SCULLIBUNDO
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I mean, he produced Man of Steel and that turned out pretty good... right? Right?
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Christopher Nolan reportedly producing an Akira Trilogy for Warner Bros.
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Rushersauce
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entremet
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Probably based on the manga then.
XANDER CAGE
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I dunno, it seems like the kind of thing that'd be on his radar. Inception had a few visual references to Paprika.
Sibersk Esto
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Nolan pretty much came out and said he didn't really do anything as MOS' producer. His name was used to bolster sales, that's it.
If he actually gives a shit about this then yeah, it could turn out pretty good.
If he actually gives a shit about this then yeah, it could turn out pretty good.
To tell the whole story, absolutely. It'd also need a hard R rating, $150M+ budget per film, inspired casting, and a director willing to devote 5+ years to making it all come together.
Fans would rather have nothing.
The greatest fear is that we'll get another Dragonball Evolution.
Trojita
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Akira Cast Details:
Ken Watanabe: Tetsuo
Ken Watanabe: Kaneda
Ken Watanabe: Kei
Ken Watanabe: Colonel Shikishima
Ken Watanabe: Doctor Ōnishi
Ken Watanabe: Ryūsaku
Ken Watanabe: Kiyoko (No. 25)
Ken Watanabe: Takashi (No. 26)
Ken Watanabe: Masaru (No. 27)
Ken Watanabe: Kaori
Ken Watanabe: Akira
Ken Watanabe: Tetsuo
Ken Watanabe: Kaneda
Ken Watanabe: Kei
Ken Watanabe: Colonel Shikishima
Ken Watanabe: Doctor Ōnishi
Ken Watanabe: Ryūsaku
Ken Watanabe: Kiyoko (No. 25)
Ken Watanabe: Takashi (No. 26)
Ken Watanabe: Masaru (No. 27)
Ken Watanabe: Kaori
Ken Watanabe: Akira
Gonna have to wait and hear who's the director on this before I start shedding tears.
I really really doubt they'll give this a proper budget and actually give a shit about its quality tho, so I might as well join in on the doom and gloom.
Yeaaaah, him "producing" doesn't mean shit.
I really really doubt they'll give this a proper budget and actually give a shit about its quality tho, so I might as well join in on the doom and gloom.
Yeaaaah, him "producing" doesn't mean shit.
AuthenticM
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Him producing with Del Toro directing.
No, this actually does seem up his alley. A lot of the themes of Akira have been done in his earlier works.
Freedom = $1.05
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but really, i hope the first film does gangbusters so we can have an Akira Cinematic Universe where we get a spinoff movie about the rise of the clown gang and a TV show based on the company that produced the capsule marketing on the back of Kaneda's jacket
plasmawave
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My bond between Akira is quantifiable.
Trojita
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I oddly think he would do a good job.
Also a lot of people don't realize how much longer the books are.
True Savior
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it's even less than that.
teruterubozu
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Akira has amazing music but Nolan will fuck it up with his shitty soundtracks.
JoeyJungle
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CANADAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Probably won't be good, but I'm super psyched. If the movies are each an adaptation of two manga volumes, that would be perfect!
Thebeardofknowledge
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This is gonna bomb soooooo hard it won't even make it to a sequal.
Pinko Marx
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Nb4 American Akira YouTube.
Edit: nevermind.
Edit: nevermind.
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Staring DiCaprio, as a biker name Teddy Shima, in New Nuava York...
I think Nolan would do a great job if he had the passion for it. It could be a modern day Matrix for film (funny since the former was inspired by Akira).
But Akira is such a dense and epic tome, I don't know if it could be well produced by modern day Hollywood.
Discotheque
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I don't give a fuuuck about these big name producers. Spielberg had his name on garbage like jurassic world and transformers series and nolan produced man of steel
I think he could make a good movie out of it if he brings in an outside writer (not named Goyer) tho
I think he could make a good movie out of it if he brings in an outside writer (not named Goyer) tho
If they are doing the Manga then sure. The old anime film was heavily truncated and only covered a small part of the story.
Werewolf Jones
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Keep the Japanese names but hire white people instead. People love it when Hollywood does that.
Zeouterlimits
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*shrug*
American Live Action Akira has been such a topic of discussion for so long, I really don't mind if Nolan takes it.
American Live Action Akira has been such a topic of discussion for so long, I really don't mind if Nolan takes it.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Paging Gary Whitta.
"Thomasssssss"
"Kaleeeeeeeeeb"
Fixed that for the all white cast that they will most likely have.
Pinko Marx
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I feel like Nolans style is a bit too sterile to properly depict the characters and the cyberpunk.
Also the movie would definitely NEED to be rated R to be a faithful adaptation and I have serious doubts the studios will allow that.
Also the movie would definitely NEED to be rated R to be a faithful adaptation and I have serious doubts the studios will allow that.
We don't know the extent of his involvement, he's probably directing.
EightBitNate
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I really should get around to watch Akira.
Harry Stewart
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I don't think Hollywood will ever make a version fans of the original material will be satisfied with, but upon misreading thread title I realized that I would be really intrigued by a Nolan directed take on Akira. The internet would explode. I think he got his vehicle chase direction/editing skills up from 4 to 7.5 by TDKR and it can't get more corny than the love metaphysical stuff in Interstellar. You can do this Chris, don't just hand it off to another director.
TheGreatDirector
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Ha.
Seriously though, what role will Ken Watanabe have? We know Nolan will get him something.
Also, if Nolan really is in charge, do you think he'd actually aim for an Asian or more specifically Japanese cast?
Pinko Marx
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Have a feeling the movie will be set in Neo New York.
Kinda, if they tell the whole story in the manga. That's a pretty dense 6 volume tale.
I'm only down for this if they don't cast a bunch of white people in every role.
He probably would drop the Asian setting.
Impossible story to tell.. All you can really do is take your favorite visuals, and try to put it into visual overdrive. I cant see it being good, but if theyre going to do it someday better to have someone involved who can get it the budget you would need I guess.
I don't know, Akira live-action is really the equivalent of The Watchmen. Can only fall short.
I don't know, Akira live-action is really the equivalent of The Watchmen. Can only fall short.
Hella Lugosi
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JoeyJungle
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You fixed my spelling
First time I watched the movie, the entire time I was going "These writers must really love Ontario or something."plasmawave
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A movie based on a revolutionary anime and manga, now re-imagined by the director of The Dark Knight and Interstellar.
Mike.
Coming soon.
Mike.
Coming soon.
Not Spaceghost
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God no why?
You can't really reproduce the visual aesthetic that AKIRA has in live action.
You can't really reproduce the visual aesthetic that AKIRA has in live action.
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