Jul
27
7:45am
The CW Targets Battle Royale
Following the blockbuster success of The Hunger Games, The CW is hoping to bring Koushun Takami’s bestselling novel Battle Royale to American television.
Following the blockbuster success of The Hunger Games, The CW is hoping to bring Koushun Takami’s bestselling novel Battle Royale to American television.
Marc Bernardin runs down the noteworthy new releases arriving today on Blu-ray and DVD, from Battle Royale and The Muppets to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Plans for a U.S. adaptation of Battle Royale, the celebrated novel by Koushun Takami, appear to have been scuttled by the upcoming release of the similarly themed Hunger Games.