Nakashima preps 'Advancing Titans'

Tokyo, japan -- Helmer Tetsuya Nakashima, along with producers Genki Kawamura and Yuji Ishida, can make "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Evolving Leaders), an sci-fi actioner with different hit comicbook, they introduced Thursday. Nakashima, Kawamura and Ishida last teamed for "Confessions," a psycho-drama that gained $50 million this past year, while being selected as Japan's entry for any foreign-language pic Oscar. The storyline focuses on a race of leaders taking within the earth and eat a persons population, forcing the children to reside behind gigantic walled enclosures. Then your leaders attack. The comicbook by Hajime Isayama has offered 6.six million copies of six paperback models since its launch within the Bessatsu Shonen Magazine last year. Nakashima continues to be along the way of casting the pic, but intends to begin shooting early in the year of the coming year. Release is skedded for 2013, with Toho delivering. Nakashima stated the pic, that will require extensive CGI, is going to be "probably the most costly Japanese film ever," but didn't title a figure. "This really is my first experience (using this type of project), however it might be the final Nakashima film ever," the helmer added. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com