The title, “Ghost In The Shell,” refers to the potential for human consciousness to be transferred into mechanical bodies.
Whether such concerns translate to a less-than-stellar box office, however, remains to be seen.
While the film remains set in a future reflecting the distinctly Japanese vision of future-tech as conceived in the original anime and features several actors of Asian descent, many remain angered at the casting of a white American actress to portray an iconic Japanese heroine.
As the poster highlights, Johansson’s Major exists as the result of such technology, with a bionic body that she uses to fight futuristic threats while also dealing with questions of her own relative humanity (or lack thereof).