‘Akira’ Universe Expanding With Anime Series
The extended ‘Akira’ world has quite a bit going on.
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If Taika Waititi Did Direct an ‘Akira’ Remake, He’d Cast Asian Leads
Taikia Waititi addresses the rumors that he’s helming an ‘Akira’ remake and says his version wouldn’t be whitewashed.
Taika Waititi Latest Director Considered for ‘Akira’ Remake
The ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ filmmaker may take his next big project even before his newest one hits theaters.
Jordan Peele Won’t Direct the Live-Action ‘Akira’
Ever in search of the Next Big Thing™, Hollywood thought it had found it: Live-action adaptations of classic anime. These cartoons have a decidcated hardcore audience, tons of built-in name recognition, and the sorts of exciting visuals that lend themselves to massively budgeted CGI spectacle…
Jordan Peele in the Running to Direct Live-Action ‘Akira’
Life was good for Jordan Peele — star of a massively successful sketch comedy show, a nice little recurring role on FX’s Fargo, and he’s married to Chelsea Peretti, one of the coolest, funniest women currently working. Then he sprung his directorial debut Get Out on an unsuspect…
Warner Bros. Has Two Directors on Its ‘Akira’ Shortlist
Whether you choose to overlook the accusations of whitewashing levied against Paramount’s upcoming Ghost in the Shell movie is entirely up to you, but there are certainly some who are rooting for the film to open doors for other anime projects. Studios aren’t exactly hot-spots for inno…
Christopher Nolan Reportedly Producing an ‘Akira’ Trilogy For Warner Bros.
A live action remake of the beloved 1988 anime Akira has been floating around Hollywood for over a decade, attracting and dropping actors and directors at a shocking rate (at one point, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart were set to star0. For whatever reason, this film doesn’t want to get m…
'Akira' Live-Action Movie Gets Up and Running Again
A live-action, big screen adaptation of classic Japanese anime Akira has been in the works since 2008, when Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and producer Andrew Lazar acquired the rights to the project. Several starts and stops ensued, with several writers and directors attached and many actors…
‘Akira’ Remake Resurrected, Jaume Collet-Serra May Return to Direct
The last we heard about the attempted remake of 'Akira' was that the film stalled out in development, with Jaume Collet-Serra leaving the project because of budget disputes, and with Garret Hedlund attached to star, but things have mostly been quiet for the last year. Well, the project is …
New ‘Akira’ Concept Art From the Failed Live-Action Adaptation
Last year, we saw intriguing hints at what a live-action 'Akira' movie might have looked like via some lovely storyboards by artist Chris Weston. Today we've got a whole batch of concept art from three separate iterations of the film, which is still waiting to get off the ground.