Movie Trailer for Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Spike TV will premier Afro Samurai: Resurrection, the movie followup to the Afro Samurai anime series, in January of 2009.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection Participants:
Takashi Okazaki is the creator/writer.
RZA provides the original score.
Samuel L. Jackson plays the interrelated roles of Afro Samurai and sidekick Ninja Ninja.
Lucy Liu debuts as Sio, a "beautiful, seductive and sadistic mastermind plotting to destroy Afro Samurai".
Mark Hamill, that Stars Wars guy voices Bin, "Sio’s manservant and protector".
Yuri Lowenthal returns as Kuma.

Let the head taking begin!

Namco Bandai also announced a January 27th North American release date for the Afro Samurai video game for Playstation and the Xbox 360.

As previously noted RZA will also provide the ingame soundtrack.

Official Site:
Afro Samurai

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