Akira Live-action movie to be produced by DiCaprio
Warner Brothers and Appian Way (Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company) will be making two live-action films based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s famous Akira manga. For those that haven’t seen the anime movie, go see it! It’ll be great to compare the difference between an anime movie and a multi-million hollywood film.
For those that are clueless and yet to embrace Akira’s brilliance, here’s a short synopsis to clue you in:
In the year 2038. A police state, scheming politicians, religious sects, revolutionaries and a secret government scientific project in Neo-Tokyo all seek to control Akira, a boy that is kept in cryo-stasis due to his destructive psychic ability. But things change as psychic Tetsuo, a young biker releases Akira causing all the groups to take action. - ANN
The first installment of the live-action film is planned for release in summer of 2009 with the story set in “New Manhattan, a city rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ago.” Although I’m glad to see Hollywood give a crack at making Akira, but to change the storyline to Manhattan instead of Tokyo might just have changed the story too much for any Otaku/Anime fan’s liking. Afterall, this manga was originally Japan-made.
The cast for the movie is still not known and there hasn’t been any trailers yet, so stay tuned to find out!
Source:
ANN
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