Taika Waititi’s Akira Live-action movie gets a little update

If you have retained your breath for live-action Akira Movies, first of all … breathe. Secondly … yes, technically it is still happening. Perhaps. Type.

But finally we have something that looks like a real update, and comes directly from the manufacturer Andrew Lazarwho recently spoke to Moovy TV.

Now, Lazar has not dropped exactly a bomb. To the question of the current state of the project, it started with: “There is no update”.

But then, as a psychic explosion in slowing down in the heart of Neo-Tokyo, he added: “I expect that we will have one in the next two months”.

Of course, it is not the expense that news enthusiasts may have hoped, but it is confirmed that the project is still going on, even if it moves incredibly slowly.

Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo rabbit) was attached to direct live-action AkiraAdaptation since 2017. Leonardo DiCaprio It is still on board as a manufacturer. And despite the long story of the development problems of the film, this version remained quietly by cooking.

The film even had a release date at some point: 2021. But Warner Bros. he torn him from their list in 2019 and Taika chose to ride a little longer with the Marvel train with Thor: love and thunder.

Fans hoped that he would resume him during the pandemic inactivity times … but no. Akira Canceled in the radio silence, so far.

Katsuhiro Otomo’s The 1988 innovative film, adapted by his manga, has changed the game for animation and dystopian science fiction. Hollywood is trying to redo for decades, but every time someone approaches, slips away.

Wititi’s socket intrigued fans, especially after mentioning his intention to launch Asian actors and remain faithful to the spirit of the material of origin rather than directly adapt the anime.

When previously spoke of how he is trying to manage the film, Waititi said: “What I wanted to do was an adaptation of books, because many people are like” Don’t touch that movie! “And I’m like” I’m not remaking the film, I want to go back to the book “.

“Many people who made crazy have not even read the books and there are six gigantic books to face. It is so rich. But (the anime) Akira is one of my favorite films; my mother led me to see it when I was 13 and changed my life.”

So, at this point, I imagine that we will only have to wait and see what happens in a couple of months.