KickChick Posted October 29, 2002 Posted October 29, 2002 Warner Bros. will produce a live-action,English-language remake of Japan's anime classic "Akira." 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. Director Stephen Norrington, who has just wrapped superhero drama "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" "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 makers will try to retain as many iconic elements of the anime as possible.
Kyle-san Posted October 30, 2002 Posted October 30, 2002 I've known about this for a little while and am not really looking forward to it. Most anime to live action transfers go off quite poorly.
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