Thursday, October 20, 2011

Live-action Akira adapation picks up steam

- greenlit by Warner Bros.
- late February/early March start
- helmed by Jaume Collet-Serra ("Unknown")
- "Tron: Legacy" star Garrett Hedlund is being considered for one of the leads
- Appian Way's Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran are producing with Andrew Lazar
- Katsuhiro Otomo, who wrote and directed the 1988 the anime, will exec produce

Link

3 comments:

  1. i hope this turns out good. Depending on how Akira does Warner Bros. will greenlight the live action Bleach and Death Note movie

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  2. I don't know, to be perfectly honest, I've never been a big fan of Akira. I've watched it twice over the years, and it just never really clicked with me.

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  3. I've still yet to see the original.

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