The Akira adaptation of Taika Waititi officially died in Warner Bros. While the rights return to Kodansha
After more than two decades of language in hell of development, Warner Bros. Finally waived the rights to the seminal cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Who had Taika Waititi attached to Direct.
THR reports that the studio decided not to go ahead with the project and allowed the rights of the property to return to Kodansha, the publisher who issued the original manga in 1982. According to trade, “Producers and talents would be aligned to attach to the property in preparation to be presented to select studios and streamers.”
The news that Waititi was still planning to move forward with her Akira The film was encountered with a mixed response in 2023 – especially after the lukewarm reception Love and thunder – But the filmmaker revealed that he was a big fan of the manga / anime, and that he intended to throw actors adapted to the race (which was not always going to be the case).
There have been several attempts to adapt Akira Over the years, and most of them were going to move history to the United States and present Caucasian actors in the main roles. The script that got closer to reality also made Kaneda and Tetsuo brothers.
To go out And No Director Jordan Peele was also briefly attached to the management of a version of Akira, And explained why he had decided to pass the opportunity during an appearance on the Podcast Happy Sad Confused last year.
“It’s a project that fascinates me.
Stephen Norrington, Albert Hughes, Jaume Collet-Serra were also on board at various points.
Akira is a very complex story, but at the base, these are two friends of bikers named Kaneda and Tetsuo who find themselves becoming fatal enemies when the latter begins to develop apocalyptic psychic powers, and a accompanied God.
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In 1988, the Japanese government dropped an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiences on children were going wrong. In 2019, 31 years after the city’s county, Kaneda, a bicycle gang leader, tried to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He fights anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until the supernatural powers of Tetsuo suddenly manifest. A final battle is waged in Tokyo Olympiad exhibiting the secrets of experience.
