Reverend Jax Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Robert Downey Jr could be Spike. Robert Downey Jr can do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 from cbr Warner Brothers Pictures is betting on the directing team that have made "The Book of Eli" a slow-stalking box office hit to bring one of the biggest manga and anime phenomenons of the past 30 years to live action: Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira." The news comes via a report on regular nerd movie-scooping Deadline Hollywood which holds that the studio has tapped Allen and Albert Hughes – commonly called The Hughes Bros – to take up the reigns on a two-movie adaptation of the iconic Japanese cyberpunk tale after "Eli" brought in over $80 million since opening last month. According to first-on-the-scene Deadline Hollywood, "The story takes place in the rebuilt New Manhattan where a leader of a biker gang saves his friend from a medical experiment." This project has been brewing for sometime. "Book of Eli" writer Gary Whitta has written a draft of the script that the Hughes Brothers will presumable work from. I've already seen people taking pause at this news or invoking the fear of American Godzilla, but I'm willing to give it a chance because "Book of Eli" was of surprising quality from the same people steering this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiffytee Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Was revisiting the Akira manga and just never got through the whole thing. I would have to disagree with it being close to the movie. it is quite different as miyako is a big part of the manga and the blast happens halfway through the story. very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 holy shit tim, welcome to the manga forum circa 2001, haha. yes though, that's why this'd be a series, as i understood it...and still not a fantastic idea, but again, i was wrong about watchmen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 holy shit tim, welcome to the manga forum circa 2001, haha. yes though, that's why this'd be a series, as i understood it...and still not a fantastic idea, but again, i was wrong about watchmen. Watchmen wasn't a Foreign film/book. So I have very little hope in Hollywood getting the movie done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 true, but between Moore's layered writing/characters/symbolism of the era and Otomo's amazing attention to detail, fantastic sci-fi/cyberpunk feel...im not sure which'd be harder to capture. Watchmen makes me think a lot more can be done than i give credit for, but then that only applies to that set experience - you could just as easily point to, say, The Spirit and scare me right out of this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 true, but between Moore's layered writing/characters/symbolism of the era and Otomo's amazing attention to detail, fantastic sci-fi/cyberpunk feel...im not sure which'd be harder to capture. Watchmen makes me think a lot more can be done than i give credit for, but then that only applies to that set experience - you could just as easily point to, say, The Spirit and scare me right out of this idea. They should take a look at blade runner and use that as template for New Manhattan before the Akira affect. A ruin city has been done before so That won't be a problem. I just want to wait and see what are they going to change/dumb down/cut out from the books for the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 yeah, that's a good idea. is this still supposed to be 2-3 movies, then? if so, we'd have that city for at least the whole first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) yeah, that's a good idea. is this still supposed to be 2-3 movies, then? if so, we'd have that city for at least the whole first one. I recall it was 2 movies and that each installment will encompass three volumes. New Manhattan will be gone at the end of the first movie along with Kaneda. Edited February 14, 2010 by Newtype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Director Albert Hughes(of the Hughes Bros) confirms that he and his bro will be helming the picture and revealed some more details during an interview on a BDK Reviews podcast. I doubt anyone is going to like what he had to say... During the podcast, Hughes revealed the following. Its most likely that we will be getting a PG13 Akira. When asked about it being an R, he at first said ”You would think,”, But then revealed that WB want them to bring it in at a much safer(and more financially beneficial)PG13. “The first thing they said to me was it had to be PG-13,” Great. But it gets even worse. Hughes said of the highly complex plot. “I want to simplify everything for the audience.”. And get this, Hughes says that contrary to what we have heard, the films will not be shot back to back and the dude isn't even sure he will stick around for the second movie! “I’m not into sequels, I don’t even know if I wanna be around for the sequel. I’m just focusing on the first movie.”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 this...this is gonna race to the bottom next to that proposed Keanu cowboy bebop film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 5 urgent questions about the live-action Akira remake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 5 urgent questions about the live-action Akira remake Follow up to that involving the actual script. what are these people thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 You guys have heard the pretty-much-confirmed rumor that Robert "Twilight" Pattinson is playing Tetsuo, right? Good times. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Sorry, I should have said he's playing "Travis". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldron Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Sorry, I should have said he's playing "Travis". Didn't you die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Nope, I just blew a big chunk of my face off. Although without proper medical attention, it's pretty likely that I'll Oop. There we go. Dead now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 In what is possibly the best comics-to-film news we'll report this year, the live-action American adaptation of AKIRA that pretty much everyone agreed was a terrible idea has apparently been shelved. Director Albert Hughes walked away from the project in May, shortly after George Takei popularized bitter fan sentiment about controversial casting rumors 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Much like most around here I have a few Haku'd +1's to shell out. That will get the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Oh thank god! Did you read that script? Holy fucking shit. We just dodged a bullet, nerdlingers! Drinks are on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 i sure as shit did not read the script, but would love highlights. in return, i promise to bring the first draft of the Preacher film script from like 2000 to h-con 2. it's a gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 ...is happening, whether you want it to or not. *shrugs* It's nice to remember that, occasionally, defeatism and despair are not actually the same as a realistic and accurate outlook on life. Every so often, shit goes down the way it's meant to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wait a second, my Google news search for "Akira" returned lots of very current (within the hour) reports that 'Unknown' and 'Orphan' director Jaume Collet-Serra is directing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Newtype Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Wait a second, my Google news search for "Akira" returned lots of very current (within the hour) reports that 'Unknown' and 'Orphan' director Jaume Collet-Serra is directing it. They just couldn't let us have our moment of joy. Just how much more can they fuck this up. a lower revised budget of $90 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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