Black Butler (Live Action Film Series)

Black Butler is an upcoming live action American film series based on the Japanese Manga Series, Kuroshitsuji, also known as Black Butler.

Cast

 * Dylan O'Brien as Ciel Phantomhive- The head of the Phantomhive household and watchdog of the queen of England. He wears an eye patch over his eye to hide the pentagram on his cornea, which represents his contract with his demonic butler.
 * Tom Hiddleston as Sebastian- Ciel's Demonic Butler. He is a loyal butler who holds a strong sense of duty to Ciel and the household. He is a demon with a contract with Ciel, meaning he must work for Ciel until either Ciel's goal is accomplished, or Ciel dies.
 * Skyler Day as Elizabeth Midford- Ciel's fiancée and the Lady of Midford. Unlike in the anime and manga, she is not Ciel's cousin and Ciel clearly returns her romantic feelings.
 * Ben McKenzie as Bardroy- The American Chef of the Phantomhive household.
 * Morena Baccarin as Mei Rin- The Maid of the Phantomhive household.
 * James Franco as Finnian- The Irish Gardener of the Phantomhive household.
 * Willem DaFoe as Grell Sutcliff- A Grim Reaper who works as part of the Retrieval Division of the Grim Reaper Dispatch.
 * Patrick Stewart as Tanaka- The House Steward and former butler of the Phantomhive household.

Films

 * Black Butler (Live Action Film)-Based on the Jack the Ripper storyline
 * Black Butler II-Based on the Houndsworth storyline
 * Black Butler: Shards of Hope-Based on the Shard of Hope storyline

Trivia

 * The films are based on the storylines of Season 1 of the Black Butler Anime.

Overall

 * Ciel and Elizabeth are both older, in their late teens, they are also not cousins and both are in love with eachother, rather than Elizabeth just loving Ciel.
 * Ciel doesn't act as spoiled as he does in the anime and doesn't rely on Sebastian and his other workers for everything, he actually does some of the housework himself.
 * Elizabeth clearly knows that Sebastian is a demon.
 * In the anime, the pentagram on Ciel's eye is pink, in the films, it's red.
 * While in the film series, Ciel is still addressed as 'The Queen's Watchdog', he is never asked to help out with serious issues, such as the Jack the Ripper murders, instead, Ciel takes on the tasks in secret, making him more of a vigilante.
 * In the anime, Ciel possesses no weapons, in the film series, his cane has 2 hidden blades and he also possesses a handgun.
 * Ciel is shown to care more for his servants, greatly considering them his friends.
 * In the anime, Ciel's family ring is dark blue, in the anime, it's red.

Jack the Ripper Arc

 * When the Undertaker asks for a joke as payment for his knowledge on the murders, rather than Sebastian making the Undertaker laugh like in the anime, Ciel is the one to make him laugh.
 * Grell doesn't act as incompetent and suicidal when in his human form.
 * When battling with Sebastian, Grell's weapon is designed more like a sword than a chainsaw, in addition, he doesn't make as many perverted comments towards Sebastian.
 * When investigating a suspect for the murders, in the anime, Ciel crossdresses only to be roofied, locked in a cage, placed up for an auction and saved by Sebastian, in the film, this happens to Elizabeth instead, and she is saved by Ciel.

Houndsworth Arc

 * In the anime, the people who head to Houndsworth are Ciel, Sebastian, Tanaka, Bardroy, Finnian & Mei-Rin, in the film, Elizabeth accompanies them aswell.
 * In the anime, when Ciel, Sebastian and the servants find Henry Barrymore beating Angela with a whip, Ciel orders Sebastian to stop him, in the film, Henry beats Angela with a belt and Ciel stops him himself.
 * In the anime, Mei-Rin catches Henry rubbing Angela's legs and calling her his angel, this doesn't happen in the film.
 * In the film, there are several moments where Henry is shown harassing Angela.
 * In the film, after Finnian prevents a dog from being executed, Ciel visits him in his room to talk to him.
 * In the anime, Henry releases Ciel, Sebastian and the servants to stop them from being executed, only for Henry to order dogs to attack Ciel, only for Sebastian to stop them, in the film, Henry orders the dogs to attack Elizabeth instead, and Ciel is the one to stop them.
 * In the anime, when Henry's empty cell is found after he is killed by the demon hound, everyone spots a hole in the wall, in the film, there is no hole and instead, Ciel, Sebastian, Elizabeth and the servants spot a trail of blood on the floor.
 * In the anime, Finnian and Mei-Rin find Angela and Pluto in her bedroom, in the film, it's Finnian and Elizabeth.