Jim Carrey almost starred in a live-action adaptation of an anime classic as Hellboy screenwriter reveals he worked on a scrapped Lupin III script in the '90s

News
By published

Jim Carrey could have played Lupin III in the '90s

A still from Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
(Image credit: Toho)

Hellboy screenwriter Peter Briggs has revealed the "craziest screenplay" he's ever written – and it's a scrapped live-action adaptation of an anime classic starring Jim Carrey.

"I was doing a movie with Tsui Hark (and Oliver Stone's producer, A. Kitman Ho) back in 1997," Briggs wrote on Bluesky. "A live action adaptation of 'Lupin III', that we would have done with Jim Carrey. Alex Ho (lovely, lovely man) ended up losing the rights, so it never happened. Craziest screenplay I ever wrote!"

Lupin III was a manga series first released between 1967 and 1969 that follows the adventures of the titular master thief, who's the grandson of grandson of Arsène Lupin from Maurice Leblanc's novels.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie in 2014, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, but is best known for its anime adaptations – namely the 1979 movie Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, which was Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut.

CATEGORIES
Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

You must confirm your public display name before commenting

Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.