This Guy Thinks the Live-Action Evangelion Movie Is Still Happening

?This is notable because  “this guy” is Justin Chou, who is theoretically listed as one of the producers on the film. From Anime News Network:

On Thursday’s ANNCast podcast, producer Joseph Chou (Halo Legends, Appleseed: Ex Machina) said that the proposed live-action film adaptation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion
anime is still “very active.” Chou is listed as a producer on the
project. Chou mentioned that there is a lot of paperwork to clear, but
“once that’s resolved, I think it would be on the fast track, so we’re
hoping that it’ll start moving even next year.”

Chou discussed the difficulties of selling the concept of the
film to studios in Hollywood, due to the complexity of the story.
However, Chou said that “right now we’re with a producer and a studio
that really understands beyond the whole mecha impact.” Chou added, “They’re really looking beyond that, and really
looking at drama, human elements, even to those elements that appeal to
otaku.”

Chou also said the reason the movie stopped moving forward was
due to the anime market crash. Chou said “the reason it stopped in its
tracks was not because [John Ledford, co-founder of A.D. Vision and ADV Films] wasn’t paying attention to it … he actually amassed a considerable amount of money, financing, for the film … but then I think he just needed to stop, because the whole market was falling apart at that time,” and as a result the movie “fell on the
wayside.” At that time Chou took over the task of presenting the film
to Hollywood producers and studios. Chou mentioned that Ledford is
still a part of the project.

Hee hee hee. Heh he ha ha HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA. I know this amount of self-denial should be sad, I think this dude’s belief that a live-action Evangelion movie is happening any time ever is hilarious. So the anime market has crashed, Ledford no longer has any money, and we’re a full decade from Evangelion‘s heyday. Then there’s Japan, which is notoriously insane to work with at the best of times; oh, and the Dragonball movie, based on an anime infinitely more popular than Evangelion, was a total box office failure. Yeah, I bet you’ll start production next year… but probably in someone’s garage with a box of Evangelion toys. Hey, if I can have a producer credit too, you can borrow my EVA Unit-00.