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It has been a year and a half since we broke the news exclusively here on B-D - and about a year since THR confirmed (without credit of course) - that Ruairi Robinson would be making his directorial debut on the live-action adaptation of Akira, a massive two-part apocalypse story that was being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Warner Bros. Pictures. Sad news comes in this weekend as we have learned that not only has Robinson left the project, but Tetsuo and Kaneda's adventure is "dead as a doornail," a report we've confirmed with two separate sources. I can only hope it gets revived in the near future as this could have been one of the coolest effin' movies ever...more...
Leo DiCaprio Takes Inception to Tokyo
MON, 19 JULY 2010 AT 6:50 AM | Just Jared
Leo touches down at Narita International Airport in Tokyo...more...
Bloody Disgusting: 06/12/2009
...the live-action adaptation of Akira, a massive two-part apocalypse story that was being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Warner Bros. Pictures... is "dead as a doornail."
Mulboyne wrote:It's dead again
]Casting Couch: Who's Testing for Directors Roland Emmerich, Akiva Goldsman and 'Die Hard 5'[/B] (Exclusive)
Nov/4/2011 --- The Hollywood Reporter
A particularly busy time in casting circles sees up-and-comers battling for a plum part..
...Tuesday will be Akira's turn at bat. Warners' adaptation of the Japanese classic is looking for the actor to play Tetsuo, a young man with telekinetic abilities who becomes a dangerous weapon. (Garrett Hedlund is in negotiations to play Kaneda, the teen's older brother and leader of a motorcycle gang.) Ezra Miller, the emerging star of indie thriller We Need To Talk About Kevin, and Alden Eherenreich (who starred in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro) are the names surfacing most often with the reading.
and 10 million yen
Coligny wrote:I seriously want to see the bills...
there is no way to spend the price of an Audi A8 in building a motorbike with some fiberglass bodywork...
As far as I can tell, that's not a "motorcycle", it appears to be a glorified "scooter" (as in automatic) with a custom fibreglass shell and a big GPS.Samurai_Jerk wrote:It took him 7 years. He may have had a lot of fuck ups and restarts.
American Oyaji wrote:Well, that's nice, but I want the real thing. I want to build an actual bike that transforms like the one in Akira and does about 350mph if I want it to.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I don't remember [s] the bikes transforming in [/s] Akira but it's been a LONG time since I've seen it.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I don't remember the bikes transforming in Akira but it's been a LONG time since I've seen it.
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