'Ghost in the Shell' to become 3D live-action film

By Wendy Mitchell Updated October 23, 2009 at 08:00 AM EDT

DreamWorks has hired writer Laeta Kalogridis to adapt Japanese manga property Ghost in the Shell for a 3D live-action film, Variety reports. The futuristic police thriller has already been made into anime films and manga books and a TV series. Kalogridis wrote Scorsese’s forthcoming Shutter Island.