I have been saying it for you years, and now it looks to be coming true. Hollywood got it’s hands on what ever comic book title they could in hopes to make a movie, now it looks like they are moving east, to buy up all the anime they can to. It was announced awhile back that Akira, the popular manga by Katsuhiro Otomo which eventually became an animated film, is been giving an Americanized live action treatment headed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Akira has been picked up by Warner bros., in which DiCaprio will produce, it has also been stated that Ninja Scroll, another popular anime film will also be making its way to the big screen, again. Gary Whitta is to write the script, and there’s even rumors that Joseph Gordon Levitt will play the role of Tetsuo. So far we have seen titles like Speed racer and Dragon ball lend its self to a live action make overs, both been criticized for there treatment of the source material.
“We’re waiting for the final draft of the script [for 'Akira'],” DiCaprio told MTV. “I’m a big fan of Japanese anime — that and another project called ‘Ninja Scroll’ we’re trying to get developed and made into a movie, and I know there a lot of loyal fans out there of the project and die-hard fans, so we’re going to try to do the best job we possibly can and we’re not going to make the movie until the script is in the right shape.”
Leonardo DiCaprio has said that he has No intention of acting in either films and will stick exclusively to producing. If they capture the key aspects or ideas of these stories, I think, as it’s own entity, they may be enjoyable, but I do not think Hollywood can delivery the intensity or experience these film hold, especially when trying to reach wide audience. At this stage Akira is set for a summer 2009 release.
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