The live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga is being shut down because of “casting and budgetary issues.” The film's production offices in Vancouver will be closed, and staff working on film's physical production which was scheduled to start on March 5th have been told to stop. Unfortunate but given this project’s...

After years of speculation, a summer of on again-off again talk, and even George Takei blasting the adaption’s “White’ification” - Warner Bros. has officially greenlit its live-action remake of the anime cult hit “Akira”. Plans for production to begin March 2012. Over the summer director Albert Hughes (Book ...