Sailor Moon: Guardians Awaken

Sailor Moon: Guardians Awaken is an upcoming American magical girl/action film based on the Sailor Moon manga created by Naoko Takeuchi. The story will focus mainly on the "Dark Kingdom" Arc. The Walt Disney Company was interested in acquiring the rights to Sailor Moon as a live action film.

Plot
A middle-school student named Serena Tsukino befriends Luna, a talking cat that gives her a magical brooch enabling her to become Sailor Moon, a pretty guardian destined to save Earth from the forces of evil. Luna and Serena assemble a team of fellow Sailor Scouts to find their princess and the "Legendary Silver Crystal." They encounter the studious Amy Mizuno, who awakens as Sailor Mercury, Raye Hino, a local shrine maiden who awakens as Sailor Mars, Lita Kino, a transfer student who awakens as Sailor Jupiter and Darien Shields, a high-school student who assists them as Tuxedo Mask. A young, aspiring idol named Mina Aino, who also operates as Sailor Venus, later joins them, accompanied by her feline companion Artemis.

Cast
Main Characters
 * Elle Fanning as Serena Tsukino/Sailor Moon
 * Isabelle Fuhrman as Amy Mizuno/Sailor Mercury
 * Ariel Winter as Raye Hino/Sailor Mars
 * Georgie Henley as Lita Kino/Sailor Jupiter
 * Peyton List as Mina Aino/Sailor Venus
 * Chase Ellison as Darien Shields/Tuxedo Mask
 * ??? as Luna
 * ??? as Artemis

Dark Kingdom
 * Angelina Jolie as Queen Beryl
 * ??? as Jedite
 * ??? as Nephlite
 * ??? as Zoycite
 * ??? as Malachite

Production
In 1995, Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, Bandai and Toon Makers, Inc. conceptualized their own version of Sailor Moon, which was half live-action and half Western-style animation. Toon Makers produced a 17-minute proof of concept presentation video as well as a two-minute music video, both of which were directed by Rocky Sotoloff, for this concept. Renaissance-Atlantic presented the concept to Toei, but it was turned down as their concept would have cost significantly more than simply exporting and dubbing the anime adaptation.

At the 1998 Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles, the music video was shown. It has since been copied numerous times and has been viewed on many streaming video sites. Because of the relatively poor quality of the source video and circulated footage, many anime fans thought that the music video was actually a leaked trailer for the project. Additional copies of the footage have since been uploaded to the Internet and served only to bolster the mistaken assumption, in addition to incorrectly citing the production to Saban Entertainment, who became known for a similar treatment that created the Power Rangers series.