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Spike Mcdougal
10-17-2002, 01:11 AM
I hope noone's posted this

Remember a whille back there was an article about a live action Akira? Well.......


HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Warner Bros. Pictures will produce a live-action, English-language remake of Japan's anime classic "Akira."



Director Stephen Norrington, who has just wrapped superhero drama "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," has reteamed with "League" screenwriter James Robinson to develop the project.

Released in 1988, "Akira" was the brainchild of Katsuhiro Otomo, who directed the film and wrote the comic from which it stemmed. The remake will tell the story of a bike gang leader who must rescue his younger brother from his involvement in Akira, a secret government project. In the process, the biker must do battle with anti-government activists, greedy politicians and irresponsible scientists.

Robinson told Daily Variety that he came to the project after Norrington had been developing the idea with Warners execs Lionel Wigram and Dan Lin, but had yet to find a take they liked.

"I've been a fan of the anime for many years and understood which elements would have to be brought to a live-action translation of it," Robinson told Daily Variety. "I've tried to retain as many iconic elements of the anime as possible."

Robinson, who also wrote and directed "Comic Book Villains" for Lions Gate. is now fine-tuning a producer's draft.

"League," set in a version of Victorian-era England where fictional characters like Dr. Jekyll, Capt. Nemo and Allan Quartermain band together to fight crime for the queen, is scheduled for a summer 2003 release via Twentieth Century Fox.




The link if you dont believe.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20021010/film_variety/akira_1
JustJack
10-17-2002, 01:19 AM
Kinda old news. It was greenlit looong ago. At least they have a bunch of geeks behind it. I trust geeks more than anything else. The only thing that worries me is "I've tried to retain as many iconic elements of the anime as possible." ICONIC elements. That bothers me. If they're following through, they need to take ALL ELEMENTS.

And I'm not going to be another lowsey complainer who constantly rants about how "it should stay an anime, and not be live action"...I already know the rest of the TZ otaku-complainer-community is going to get into that subject deeply....*sigh*.... :rolleyes:
Spike Mcdougal
10-17-2002, 01:29 AM
Originally posted by JustJack
Kinda old news. It was greenlit looong ago. At least they have a bunch of geeks behind it. I trust geeks more than anything else. The only thing that worries me is "I've tried to retain as many iconic elements of the anime as possible." ICONIC elements. That bothers me. If they're following through, they need to take ALL ELEMENTS.

And I'm not going to be another lowsey complainer who constantly rants about how "it should stay an anime, and not be live action"...I already know the rest of the TZ otaku-complainer-community is going to get into that subject deeply....*sigh*.... :rolleyes:


What have I done!?!
J.C.
10-17-2002, 01:57 AM
Was wondering if they were still going to go through with that. My only complaint is that I was hoping the next adaptation of Akira, animated or live-action, would be a series of some sort since I don't think a single movie can really do the manga justice. Still, this movie could be good, so I'm looking forward to it for the most part. :cool:
Zoddman
10-17-2002, 10:48 AM
It would work best with a Japanese cast, which it most likely won't have. :(
kzanth
10-17-2002, 01:15 PM
...that Disney (supposedly) owns the live-action rights to Star Blazers (aka Space Cruiser Yamato)? While much of Akira is great BECAUSE it's animated, my thinking is that Star Blazers could be a pretty cool live-action movie...but Disney's just sitting on it.
Sir Gatts
10-17-2002, 01:47 PM
I remember this from the /. posting. Live-Action Remake of Akira (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/10/2326202&mode=thread&tid=97)
Maybe it will all work out.
zarius
10-17-2002, 01:49 PM
KANEADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :D
Jeff Harris
10-17-2002, 03:25 PM
Oh . . . my . . . God!

They made a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie?!? I knew they were planning it, but I didn't know it was actually finished, coming out next summer. Very cool, though I kinda hoped that John Constantine would be Alan Moore's first character to get the film treatment!

Ah, but I see that Mr. Moore still doesn't like Warner Bros. after all of these years. Heh heh.
Beat
10-17-2002, 03:30 PM
BROTHERS?! :confused: What kinda crap is that?
Nin-Nin69
10-17-2002, 08:53 PM
MY FAVORITE MANGA IS RUINED ONCE AGAIN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :mad: :mad: :mad:
Orange Star
10-17-2002, 10:45 PM
I just hope it's NOT rated R (which will most likely be the case), because I can't see it if it is rated R. (I'm 13)
Skyle
10-18-2002, 12:07 AM
It'd take $200 million, at the least.

And how much do you want to bet they'll give it a safe, happy, sequel-friendly ending?

And from what we've heard, the League movie takes some signifcant detours from the original comic, which is otherwise excellent.