Shin Kamen Rider Lastly Will get a U.S. Launch Date

Excellent news! Shin Kamen Rider, Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno’s radical re-imagining of the legendary Japanese superhero series, is lastly making its strategy to American shores. Dangerous information: you higher be accessible for at some point, as a result of that’s all it’s getting.

Fathom Occasions has introduced that it’ll theatrically distribute Shin Kamen Rider, which debuted in Japan final month, as a restricted screening occasion throughout the U.S. on Could 31.

The film follows Takeshi Hongo, performed by The Final Samurai’s Sosuke Ikematsu, a younger man who awakens to seek out himself reworked right into a cyborg agent of the mysterious group SHOCKER. Rebelling in opposition to his new masters and pledging to destroy them, Hongo turns into Kamen Rider, a superhero able to taking over SHOCKER’s machinations (principally by using cool motorbikes and kicking the crap out of them). It’s Anno’s first solo film within the “Shin” re-imagining franchise he kicked off with director Shinji Higuchi with Shin Godzilla in 2016, adopted by Shin Ultraman final 12 months.

Tickets for the screenings will go on sale Could 5.

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