Zac Efron 'to play lead in Akira remake'

[christophera]

there's no way this will be worse than dragon ball z movie

[christophera]

i can't think of one good anime to live action adaptation

Ichi the Killer is pretty good.

ah one of my faves good call

if they have takashi miike direct this i'm all about it

miike's only made about 6 decent films out of the 500 in his career. i've only seen 20 or so of them though

[DRTY]

Fingers crossed for Michael Bay to direct it...

or uwe boll

[nicenice]

there's no way this will be worse than dragon ball z movie

But can it be just as bad?

[Swanwickk]

he's not a bad actor you know...

[test_recordings]

there's no way this will be worse than dragon ball z movie

But can it be just as bad?

That was rubbish, this looks looks g3h I wonder if Hollwood have bought the rights so no-one else (like a far more better suited Japanese director) can remake it themselves or do sequels etc?

[deadly_habit]

in good movie news i just happened to come across


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118070/

and a damn good faux trailer


there is still some hope for hollywood out there

[kay]

Who cares if Zac Efron plays Akira at this point? He may or may not be good until you see him in it.

It's the concept of Hollywood remaking it that's the bigger problem.

Not that I particularly cared much about Akira one way or other anyway. Overhyped.

[Motorway to Roswell]

miike's only made about 6 decent films out of the 500 in his career. i've only seen 20 or so of them though

I've seen Visitor Q, Audition, Imprint, Happiness of the Katakuris and Ichi the Killer.

Visitor Q is my favourite out of the few I've seen. Hilariously depraved film.

[pdomino]

Its a decision to remake Akira, get over it, butchered or not.

Looking fwd>> to it myself !

[pkay]

I have some faith.

I was worried that priest was going to be terrible looking but it actually looks fairly decent

[d-T-r]

I have some faith.

I was worried that priest was going to be terrible looking but it actually looks fairly decent

looks quite interesting. lets hope the cgi isnt too bait.

Aronofsky’s got a new one soon too .black swan-- from directing a film about a wrestler, to a film about a ballerina. always liked his character development/decay.

[christophera]

miike's only made about 6 decent films out of the 500 in his career. i've only seen 20 or so of them though

I've seen Visitor Q, Audition, Imprint, Happiness of the Katakuris and Ichi the Killer.

Visitor Q is my favourite out of the few I've seen. Hilariously depraved film.

gozu and bird people of china and you can retire the guy

[dubloke]

i want to see another graphic novel get redone well. like how Blade got redone to be really dark and aimed at 18+. If Akira is done like that it has potential, but most graphic novels that get redone are watered down to reach a wider market. the Dark Knight was pretty good because it was quite dark as well, but some remakes like that Spirit one (done by the guy who did Sin City, but I cant remember its name) are made just to make megabucks

[esfandyar]

disturbing news

[dubloke]

oh yeah and I forgot to say fuck this shit, allow him for this role

[pk-]

i can't think of one good anime/manga to live action adaptation

the live action Guyver is fucking astonishing

[alphacat]

Not that I particularly cared much about Akira one way or other anyway. Overhyped.

I would politely disagree, actually. When I first saw it in 1989 it was starkly different from even the 'dark' Anime out there in both its scope & style, both of which have more to do with reality than most of the genre. My point is that the 'overhype' is due to idiot J-fetishist dorks who used to hold it over other peoples' heads that they'd even seen it before it was widely known.

First off - the English language dub takes a lot away from the original, which is (like most foreign language films) best watched in the native dialect it was filmed in. The English voice characterizations are cookie-cutter Anime "cute teen" voices, but in Japanese the thugs actually sound like thugs.

Secondly, it's talking about some really profound/heavy philosophical shit (much like some of my other favorite movies, 2001, Blade Runner, etc.) that you have to work a little to uncover. It's a mindblower when you really get dialed in...

Thirdly, it's a masterpiece of cinematography/photography by any standard - but for an animated movie - and a traditional cel animation movie, at that - it's an unbelievable achievement.

Finally, it's part of 20th century Japanese cinema's grand obsession with apocalyptic/cataclysmic themes... and much more current than, say, Godzilla (which also came out of that tradition.)


AND-

Let's not forget the soundtrack... this shit came out in the EIGHTIES and doesn't sound dated in the least.

[christophera]

agreed that akira is king anime and no way overhyped.

[pdomino]

You said it about 'Priest' Pkay, "actually looks fairly decent"

And I had to ...