User blog comment:CorbeauKarasu/Why there will never be an FMA live action film by Russinmy/@comment-66.215.221.247-20121206074911

Hm, I should've known other people were already trying to make a live action movie. One of my main goals as a student filmmaker was to direct a movie series based off FMA. But now since SE and bones set their rights into stone, a live action film is probably out of the question, especially to western studios. One thing I should ask though is have you ever thought to adapt the manga into an original concept. Like how FMA 2003 was the same as the manga until lab 5, then the story started changing directions.

At least that's what I was thinking. One reason is, while both versions of the series are amazing, they both have almost an equal amount of flaws. Why not try to learn from the mistakes of the other adaptions and make an new, original adaption? Also, if done right, it'll shut up all those fans who fight over which version is better and make a version Hm, I should've known other people were already trying to make a live action movie. One of my main goals as a learning filmmaker was to make and direct a movie series based off FMA. But now since SE and bones set their rights into stone, a live action film is probably out of the question, especially to western studios. One thing I should ask though is have you ever thought to adapt the manga an original concept. Like how FMA 2003 was the same as the manga until lab 5, then the story started changing directions.

At least that's what I was thinking. One reason is, while both versions of the series are amazing, they both have almost equal amount of flaws. Why not try to learn from the mistakes of the other adaptions and make an new, original adaption? Also, of done right, it'll shut up all those fans who fight over which is better and make a version that (Mostly) every fan can agree on.

Another reason being, why make a pure, live action adaption of just FMAB anyway? Every person, even if the movies gain new followers, will know what happens. And plus it just seems unnecessary, other than the novelty of it being in live action. Why not give the fans something new? Get them wondering and excited again.

Sure, I understand you want to adapt the manga in live action, and make it appeal to a wider audience, but you don't have to do that by directly adapting it. Just getting the name out will get people's attention.

Again, that's just my opinion, and I know it seems weird to put this onto a kinda unrelated topic, but you seem to be one of the few chances of a live action FMA to ever see the light if day (even though i know the owners refuse to sell the rights). I'd just thought I'd put this up here to add some thoughts to the subject, and plus, who knows, maybe Bones and Square Enix might be interested, even though the original author herself is uninterested in any new adaption. I'm not saying it'll completely change their minds, but it might turn some heads.