Unbelievably, it has now been nearly 1 / 4 of a century since a live-action adaptation of the 1988 cult smash-hit Akira first entered improvement hell for a ridiculously very long time. Whereas we haven’t heard a lot in regards to the extremely anticipated anime adaptation, that’s all about to vary, as Academy Award-nominated producer Andrew Lazar has now teased some promising, and imminent, information.
Ever since being introduced again in 2002, the brand new tackle Akira has been handed round to a number of filmmakers, with the newest being Oscar winner and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi. Now, Lazar, who’s finest recognized for the likes of American Sniper and this month’s motion film G20, has revealed (by way of Johan Albrechtsen of Moovy TV) that, whereas he can’t say something but, he expects there can be some huge information coming “within the subsequent couple of months.”
“So, I feel you possibly can count on an replace within the subsequent couple of months.”
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Akira stays one of the vital celebrated feats of animation of all time, and is among the highest regarded examples of up to date Japanese animation. Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, Akira is predicated on Otomo’s 1982 manga of the identical title. This cyberpunk journey takes place within the post-apocalyptic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo the place biker Kaneda is confronted by many anti-social components whereas attempting to assist his good friend Tetsuo, a teenage boy who’s uncovered to a mysterious power supply and develops telekinetic powers that place him on the middle of a battle that will destroy the world.
The film has been a serious affect on quite a lot of fashionable science fiction popping out of Hollywood, together with the likes of The Matrix, Darkish Metropolis, Chronicle, Looper, and Inception, and admittedly, it is wild {that a} live-action tackle the fabric has not but materialized. In fact, whether or not it ought to or not is open to debate.
Will the ‘Akira’ Stay-Motion Film Ever Really Occur?
The live-action tackle Akira has been handed round to a number of filmmakers over time, together with Stephen Norrington, Jaume Collet-Serra, and Justin Lin, earlier than ultimately touchdown within the lap of Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi. Hollywood icon Leonardo DiCaprio is on board as producer, with Waititi, Michael Golamco, and Charles Yu penning the script. Nevertheless, whereas issues did appear to be transferring ahead, Waititi’s return to the MCU with Thor: Love and Thunder resulted in Akira being delayed as soon as once more.
Even in any case these years, Waititi appears dedicated to creating the film occur, regardless of how lengthy it takes. Although it is potential that, following the vital failure of Thor: Love and Thunder (now one of many MCU’s lowest rated motion pictures), the studio might begin wanting elsewhere another time. Regardless of his previous declarations that he doesn’t need to surrender on his plans for Akira, Waititi has recommended that, whereas he plans to stay concerned, it might not be him on the helm.
“I feel ultimately it can occur. I am simply undecided if I will be doing it,” the filmmaker stated again in 2020. “The entire thing went on maintain. We needed to maintain pushing the dates, and it encroached on the Thor dates, which have been immovable. So Akira ended up shifting two years down the observe.” Warner Bros. was as soon as so assured within the mission lastly getting off the bottom that they’d scheduled Akira for launch on Might 21, 2021, with filming deliberate to begin in California in July 2019. Nevertheless, the difference has since been placed on indefinite maintain. This is hoping the replace that is coming within the subsequent few months was price ready for!
Supply: Moovy TV
Akira
- Launch Date
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July 16, 1988
- Runtime
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124 Minutes
