Jaume Collet-Serra has been tapped to direct the live-action version of Akira. After years in development, the project which will adapt the popular anime feature as a live-action film could finally be moving forward.
Harry Potter adapter Steve Kloves has written the most recent draft of the screenplay, which is designed to turn Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic graphic novel into a tentpole with a mid-level budget along the lines of WB’s Clash of the Titans.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way are producing with Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance.
Wow. A legendary epic getting a budgetary level of the remake of it’s cheesy predecessor. That’ll work. “Ja, sure, you betcha”
TetsuOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
But will Jaume push back?