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 2-Based on the Houndsworth storyline

Trivia

 * Several changes are made to the characters, particularly, Ciel and Elizabeth, as they are both older in the film series and are not cousins. In addition, Ciel is shown to love Elizabeth just as much as she does him.
 * The films are based on the storylines of Season 1 of the Black Butler Anime.
 * Several changes are made to the storylines. In the Jack the Ripper storyline, during the anime, Ciel cross dresses to investigate a suspect, in the film, he doesn't cross dress and instead, he gets Elizabeth to help him. In addition, when Ciel, Sebastian and the servants head to Houndsworth, Ciel brings Elizabeth along with them.