A Remake of A Boy and His Dog … in Japanese?

Maybe they can get Don Johnson to do a cameo. God knows the former Miami Vice star could use the work nowadays. I’m talking about a remake of Harlan Ellison’s “A Boy and his Dog”, of course. In Japanese. Probably. At least according to this story, which has Ellison telling people that a Japanese production company is expressing interest in adapting his story for the big screen.

Collider.com has your remake news:

The original short story was called, simply, “A Boy and His Dog” and told the tale of a 15 year-old boy, Vic, surviving in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with his only companion a dog by the name of Blood with whom he shares a telepathic link. Ellison continued the story in graphic novel form some years later under the title “Vic and Blood”.

Though Ellison gave up very few details, he did indicate that the new version of the film would potentially focus on the entire story, including the graphic novel sequels.

The 1975 original movie “A Boy and his Dog” starred Don Johnson as Vic and co-starred Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, and Tim McIntire as the voice of Blood. Yes, the two of them talked. Hey, my cat talks to me, too. What of it?