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NEWS: Warner, Leonardo DiCaprio to Produce Akira Live-Action

Wow, I didn't know that he had an interest in anime. Or perhaps I had forgotten. Two movies coming out is something, I take it then we're not seeing a remake of the anime.

Hopefully they won't butcher the story like they're doing with the DBZ movie. But other than that, I'll be excited to see this in theaters when it comes out. Very Happy

The very first thing that came to my mind was:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crying or Very sad

Then I thought about it for a few minutes and came up with:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????????
Crying or Very sad

So yeah... not that excited with this :S, since I'm thinking it may end up something like this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gjcA69pJREo

Last edited by SSJ Gohan 64 on Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:10 pm; edited 1 time in total

Whaaaaaaat? Wow, random.

Wonder what they'll rename Akira; it's not exactly a normal name to New Manhattan.

Seriously, all these rumors of Hollywood remakes of manga, and the only thing that's actually come to fruition is Speed Racer. Where's Monster?!

I was never a big Akira fan, but "New Manhattan"? I guess you can't produce a movie in America, set it in Japan, and have everyone BE american and speak english. I hope they don't get liberal with it. If a few of these live action films do well in the coming years and stick to the material as they do it, it can only be good for fans. I know I'd want to hear stuff like this and not worry about cringing.

New Manhattan means they're going to use some 9/11 metaphors, which is as awful as Disney turning the Yamato into the U.S.S. Arizona in the Starblazers movie. Hell, can you even call it Akira anymore, or are they just gonna change the premise, so that it's an evil Asian kid[most likely Korean, not Japanese] threatening the surviving white yuppies from Cloverfield? Rolling Eyes

Anyway, I doubt they're gonna make that 2009 deadline, since the studio has been name-dropping the project for well over a decade. After all, look how long it took to get Watchmen off the ground.

Last edited by Jedi General on Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:51 pm; edited 1 time in total

I was shocked when I read this. I myself didn't particularly like the original film, but I may be interesting in seeing these films, especially since there will be two of them. I'm worried about it being a directorial debut and also the change in setting, but that doesn't mean that it can't be good. We'll have to just wait and see. I do agree with minakichan though. The status of the Monster films is something I'd very much like to know. The Battle Angel film apparently keeps getting pushed back as well. Last I heard was 2011. (Source: Anime: Drawing a Revolution)

EDIT: Fixed some grammar

Hmm, Leo and Akira. Not two things I would ever imagine mixing well. But maybe if the blender was on high enough speed. Let's just hope the result isn't a lumpy smoothie. Shocked

(wow, not sure what was coming over me when I typed that. Question

)

Oh, and WB, please don't make Leo the star. No one likes him. Thanks.

The director's only done these short films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MfNyfwwfV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCP9f0VicBE

I wont believe it until they actually start production.

I'm a little torn here. I love Akira and have been waiting for an announcement about the live action adaption. That said, I hate it when Hollywood takes liberties with the original story (New Manhatten? C'mon). I also don't particularly care for Leonardo Decaprio. However I won't judge the film until I see it. I was never a big Josh Hartnet fan either, but I loved 30 Days of Night.

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