Anyone else a fan of Epic Mind *uck anime Akira? Are you a fan of Hollywood adaptions of anime? In the off chance you’re both you’ll be very happy to know that the Live Action Hollywood adaption of this legendary franchise is infact not canceled. Apparently script writers have been so busy trying to Americanize the plot they went into a temporary media coma. They are now ensuring the suspenseful fans that Japanese Boy Akira will no longer grow up in Post-Apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, but Manhattan USA. He will keep his famous motorcycle though.

From what I could gather, the movie is still a priority for the studio, and if the script meets with approval from key people, the movie could go into production in 2010 with a release date in 2011. Also, this isn’t going to be some mid-range budget movie. If the film goes into production, it’s going to be one of those BIG event movies.

You can read more about it here. The source is still unofficial, but this is the first we’ve heard of this project since rumors were floating around that the movie was canceled completely.

Almost two years ago Leonardo DiCaprio had shown interest in producing this movie, but the proposition was met with both curiosity and dread from fans. After the Dragonball live action movie I had believed that any future live action adaptions of animated franchises would be doomed.

Besides Akira, at this time there are reasonable rumors and facts floating about  Ghost in the Shell, Death Note, Ninja Scroll, Cowboy Bebop, and Full Metal Panic! Live action adaptions.  I’m personally a fan of the long lived Evangelion Live action movie rumor myself xD
Only the future can tell.