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Get those red futuristic motorcycles revved up, Warner Bros. Pictures just gave that long-gestating live-aciton adaptation of Akira a freaking release date!! Taika Waititi has been confirmed as director, too! We’d previously reported on the title a few times, that producer Leonardo DiCaprio’s passion project had been granted $18.5 million for the production to film in the Golden […]

The day after April Fools is a terrible choice to make big announcements about long-rumored productions, but that’s exactly what happened this year with the much-maligned live-action Akira film. Probably the best evidence we’ve seen of producer Leonardo DiCaprio’s passion project in years, it was revealed on April 2nd that the California Film Commission granting $18.5 […]

It’s been awhile since we heard anything about Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio’s long gestating passion project; a live-action adaptation of groundbreaking anime film Akira, and Taika Waititi may be on board to direct. No, this is not a leftover April Fool’s joke. It sounds like production is ramping up as soon as this summer, with the California […]