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    MOVIES: Akira gets the greenlight

    Stephen SchleicherBy Stephen SchleicherOctober 20, 20115 Comments1 Min Read

    Variety is reporting that the on again, off again production of Akira is finally getting the greenlight and will move ahead as a full length feature film from Warner Bros.

    Previous reports had Garrett Hedlund, and Keanu Reeves as lead actors in the post-apocalyptic film set in NeoTokyo, but those names walked off the project a long time ago.  Now, it looks like Warner Bros. is going back on the search circuit to find someone who will fit the roles of Tetsuo and Kaneda.  The film is still being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner, as it has since the first initial announcement of the film.

    According to Variety, the movie is being considered for a potential tentpole project, but now that reports of the budget falling below $100 million have surfaced, the studio better hope Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra can work with a small budget, as anything less than out of the ballpark stellar performances and visual effects is going to be met with a lot of ho-hum from fans and regular audience goers.

    via Variety

     

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    Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...

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    5 Comments

    1. Allen Jones on October 20, 2011 1:49 pm

      I’ll believe it when the first non-teaser trailer shows up.

    2. Pidgeonman on October 20, 2011 6:40 pm

      This makes me want to cry.

    3. Oldcomicfan on October 21, 2011 9:23 am

      Reeves and the other guy are each too old to play the Akira characters. The characters, for the most part, are kids and teens! Since there aren’t any suitable teen actors to play the parts, maybe they should do an animated version of the Akira story. Oh, wait! It’s already been done! To be honest – live action Akira = Really Stupid Idea! Just go watch the frikking anime!!!

      • Matthew Peterson on October 21, 2011 11:56 am

        They said that a live action Lord Of The Rings wouldn’t work, either…

    4. Oldcomicfan on October 24, 2011 9:44 pm

      So true, Matthew and I was one of those who had my doubts until I saw the first LOTR film. Now if Peter Jackson were going to make an Akira movie, I might have some hope of seeing something worthwhile. Akira cost over a billion yen to make. I have no idea how much that is in US dollars. But unless the studio is planning on spending several hundred million dollars on making this movie I don’t see how it could possibly measure up to the anime.

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