Bosco685 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 AKIRA Live-Action Movie To Be Written By Daredevil Season 2 Showrunner Marco J. Ramirez has been hired by Warner Bros. to pen a -script for a live-action take on Akira, according to The Hollywood Reporter. If at first you don't succeed,: Try, try, try again. That's the mantra Warner Bros. has had with Akira. Over the years, the studio has brought in many screenwriters and directors to tackle a live-action remake of Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 Japanese animated classic Akira. All of those attempts came up empty. In 2012, cameras were about to roll on Akira, but WB pulled the plug when the budget issues couldn't be resolved in a timely fashion. That version would've been directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starred Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Ken Watanabe and Helena Bonham Carter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 You watch, this will be whitewashed to high heaven with the exception of a token Asian actor and will take place in Neo New York instead of Neo Tokyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Why do this at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Why do this at all? 'cause Money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Why do this at all? 'cause Money. yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelfangirl Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I wonder if the positive reviews for Mad Max:Fury Road had anything to do with the sudden revival of Akira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Skeleton Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Watching this right now. Such a good movie. Reminds me, wasn't Keanu Reeves attached to this at one point? To play Kaneda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Amazing movie. I don't see how live action could ever do it justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Amazing movie. I don't see how live action could ever do it justice It couldn't possibly. I'm so tired of seeing classics redone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofthetotem Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The only thing that bothered me about it is every time he was going to attack he would yell out his name warning him about the attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'd much rather see a anime series that way they can expand more on the themes from the manga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntoAnother Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hmm, I wasn't aware of this one. I absolutely love Akira, it's a thing of absolute beauty IMO. I just can't comprehend it working nearly as well in live action. I'll hope for the best though. I'd like it if they took a more drama approach through the story line in a gritty way rather than far fetched "live" action special effects cheesy nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr 9.8 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Is this fan art or Concept art for the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Akira is one of those films I could never understand why the majority of people like the film so much. I ask the question what do they like about the film the general answer is the motorcycle race and scenes with the motorcycle. I then asked what else they liked about the film and the general answer I get is not much really. I do not think the general person understands the plot The truth is though the film to this day animation is some of the best I have ever seen, but at the same time a film that is so complex that you take something different away from it each time or notice something new. So I don't think the general person even understands the plot of the film or what is going on in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAM_NYC Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Akira is one of those films I could never understand why the majority of people like the film so much. I ask the question what do they like about the film the general answer is the motorcycle race and scenes with the motorcycle. I then asked what else they liked about the film and the general answer I get is not much really. I do not think the general person understands the plot The truth is though the film to this day animation is some of the best I have ever seen, but at the same time a film that is so complex that you take something different away from it each time or notice something new. So I don't think the general person even understands the plot of the film or what is going on in the end. I like it because the motorcycles go VROOOOMM and the telepathic monsters are all like RAAAWWRRR and the laser guns go PETWEWWW PETWEWWW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Namor Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Akira is one of those films I could never understand why the majority of people like the film so much....I do not think the general person understands the plot. It speaks to a younger generations view of the world - unobtainable wealth, secretive untrustable government, inner city decay and poverty, mixed in with latent superpowers to rise above it and rebel. The explanation of why things are this way isn't as important as the cause and effects of the actions within the structure of it. It gives an added realism to NOT explain the specifics. The Walking Dead never has (and never will, apparently) explain what exactly has happened to turn people into zombies, but that isn't important to the success of the series - it's the actions of the characters within a world they don't understand. The frustration of not knowing there's a 'solution' and how they can get to it. There's no 'safety zone' to get to.. no happily ever after. The truth is though the film to this day animation is some of the best I have ever seen, but at the same time a film that is so complex that you take something different away from it each time or notice something new. So I don't think the general person even understands the plot of the film or what is going on in the end. Yeah, in 1989 when i first saw it, I was blown away by the animation. Having grown up with Astro Boy and Speed Racer, it blew away anything I'd ever seen in animation, and hold's it own even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Is this fan art or Concept art for the movie? I believe that is fan art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kir Kanos Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I'd much rather see a anime series that way they can expand more on the themes from the manga. I totally agree. The animated Akira film matched the manga for the 1st part of the film but really boiled down so much of the source material later. It would be great to have a series that could include the rival gangs in the post destroyed neo-Tokyo. It would also be possible to have a more explained ending too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Rumor: AKIRA To Be Trilogy, Christopher Nolan Possibly Involved The saga of the long-gestating Warner Bros.’ live action adaptation of Akira is a rumor that suggests the project will be a trilogy, and that The Dark Knight’s Christopher Nolan has spoken to Warner Bros. about taking on the project. Den of Geek reports that they’ve heard Nolan has met with within the past three months with an unnamed filmmaker previously attached to the project. Nolan’s next film is slated for July 2017 and, while no details about the film have been released, the gears on this massive project would have to be spinning pretty fast for the first Akira movie to make it to theaters by then. That said, Akira would make for an appropriately huge summer blockbuster effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
