Yutaka Izumihara

Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 American science fiction action film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, and Juliette Binoche. Set in a near future when the line between humans and robots is blurring, the plot follows the Major (Johansson), a cyborg supersoldier who yearns to learn her past. Ghost in the Shell premiered in Tokyo on March 16, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its faithful visual style, exciting and elaborately designed future settings, approach on practical effects, action sequences and musical score but criticism for its story and lack of character development. The casting of Johansson also drew accusations of whitewashing from some critics. It grossed $170 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million, and is considered to be a box office bomb.