A live-action adaptation of the Katsuhiro Otomo manga Akira has been in the works for quite some time now, and has even fallen off the rails once or twice. The project is officially underway once more at Warner Brothers, from Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra, and a new report claims that Edge of Tomorrow screenwriter Dante Harper is working on the script.
The news actually flew under the radar last week, as it was hidden within another news story over on Deadline. The throwaway comment could have easily been a news story in and of itself, considering how many people are dying to see an Akira film get made, but sometimes that’s just the way it goes in Tinseltown.
Harper wasn’t the only writer on Edge of Tomorrow, but penned the first draft of the script, back when it was still called All You Need Is Kill. He’s got the manga-adapting experience needed to handle a film like this, and considering how great Edge of Tomorrow was, Akira could be in great hands.
We’ll have more news on the long-gestating Akira film as it develops.
Originally published July 22, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
