Ghost In The Shell Release Date Moved Up

Disney has moved up the release date of Ghost in the Shell by two weeks. The live action adaptation of the 1995 anime movie will now release on March 31, 2017.

The move was likely made to avoid opening on the same week as Furious 8, now slated for released on April 14, 2017.

Ghost in the Shell will star Scarlett Johansson, and is based on Masamune Shirow's cyberpunk, near-future stories. Ghost in the Shell follows Section 9, a branch of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission tasked with fighting cybercrime and cyberterrorism, led in the field by Commander Motoko Kusanagi.

Ghost in the Shell begins production in early 2016.