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DreamWorks to remake Ghost in the Shell

DreamWorks has acquired rights to Ghost in the Shell with plans to adapt the manga as a 3-D live-action feature.

The story follows the a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime.

Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 and went on to generate two additional manga editions, three anime film adaptations, an anime TV series and three videogames.

Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment will produce and Jamie Moss will write the screenplay.

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