There hasn't really been any substantial news concerning the live
action Evangelion movie. As we all by now know, this is due to the
stringent and secretive process of signing a director for this project.
Contracts, interviews, shortlists and talks have to be made and all
three parties involved must be happy with the final decision. Until
then no one can make any sort of public declaration or provide any news
that would get us all excited or riled with anger.

"Galaxy Anime" ( http://www.gatv.tv/ ) have just recently put up an
interview with David Williams, currently an ADR Director for ADV Films
as well as DVD Producer. The interview is in a windows media player
streamed audio format and takes place following his panel at a recent
convention. The interview talks about the down swing of the anime
industry over the past six months, new 'gateway' shows, the upcoming
releases and how the industry is on its way back up. The interview
wraps up with a brief talk concerning the live action adaptation. To
summarise he states that there is nothing new to talk about and that
they are in negotiations with a particular director. Should this
director sign and take on the project and Gainax, ADV and Weta all
agree with the decision, then the ball will be set rolling and we may
get some real news.

While still nothing exciting, it does show that behind the scenes cogs
are still working and that things have advanced from a mere shortlist
of directors. Forums members are also talking about some more positive
and less neutral replies to the bombardment of emails sent to ADV
suggesting that significant news is just over the horizon. We'll see.
(Thanks Triston Ordway)