>A live-action U.S. remake has been in development hell seemingly forever, with a slew of potential directors (The Hughes Brothers, Jaume Collet-Serra, Christopher Nolan, George Miller), stars (Zac Efron, James Franco, Keanu Reeves, Garrett Hedlund), and writers (Steve Kloves, Jonathan Nolan)
>Bloody Disgusting has now unearthed some fantastic concept art that Ruairi Robinson shared back in 2014 from an abandoned version of Akira. The images depict Chris Evans (yes, Captain America himself) as the protagonist, Kaneda, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as his telekinetic frienemy, Tetsuo. There are also plenty of images of pre- and post-apocalyptic Neo Tokyo, as well as some great storyboards on Robinson’s site with Akira on his throne – a plot beat noticeably absent from the animated film.
Thoughts?
Would you like to see a live action Akira? Or will this shit stay in development hell?
I think they'll try to drag it back out of the GitS movie does well.
Samuel Carter
once gits makes it big this will get greenlit
Aiden Ward
So basically, Akira as a live action movie never ever? I wouldn't mind this, it looks good in the right hands, plus, what's the worst a live action Akira movie could bring
Carter Johnson
That Kaneda outfit is fucking shit. Also, JGL would have been totally miscast. I'd have cast Dane Dehaan but he kind of already played Tetsuo.
Hudson Nelson
these are cool, I'd really like to see this film happening under some good director
Matthew Hill
only if it does a better job at explaining what the fuck is happening than the movie did
they tried to cram too much into it. only people who read the manga had any idea what was going on
Josiah Robinson
Why wouldn't they make a movie with based Evans. So stupid Hollywood. Is Kaneda meant to have that star on his sleeve. It looks like Captain America.
Though I kind of like Chris Evans and JGL in the roles I just think they're too old for them.
Joshua Morales
Why the fuck would I want to see a live action akira when the anime went bat shit retarded in the third act with a stupid giant baby
Are you fucking Japanese niggers serious??
Owen Kelly
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William Gray
They're doing that too now dummy
Alexander Gutierrez
They didn't cram too much; they cut too much.
They left huge amounts of the manga out.
Luke Davis
What are some good Cyberpunk movies, now that we are on it?
Grayson Barnes
Cyberpunk thread?
Parker Powell
seconding this, also i don't think a Hollywood adaptation of Akira would have been good or at least decent, it probably will end up looking like the Total Recall remake
