Akira movie uncancelled

The alleged death of this project was announced earlier, so too was subsequent news of its resurrection. I believe the project is at such a stage that hope of it never coming to completion is alas unreasonable.

Changes made to the setting and characters indicate that fans of Otomo's canons are not this remake's primary audience, so there's not really much we can do.
 
Akira anime I thought was good but could have been better in the ending because the ending wasn't explained very well in the anime. After reading the manga I always thought that Akria was an anime that would be good for a remake or even made into an OVA so it can include the vast amount missing that's in the manga.
 
Asdrubael said:
Akira anime I thought was good but could have been better in the ending because the ending wasn't explained very well in the anime. After reading the manga I always thought that Akria was an anime that would be good for a remake or even made into an OVA so it can include the vast amount missing that's in the manga.
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Um they made a sequel you know it's called the matrix


Zin5ki said:
unellmay said:
What's the point?
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From Warner Brothers' perspective, my guess is a desire to demonstrate their appreciation of the title they're remaking, along with the possibly greater desire for this.
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This ones better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8KVLFQZuEw
 
Akira movie update

Taken from movie site - comingsoon.net

"We haven't heard much about the live-action Akira movie since February of 2008 (actually, back then it was reported that two films were being made), but now Collider says that Warner Bros. Pictures is still developing the movie and has hired screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby to pen the script. The duo co-wrote the first Iron Man movie and Children of Men.

Akira is based on anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's six-volume graphic novel masterwork. The film is said to take place in "New Manhattan," a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ago. The famous motorcycle will also definitely be a part of the film.

The movie could possibly go into production in 2010."
 
I've had a recent epiphany about adaptations, in that, sometimes it's good to change things. I mean changing the adaptation doesn't take away from the original (usually) and it's nice to see alternate takes on the same source. For example I thought I' Robot was a great film despite being alost totally unrelated to the book.

I also enjoyed the Trigun animé more than the manga because of some of the changes made (plus you could see what was ****ing going on for one thing =P)

So I guess I'll just sit back and see what happens. That said, a bad film is still a bad film, but different =/= bad
 
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