Live-action Akira movie scheduled for 2009

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:18 am

Wikipedia
IMDb

"No announcement has been made regarding the cast, although it is reported that [Leonardo] DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing the lead roles of Kaneda and Tetsuo, respectively."

You are fucking kidding me.

This better not be another version of "take something good and replace everything that makes it good with famous actors and CGI effects". Not with Akira, please. :|

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:21 am

I liked it better when it was "take something horrible and replace everything that makes it bad with famous actors and CGI effects"

wait that was just Speed Racer

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:32 am

DiCaprio as Kaneda, that's about as ridiculous as Tom Cruise as a samurai. Oh wait, that really happened.
By the way, Kaneda was 16 in the movie/manga and Dicaprio is what, 35?

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:48 am

OMFG...

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:50 am

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!

TETSUUUOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TETSUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah this is going to be shit.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:51 am

Speed Racer is now officially a flop

dunno why they want to do the same with this lol

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:21 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:Speed Racer is now officially a flop

dunno why they want to do the same with this lol

Because they can?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:26 am

They can lose money hand over fist too - I guess it's all part of their plan to blame the consumer (and PIRATES OMG) for their losses, rite? Tell me these guys aren't total idiots.

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:33 am

TETSUOOOOOOOO!

I believe that there is no way material like Akira would do well with conventional movie-going audiences, so if this actually passes they'd probably dumb it down to the point of retarded.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:47 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:I guess it's all part of their plan to blame the consumer (and PIRATES OMG) for their losses, rite?

As far as i can see, "consumers" and "pirates" are pretty much perceived as the same thing.

Ed Oscuro wrote:Tell me these guys aren't total idiots.

Unfortunately, all signs point to the opposite.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:10 am

A sign of merging media that the writer of the story for the recent firstperson shooter "Prey" (who also happens to be former editor-in-chief of PC Gamer magazine) is now the principal writer on this Hollywood Akira project.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:41 am

MX7 wrote:KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!

TETSUUUOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TETSUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah this is going to be shit.

yepp

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:18 pm

It is apparently based on the 6-volume manga, and not the movie .. so .. it'll probabally be a mess, considering how overdone and drawn out the manga was. :/

honorless · Post by **honorless** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:19 pm

I'm looking forward to not seeing this as much as Speed Racer and the Dragonball movie(s).

Thunder Force wrote:...writer of the story for the recent firstperson shooter "Prey" (who also happens to be former editor-in-chief of PC Gamer magazine) is now the principal writer on this Hollywood Akira project.

holy shit hahahaha

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:41 pm

MX7 wrote:KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!

TETSUUUOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TETSUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah this is going to be shit.

more like DAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ROBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!

cant see them keeping any jp names at all.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:44 pm

honorless wrote:I'm looking forward to not seeing this as much as Speed Racer and the Dragonball movie(s).

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:50 pm

Great, they decided to ruin something I actually like.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:26 pm

Last time I heard about this it was supposed to be released this year

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:19 pm

They are also making a live-action Dragonball Z movie. This is going to look even stupidier than Akira.

The live-action Akira project have been going on for some time, and if I am not mistaken, produced by none other than Jon Peters, the great guy who produced masterpieces like Wild Wild West and Tango & Cash. I remember reading they movie is going to happen on "Neo-Washington" (Or it was "Neo-Los Angeles"? Don't remember now).

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:21 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
The live-action Akira project have been going on for some time, and if I am not mistaken, produced by none other than Jon Peters, the great guy who produced masterpieces like Wild Wild West and Tango & Cash.

fucking sweet. I'm definitely seeing this now.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:41 pm

Shatterhand wrote:They are also making a live-action Dragonball Z movie. This is going to look even stupidier than Akira.

Wait. You're kidding. I don't believe it. If this is true (and I'm not getting my hopes up), this could be the best thing to have ever happened to the human race since Street Fighter the Movie. The Ultimate cinematic experience! The source of drinking games and snide gen x po-mo criticism for years to come....

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:54 pm

MX7 wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:They are also making a live-action Dragonball Z movie. This is going to look even stupidier than Akira.

Wait. You're kidding. I don't believe it. If this is true (and I'm not getting my hopes up), this could be the best thing to have ever happened to the human race since Street Fighter the Movie. The Ultimate cinematic experience! The source of drinking games and snide gen x po-mo criticism for years to come....

Ok, I was wrong. It's not Dragonball Z, but Dragonball.

EDIT: here is the IMDB link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/

There's a link to a brazilian site with news of this movie... you can see some pics:

http://www.cinemaemcena.com.br/Ficha_Fi ... a=cinenews

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:14 pm

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:18 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
MX7 wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:They are also making a live-action Dragonball Z movie. This is going to look even stupidier than Akira.

Wait. You're kidding. I don't believe it. If this is true (and I'm not getting my hopes up), this could be the best thing to have ever happened to the human race since Street Fighter the Movie. The Ultimate cinematic experience! The source of drinking games and snide gen x po-mo criticism for years to come....

Ok, I was wrong. It's not Dragonball Z, but Dragonball.

EDIT: here is the IMDB link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/

There's a link to a brazilian site with news of this movie... you can see some pics:

http://www.cinemaemcena.com.br/Ficha_Fi ... a=cinenews

I just started up another thread to facilitate the mockery

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:19 pm

Lordstar wrote:
MX7 wrote:KANEDAAAAAAAAAAA!

TETSUUUOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TETSUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah this is going to be shit.
more like DAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ROBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!

cant see them keeping any jp names at all.

It's Jack.
It's ALWAYS Jack.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:22 pm

Will be funny if Akira's character's name will still be Akira with everyone else's being adapted to western audience.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:25 pm

moozooh wrote:Will be funny if Akira's character's name will still be Akira with everyone else's being adapted to western audience.

The city will be "Neo-Manhattan", I got it right now. So yeah, expect the names to be changed too.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:11 pm

Ive heard and seen lots of movie ideas go down the pan before being made.

Crazy Taxi, Castlevania to mention 2 of them.

Westernisations aren't all bad. The ring, Magnificent Seven and a few others were quite good imo.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:43 pm

neorichieb1971 wrote:Ive heard and seen lots of movie ideas go down the pan before being made.

Crazy Taxi, Castlevania to mention 2 of them.

Westernisations aren't all bad. The ring, Magnificent Seven and a few others were quite good imo.

Ridley Scott said other day that he's working on an adaption of Monopoly, the Board game.

Yeah.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:00 pm

Shatterhand wrote:Ok, I was wrong. It's not Dragonball Z, but Dragonball.

Much better, actually.

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