A live-action version of the seminal post-apocalyptic Manga film Akira could finally be making its way to the big screen.
Warner Bros. has reportedly hired Irish helmer Ruairi Robinson to direct this crazy tale of bikers, psychics and giant teddybears crying milk, all set in futuristic, dystopian Tokyo.
This will be the first time Robinson has directed a feature, although he did make the atmospheric short Silent City. He also received an Oscar nomination for another short, Fifty Percent Grey.
The project has been in the works for a while, with Warner Bros. announcing that Stephen Norrington (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) would direct from a script from James Robinson, although that deal fell through in 2003.
It is rumoured the studio is currently fast-tracking the project to shoot before the impending writers strike.
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Well, it’s just what we were afraid of, the exploitation of anime films being converted to the masses.
I told you it would come some day..