Leonardo DiCaprio and Warner Bros. are teaming up to bring anime classic
AKIRA to the big screen, says THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Ruairi Robinson will direct the live-action, possibly two-part epic
written by Gary Whitta.
DiCaprio will produce under Appian Way and Andrew Lazar will produce
through Mad Chance.
AKIRA surfaced in 1988 as a manga, then was turned into an animated film
by Katsuhiro Otomo.
In a futuristic "New Tokyo" circa 2019, a teen biker gang's leader must
find a way to stop the destruction of a fellow gang member.
The film is credited for leading anime into Western culture in the
1990s.
The live-action version could be released as soon as summer 2009 for the
first of two movies.
Via Dan Sarto
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