to hear you enjoyed it too!

R
 
I managed to watch the film over at Cineworld Sheffield. Barely anyone appeared aside from myself and few of my mates. For someone who hasn't read or watched the series, I really enjoyed the film. Honestly, that maid surprised me but I knew **** would get serious when her glasses dropped.
 
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