Live-Action "Akira" Green-Lit by Warner Bros.
TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (might need more O's)
It's been a long time in the decision-making, but Warner has agreed to the production of Akira, a live-action adaptation of the always-brought-up anime movie and manga series. Akira has been announced as a "potential tentpole project," meaning that it's expected to generate quite a bit of money over a financial season, assuming it succeeds.
Horror director Jaume Collet-Sera (House of Wax, Unknown) has been marked to direct after The Book of Eli's Albert Hughes left the project earlier this year. Leonardo DiCaprio, fresh off diving into dreams in Inception and walking 'round in women's underwear in J. Edgar, is set to produce via his Appian Way production house.
At least one key change from the original is present in a brief summary given:
"Set in New Manhattan, the cyberpunk sci-fi epic follows the leader of a biker gang who must save his friend, discovered with potentially destructive psychokinetic abilities, from government medical experiments."
Okay, so it takes place in Manhattan instead of Tokyo. But everything takes place in Manhattan, just like everything in Japan takes place in Tokyo! What do you think about this? Any casting speculation?
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10/19/11 by vengeance93
Exactly, i think people should give it a chance haha. Im actually pretty excited :)
Still, it'll be a good idea to keep expectations low.
This has no chance of me paying to watch this... I doubt I would watch it if they paid me a mil...
I doubt you have to worry about someone paying you anything to watch it.
10/19/11 by SpiritWolf15
Please god, or maybe satan... Don't let it be another DragonBall Evolution...
oh shit not again its gonna be crap like dragon ball evolution booooooo
10/19/11 by AzureNights
Please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson please no Robert Pattinson
10/19/11 by kitsuneshoujo
*joins in on the mantra and adds in the marysue actress from twilight*
Part of me wants this movie to bomb just because Hollywood shouldnt be sticking their grimey misbegotten paws all over this. But the other part of me doesnt want Dragoball 2.0 either.
Part of me wants this movie to bomb just because Hollywood shouldnt be sticking their grimey misbegotten paws all over this. But the other part of me doesnt want Dragoball 2.0 either.
10/19/11 by bakanogami
Okay, I'll give it a chance but am not expecting much. hard to believe that these people understand anime at all
Just wait for the Uwe Boll name drop in a few months, then we can really tremble...
10/19/11 by kitsuneshoujo
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarggh!! Dont say his name or you will summon him from the depths of hell!!
Gunna give it a chance but I don't see this coming out good.
10/19/11 by corsair857
i could careless if it is very similar to the manga or movie as long as it doesnt suck.
Don't do it guys! Just leave it alone! Unless you get some real anime fans in there to help you out. Not just hollywood exects that think they know what everyone wants. It's gonna be another Dragon Ball Evolution or the Last Airbender. And no more putting the white guys in place where Asians should be.
Hell yeah!
I'm sure many have already read this, but just in case!
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think/
I'm sure many have already read this, but just in case!
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think/
If they got real anime fans to do it the finished result would be a carbon copy of the original. neo-TOKYO and actors chosen with real similarity to the anime however as much as we hope/pray/beg it wont, is going to be americanised and that alone turns the original fan base away and puts it at a disadvantage. even if they did a spectacular job and made a great film getting preconceived ideas to be dropped is a hard task.
This is never good.
*yawn* Sounds like an eventual free borrow from the public library. Not spending money on that joke of a movie.
Are you trying to get someone to role play with you or something? Or are you into sharing...? Did you honestly yawn before typing this message up? What if you farted instead of yawned? Would you have typed that up instead?
Another nuclear disaster in the works, people. Once again it's just another example of not letting the japanese do it themselves.
Oh God. It's actually happening. I thought this was an urban legend for the longest time.
Fingers crossed that it exceeds expectations.
Fingers crossed that it exceeds expectations.
10/19/11 by TrinityLayne
Ok after my disappointment over them going forward with this has ebbed a bit...there is only one way I'd ever even think of watching this movie...
They cast some (if not all of the following ASIAN actors) Jin Akanishi, Ferny Chen, Johnny Nguyen Lee Byung Hun, Shun Oguri, Choi Siwon, Danel Henney, Shota Matsuda or his brother Ryuhei. (i could go on and on but you get the idea)
then, and only then, I may consider seeing this film in the theater. LOL
They cast some (if not all of the following ASIAN actors) Jin Akanishi, Ferny Chen, Johnny Nguyen Lee Byung Hun, Shun Oguri, Choi Siwon, Danel Henney, Shota Matsuda or his brother Ryuhei. (i could go on and on but you get the idea)
then, and only then, I may consider seeing this film in the theater. LOL
10/19/11 by Luigimitsu
I'm surprised they haven't announced yet that the movie will be called "Adam" since "Akira" isn't white enough for Hollywood.
Leo DiCaprio has done HK remakes very well (The Departed) and has a talent for directing (The Aviator). If he's in on the project I would be breathe a bit easier. Akira is a complicated movie and after seeing what Leo has done in "Inception", I think there's a chance that it wouldn't flop like almost all the live-action remakes to date.
All we can do is pray that they stay on the project and hope they don't cast people like Keanu Reeves.
All we can do is pray that they stay on the project and hope they don't cast people like Keanu Reeves.
10/19/11 by BattlerEndless9
The Book of Eli is not based on a manga, book, or novel. Get your information right.
^Thats what he said if you read it....^
10/19/11 by nerdfromhel
well, to make this easier to read the english taht is there, remove the parentheses to get :
"When they decided not to go with Gary Whitta's script, I stopped caring."
(Book of Eli screenwriter)<----/ \----> (which was based off the mangas)
"When they decided not to go with Gary Whitta's script, I stopped caring."
(Book of Eli screenwriter)<----/ \----> (which was based off the mangas)
10/19/11 by nerdfromhel
well, to make this easier to read the english that is there, remove the parentheses to get :
"When they decided not to go with Gary Whitta's script, I stopped caring."
_______(Book of Eli screenwriter)<----/ _________\----> (which was based off the mangas)
Lesson learned : Crunchyroll doesn't like comments being removed, and spaces multispacing too!
"When they decided not to go with Gary Whitta's script, I stopped caring."
_______(Book of Eli screenwriter)<----/ _________\----> (which was based off the mangas)
Lesson learned : Crunchyroll doesn't like comments being removed, and spaces multispacing too!
10/20/11 by BattlerEndless9
I know how to read properly. You should learn how to write and type a sentence properly instead of covering your mistakes up.
What's funnier than an arrogant ass? An arrogant ass with a reading and comprehension problem.
"Hollywood" will never learn from their mistakes...if you want an anime turned live action do it using computer generated but not many voice actors...plus it's all washed out
Can I get a map through this sentence? Are you talking about doing a CG film? If so that's not live action! And if the answer is no then they probably will. I doubt they'll use puppets to make this film.
10/19/11 by PatrickCRNews
If you've never seen the AKIRA anime or read the AKIRA manga, I strongly recommend you do both now. Not because of this movie or anything. Simply because they will blow your mind.
this might not end well plus ima b pissed if they fuck this up so i say y let us do it i mean we hav done nothing but fuck up the classics
10/19/11 by Blackferret64
I don't necessarily like dismissing things out of hand before they come out, but I still see this as simply pointless, much like many remakes. They will spend a hundred million dollars on CGI effects that animation did perfectly well a couple decades ago, then use the fact that they are spending so much on the effects to make them the focus, at the expense of the characters and story. Just like 90% of the CGI-based movies that have come out in the past decade. There is a reason that anime worked so well for so long. When you don't have to spend much more to create vast battle scenes any more than it costs to have two characters in a conversation, then there is no pressure to justify the cost of the special effects, and you can focus on the story.
10/19/11 by nerdfromhel
You fogot to mention that one of the key things about anime is superdefined small details + many reusable animations (And they will be used alot)
10/19/11 by AdamIdris101
You're all gonna watch it. Unless the trailers sucky you're all gonna watch it.
we are going to watch AKIRA Americanize
10/19/11 by tonydetiger
Why can't they choose the right people to do these things and do right. I would have chosen THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS!.
10/19/11 by RavingDragon
I hope it's more like the manga and less like the anime. The anime was very well done but doesn't compare to the manga at all.
10/20/11 by IchigoGyuunyuu
I don't really understand this. Different studio, different director, and the thing that made Akira so cool in the first place was that it was animated. Animated very well I should say. However, no matter if this ends up good or bad I'll still be very interested to see it.
10/20/11 by dokudokugwo
This is going to be horrible... There is nothing to point to to say that hollywood can pull their heads out of their asses and get the dollar signs out of their eyes long enough to make a decent adaptation of an anime.... or more than maybe 1 decent movie a year in general.
This is not going to end well on SO many lvls...UNDERSTATEMENT.
This sounds like a another "I, Robot" mess, where they ignore the bots that made it popular in the first place, in favour of speshul effects
This sounds like a another "I, Robot" mess, where they ignore the bots that made it popular in the first place, in favour of speshul effects
10/20/11 by Vermilionone
THIS get's the go while James "Every movie I make is worth at least a billion dollars" hasn't started on Battle Angel Alita yet...
10/20/11 by pigglesworth
They really need to start developing anime movies like the way they produce marvel comics. 4 real!
10/20/11 by smudgedragon
Oh god, they are keeping the neo-Manhattan BS? Well, whadda-ya expect from Hollywood. >.<
10/20/11 by Maderu
I don't think I'll judge until I see the trailer. Up until the Spiderman movie I said the same thing about American comic-book movies. Then amazingly they start doing really well; Iron Man, Captain America, ect. Who knows this could be their break out anime film to start a massive change. I'm not saying I expect it, just saying that I'll hold my complaints until I see a trailer. Sometimes a bad casting list could only mean voice actors.
10/20/11 by theskyflame
oh god...hollywood is going to ruin another great anime/manga just like with db....oh well i'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
As long as its rated R or NC-17 when it comes out ill see it....If its less rated than the anime its pure garbage........
YOU JUST KNOW THEY WON'T CAST ANY JAPANESE PEOPLE IN THE LEAD,OR SUPPORTING
ACTING ROLES,AND THE CAST WILL BE FILLED WITH FLAVOR OF THE MONTH ACTORS THAT WILL BUTCHER THE MOVIE AND KEEP IT FROM BEING A CLASSIC IN 20yrs.
ACTING ROLES,AND THE CAST WILL BE FILLED WITH FLAVOR OF THE MONTH ACTORS THAT WILL BUTCHER THE MOVIE AND KEEP IT FROM BEING A CLASSIC IN 20yrs.
I know right, every anime they've done this to has been tortured beyond recognition, but like the anime fan i am i'll sit through it anyhow
10/20/11 by MaChengGong
Leonardo DiCaprio wouldn't be doing this project unless it was a guaranteed to be good. DiCaprio, along with Mark Wahlberg, has basically been one of Martin Scorsese's "apprentices" for quite some time now. The only way a movie like this would have a chance to succeed (given the fact that it's being made in the US) is if someone of DiCaprio's caliber was attached to it.
I wonder if he used to watch anime with any of the many Victoria's Secret and SI Swimsuit models and famous actresses he's dated over the years?
I wonder if he used to watch anime with any of the many Victoria's Secret and SI Swimsuit models and famous actresses he's dated over the years?
10/20/11 by MaChengGong
Hell, if they wanted to guarantee that this becomes a good movie and makes a killing at the global box office, they should cast Will Smith in a prominent role, Big Willie Style's one of the most bankable actors, if not the most bankable actor, in Hollywood.
New Manhattan? Of course! Every movie needs to be set in New York!
... meh.
... meh.
I'm just going to wait for the blu-rays, since it's a two part movie series (since they're planning on shooting the whole story). I can see the Americans buying the crap outta the movie, especially since they do like futuristic/post-apocalyptic movies. Especially since they've changed the location and are changing the names of the characters to appeal to a wider audience (and ignore the anime fans).
10/20/11 by phoenix705
I have a sneaking suspicion that this isn't going to end well. They should leave it well alone.
10/20/11 by Killerwardrobes
Crappy Director is crappy. Also If they HAD to choose a whitey, James Franco would have been a better choice. He looks a lot more like Kaneda. >:(
No. Just no.
10/20/11 by sladeraccoon
They've done a decent job lately on comic to movie adaptations. I thought Green Lantern would suck, and while it wasn't awesome, it was passable. The same can be said of the X-Men movies too, though. The Manhattan/Tokyo change isn't that big a deal, since it would be odd to have a bunch of english speaking people in the middle of Tokyo. It's still a long way off before anyone can make any assumptions in any case.
10/20/11 by Halazar
Hmm, in addition to changing the setting to Manhattan, I would venture to guess...
-All the character's ages will be changed from teenagers to 20-somethings (or have 20-somethings playing teenagers)
-They will over-sexualize the female lead (Kei)
-The violence will be toned down and the action scenes will be the typical "change the camera view evey 2 seconds so you can't really tell what's going on but at least it looks cool" type
-There will be at least 1 sex scene
Anything else?
-All the character's ages will be changed from teenagers to 20-somethings (or have 20-somethings playing teenagers)
-They will over-sexualize the female lead (Kei)
-The violence will be toned down and the action scenes will be the typical "change the camera view evey 2 seconds so you can't really tell what's going on but at least it looks cool" type
-There will be at least 1 sex scene
Anything else?
so many opinions lol
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN...YOUR GOING TO DIE AKIRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/21/11 by acherongoddess
i have read some where tht the leadin man from tron is goin to possibly play akira but dnt quote me on tht ill have to refind tht site.
10/21/11 by acherongoddess
http://ani.me/zine/home/article/1739
here is tht site i was tlkin about
here is tht site i was tlkin about
10/21/11 by bluerunner
The concept of the anime is not gonna transfer well to live action, god this is gonna suck.
10/21/11 by animepug
This is going to suck. The sad thing is that Akira is one of those few anime that could be made into a live action movie, without it looking silly(ahem,dbz evo). It would just have to be handled with extreme care. How come the U.S. always has to americanize things that don't need to be? Yes it'll take place in New York this time, also we're changing Testuo to Tommy and Kaneda to Kenny.
11/15/11 by mistacrezz
not expecting too much of it obv. hoping the best buh most probably crash and burn shake the world and scar alot of fans of high hopes...danm so sad buh might be a glimmer of hope..
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