:Akira (planned film)

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

In the 1990s, following the release of the 1988 anime film, Sony Pictures obtained the rights to the Akira manga series with the intent of creating a live-action adaptation. This project ultimately never came to fruition.{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Brennan |title=“Dirty Little Secret”: Live-Action Akira Movie’s Production Troubles Detailed By One-Time Director |url=https://screenrant.com/akira-movie-live-action-production-drama-details/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=3 November 2023}}

In 2002, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the rights to create a live-action Akira film as a seven-figure deal.Linder, Brian et al. (12 April 2002). [http://movies.ign.com/articles/357/357213p1.html "Akira Hollywood Remake!?"] IGN.com. Retrieved 24 October 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313174510/http://movies.ign.com/articles/357/357213p1.html |date=13 March 2010 }}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/akira-taika-waititi-director-thor-ragnarok-1202173164/ |title='Akira' Back? 'Thor: Ragnarok' Helmer Taika Waititi In Talks |first1=Anita |last1=Busch |first2=Mike |last2=Flemming |date=19 September 2017 |accessdate=25 September 2017 |work=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925181309/https://deadline.com/2017/09/akira-taika-waititi-director-thor-ragnarok-1202173164/ |archive-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=live}} However, the project has undergone a troubled development,{{cite web |last=Gramuglia |first=Anthony |date=April 14, 2019 |title=Akira: The Long, Exhausting History of Hollywood's Live-Action Movie |url=https://www.cbr.com/akira-live-action-history/1/ |accessdate=August 19, 2019 |work=Comic Book Resources}} with at least five different directors and ten different writers attached over more than two decades of pre-production.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/06/akira-the-tortured-history-of-the-unmade-live-action-adaptation |title=Akira: The Tortured History of the Unmade Live-Action Adaptation |first=Christopher |last=Marc |date=6 April 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017 |work=IGN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901073049/http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/06/akira-the-tortured-history-of-the-unmade-live-action-adaptation |archive-date=1 September 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/akira-production-shut-down-budget-warner-bros-278729 |title='Akira' Production Offices Shut Down As Warner Bros. Scrutinizes Budget (Exclusive) |date=5 January 2012 |first=Borys |last=Kit |work=The Hollywood Reporter |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316095559/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/akira-production-shut-down-budget-warner-bros-278729 |archivedate=16 March 2014}} IGN concluded that long-term troubles with producing the live-action film primarily came from two areas. Firstly, there has been the fear of whitewashing or racebending, casting American or other Western actors in lieu of Japanese ones, which has frequently come to light when such actors have been reported as under consideration for these roles. Secondly, Akira itself is not considered a story that is easy to relocate outside of Japan, due to the heavy influence on the original story of Japan's role in World War II, including the atomic bombings of Japan, and their own Unit 731. Attempts to make it more Westernized in order to draw American audiences, such as using the September 11 attacks as part of the establishing events instead of the atomic bombings, required fundamental changes to the story, which has subsequently drawn much criticism.{{cite web |last=Joest |first=Mick |date=August 2, 2019 |title=Why Does The Akira Movie Keep Running Into Production Problems? |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2477477/why-does-the-akira-movie-keep-running-into-production-problems |accessdate=August 6, 2019 |work=CinemaBlend}}

Shortly after Warner Bros. acquired the rights, Stephen Norrington was slated to direct with James Robinson writing the screenplay and Dan Lin producing.{{cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=12 April 2002 |title=Akira Hollywood Remake!? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/12/akira-hollywood-remake |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329210321/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/12/akira-hollywood-remake |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019}} Planned changes included setting the film in Chicago, as well as making Kaneda and Tetsuo brothers. However, following the commercial failure of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 (which both Norrington and Robinson also collaborated on), the project was put on hold.

Director Ruairí Robinson was hired in 2008, with Gary Whitta as screenwriter, planning to split Akira across two films, with the first to be completed and released by 2009.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |title=WB takes franchise turn with 'Akira' |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117981194?refCatId=13 |access-date=7 May 2025 |work=Variety |date=20 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126232834/https://variety.com/article/VR1117981194?refCatId=13 |archive-date=26 November 2010 |url-status=dead}} Producer Andrew Lazar specified that the two movies would each cover three volumes of the six-volume manga.{{cite web |author=Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub |title=Exclusive: Producer Andrew Lazar Video Interview JONAH HEX; Plus Updates on AKIRA, ONE FINGER SALUTE, GET SMART 2, More |url=https://www.collider.com/2010/06/17/producer-andrew-lazar-interview-jonah-hex-akira-get-smart-2-joe-namath-one-finger-salute |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619110355/http://www.collider.com/2010/06/17/producer-andrew-lazar-interview-jonah-hex-akira-get-smart-2-joe-namath-one-finger-salute/ |archive-date=19 June 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010 |publisher=Collider.com}} Whitta had been told that Otomo had instructed those working on the film "basically to not be afraid to change things, that he wanted to see an original and different interpretation, not just a straight-up remake". Whitta's take on the story would have re-centered the story to New York: after the destructive Akira incident destroys Manhattan, the US economy nearly collapses. Out of desperation, the government leases the now-vacant land to Japan, which has become an economic powerhouse and is struggling with overpopulation; this city of Japanese citizens built on formerly American land becomes New Tokyo. This would have allowed them to have used a mixture of Western and Asian cultures and actors so as to avoid concerns that they would be whitewashing the project.{{cite web |date=28 May 2013 |title=Screenwriter Gary Whitta Says His AKIRA Script Took Place in a Japanese-owned Manhattan |url=https://www.collider.com/akira-movie-news-gary-whitta/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607021515/http://collider.com/akira-movie-news-gary-whitta |archive-date=7 June 2013 |access-date=29 May 2013 |publisher=Collider.com}}

Robinson left the project in 2009, replaced as director by the Albert and Allen Hughes. They used Whitta's script, with additional rewrites by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, with plans to aim for a PG-13 rating for the two-part film. In 2011, versions of the Akira script began to surface online. In February, selections from an older draft of the screenplay were sent to casting agencies and circulated online, providing glimpses at changes the adaptation was making: the setting of Neo-Manhattan rather than Neo Tokyo, Kaneda and Tetsuo as siblings rather than friends, and an increased focus on the gang's use and trafficking of drugs.{{cite web |last1=Newitz |first1=Annalee |title=Early script pages reveal what's happening with the American Akira |url=https://gizmodo.com/early-script-pages-reveal-whats-happening-with-the-amer-5772638 |website=Gizmodo |access-date=29 July 2024 |date=28 February 2011}} A full script, from a different draft than the casting sheets, leaked online later that year; though it was unclear precisely which screenwriter(s) had produced it, the scripts were criticized for deviating significantly from the source material: siblings Kaneda and Tetsuo were now in their early 30s and no longer bikers, Akira was a murderous evil child comparable to a horror villain, and Kei's supporting role was downplayed to a simpler love interest. The American setting also drew criticism for its heavy-handed references to the September 11 attacks and whitewashing in the casting calls (particularly with the renaming of Tetsuo to "Travis").{{cite web |last1=Brockway |first1=Robert |title=The Actual Live-Action Akira Script: Worse Than You Think |url=https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think |website=Cracked.com |access-date=29 July 2024 |language=en |date=7 April 2011}} Shortly after these events, the Hughes brothers left the project, citing "amicable creative differences".

In July 2011, Jaume Collet-Serra was hired to direct, with Steve Kloves providing revision work on a draft by screenwriter Albert Torres.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/warner-bros-taps-unknown-director-for-akira-1118039904/|title=Warner Bros. taps 'Unknown' director for 'Akira'|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=July 14, 2011}} By this point, the budget had been drastically reduced to a third of its initial budget.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} The film was greenlit in October 2011, with filming eyed to begin by February or March 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/warners-greenlights-akira-hedlund-front-runner-1118044771/|title=Warners greenlights 'Akira'; Hedlund front-runner|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=October 20, 2011}} In January 2012, as production was gearing up to begin in Vancouver, Warner Bros. halted production, citing issues with casting, the script and the budget.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/akira-production-shut-down-budget-warner-bros-278729/|title='Akira' Production Offices Shut Down As Warner Bros. Scrutinizes Budget (Exclusive)|first=Borys|last=Kit|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 5, 2012}} Collet-Serra would depart the film during this time, but would return in August 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/akira-jaume-collet-serra-1200571854/|title=Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Direct 'Akira' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=August 2, 2013}} He detailed his vision for the film in February 2014, stating that it would be respectful of the source material, but would still have differences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/530292/jaume-collet-serras-akira-wont-be-too-faithful-to-the-source-material/|title=Jaume Collet-Serra's 'Akira' Won't Be Too Faithful To The Source Material|first=Angie|last=Han|date=February 10, 2014|website=SlashFilm}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-10/director-collet-serra-hopes-live-action-akira|title=Director Collet-Serra Hopes Live-Action Akira Will Be His Next Work|publisher=Anime News Network|work=News|date=10 February 2014|accessdate=10 February 2020}} New drafts of the screenplay were completed by Dante Harper in 2014{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title=Dante Harper Boards Fox 2000s 'The Secret Of The Temple' |date=14 July 2014 |url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/dante-harper-boards-fox-2000s-the-secret-of-the-temple-803847/ |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715030704/http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/dante-harper-boards-fox-2000s-the-secret-of-the-temple/ |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}} and Marco Ramirez in July 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/daredevil-showrunner-to-resurrect-akira-movie-at-warner-bros/|title='Daredevil' Showrunner to Resurrect 'Akira' Movie at Warner Bros.|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=June 9, 2015}} By 2017, Collett-Serra was no longer attached to the project.

During this interim period, Warner Bros. sought new directors to take over the film. George Miller was offered the chance to direct the film, but he turned it down due to commitments to other projects.{{cite web |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/130554371706/george-miller-turned-down-the-live-action-akira |title=George Miller Turned Down The Live Action Akira Remake (Exclusive) |publisher=Yahoo UK |last=Bulter |first=Tom |date=6 October 2015 |accessdate=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007073427/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/130554371706/george-miller-turned-down-the-live-action-akira |archive-date=7 October 2015 |url-status=live}} The studio was also reported to have been in talks with Justin Lin to direct the film.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJQMje0dj8 |title=Akira with Justin Lin?, Sister Act 3, The Rock as the Wolfman & More – Meet The Movie Press |last=Popcorn Talk |date=June 24, 2016 |via=YouTube |access-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616064045/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJQMje0dj8 |archive-date=16 June 2017 |url-status=live}} Jordan Peele was offered the chance to direct, but declined.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/jordan-peele-not-directing-akira/ |title=Jordan Peele Explains Why He Won't Be Directing 'Akira' |website=Collider |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=16 May 2017 |accessdate=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024031/http://collider.com/jordan-peele-not-directing-akira/ |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url-status=live}}

In a June 2017 interview, Otomo said that he was "basically done with Akira" as a manga, and that "if someone wants to do something new with Akira then I am mostly okay with that", on the condition that he be allowed to review and approve of any approach a writer might take with a live-action adaptation.{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |date=1 June 2017 |title=Akira creator says he must approve any live-action film |url=https://nerdist.com/akira-creator-katsuhiro-otomo-live-action/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024103/https://nerdist.com/akira-creator-katsuhiro-otomo-live-action/ |archive-date=31 January 2018 |accessdate=30 January 2018 |work=The Nerdist}}

In September 2017, it was announced that director Taika Waititi was in talks to direct. He expressed an intention to adapt the original six-volume manga, rather than directly remaking the anime film.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/taika-waititi-akira-film-details-whitewashing-1201886320/ |title=Taika Waititi Teases 'Akira' Film Adaptation, Says No One Has to Worry About Whitewashing |website=Indiewire |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=11 October 2017 |accessdate=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024346/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/taika-waititi-akira-film-details-whitewashing-1201886320/ |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Taika Waititi Confirms He's Not Directing 'Thor 5' — But Chris Hemsworth is in Talks for Return |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/taika-waititi-taking-a-break-from-thor |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Inverse |language=en}} In May 2019, Waititi was officially confirmed to direct the film, and would be co-writing the script with Michael Golamco, with a release date of May 21, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/akira-movie-release-date-set-sets-may-2021-1213499 |title=Taika Waititi's 'Akira' Sets 2021 Release Date |first=Aaron |last=Couch |date=24 May 2019 |accessdate=24 May 2019 |work= The Hollywood Reporter }}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/akira-taika-waititi-film-release-date-1202622013/|title=Taika Waititi's 'Akira' Will Take Off In Summer 2021|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=24 May 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en|access-date=24 May 2019}} Filming was scheduled to have commenced in California in July 2019.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/leonardo-dicaprio-akira-california-tax-credits-warner-bros-paramount-1202586735|title=Leonardo DiCaprio Produced 'Akira' Scores In Latest CA Tax Credits Allocation|last=Patton|first=Dominic|date=2 April 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402155119/https://deadline.com/2019/04/leonardo-dicaprio-akira-california-tax-credits-warner-bros-paramount-1202586735/|archive-date=2 April 2019|access-date=2 April 2019}}

However, Waititi was announced to direct Thor: Love and Thunder on July 16, 2019 – Akira was once again put on hold, with Waititi's continued connection to the project uncertain.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/taika-waititi-direct-thor-4-1224464|title=Taika Waititi to Direct 'Thor 4' (Exclusive)|last=Kit|first=Borys|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 16, 2019|accessdate=July 16, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716174750/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/taika-waititi-direct-thor-4-1224464|archivedate=16 July 2019|url-status=live}} In August 2019, he signed on to direct Next Goal Wins, prior to his obligations to Thor: Love and Thunder, delaying Akira even further.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Taika Waititi Sets New Project With Fox Searchlight Before Thor 4 (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/taika-waititi-secret-project-fox-searchlight-garrett-basch-1203290828/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215023231/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/taika-waititi-secret-project-fox-searchlight-garrett-basch-1203290828/ |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Variety}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Taika Waititi's Fox Searchlight Project Will Be Next Goal Wins, Details Revealed |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/taika-waititis-fox-searchlight-project-next-goal-wins-details-revealed-1202664185/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808043618/https://deadline.com/2019/08/taika-waititis-fox-searchlight-project-next-goal-wins-details-revealed-1202664185/ |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Warner Bros. ultimately removed Akira from its release schedule by December 2019, filling its May 2021 release window with The Matrix Resurrections.{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Warner Bros Sets Release Dates For 'The Matrix' Sequel, 'The Flash' & More; 'Akira' Off Schedule |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/matrix-sequel-release-date-the-flash-akira-off-slate-fred-hampton-movies-warner-bros-1202806896/ |accessdate=December 11, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} Waititi reaffirmed his post-Thor commitment to Akira in 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/18/akira-live-action-remake-status-taika-waititi-director-thor-4 |title= Akira: Taika Waititi Still Directing Live-Action Anime Movie After Thor 4 |first= Jesse |last= Schedeen |date= October 18, 2019 |accessdate= October 18, 2019 |work= IGN }} and 2021.{{cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Stephen |title=Taika Waititi talks Free Guy, Star Wars and Thor |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/taika-waititi-free-guy |magazine=Wired UK |access-date=26 July 2022 |date=11 August 2021}} Though Waititi has been announced to write and direct an upcoming Star Wars film,{{Cite web |title=Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi to Direct and Co-Write new Star Wars Feature Film for Theatrical Release; Oscar Nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns to Co-Write Screenplay with Waititi |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/taika-waititi-announce |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=StarWars.com |language=en}} reports have suggested that Akira may be developed before this Star Wars film.{{Cite web |title=Akira Live-Action Movie Reportedly Moving Forward with Taika Waititi |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/akira-anime-taika-waititi-live-action-movie/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=comicbook.com|date=April 9, 2023 }}{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Terry|date=April 10, 2023|title=Taika Waititi's Akira Movie Reportedly Gets Surprising Development Update|url=https://screenrant.com/akira-movie-live-action-taika-waititi-update-script/|access-date=April 16, 2023|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}

As of late 2023, Waititi was focused on production of Klara and the Sun but acknowledged that Akira was still in his "backlog" of projects. Charles Yu is now attached as writer.

Concept art for Robinson's 2008 production featured Chris Evans as Kaneda against Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Travis (Tetsuo), though it is unclear if either actor was actually attached to the project.{{cite web |last1=Miska |first1=Brad |author1-link=Brad Miska |title=Wanna See Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chris Evans In ‘Akira’ Concept Art?! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3396887/chris-evans-joseph-gordon-levitt-tetsuo-akira-concept-art/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=30 June 2016}}

In 2011, the casting process began in earnest. Actors considered for Kaneda included James Franco, Robert Pattinson, and Keanu Reeves;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/keanu-reeves-circling-warner-bros-185872/|title=Keanu Reeves Circling Warner Bros.' Akira (Exclusive)|first=Borys|last=Kit|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 6, 2011}} Garrett Hedlund emerged as the frontrunner for the role and began negotiations in November.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/garrett-hedlund-in-talks-for-warners-akira-1118045537/|title=Garrett Hedlund in talks for Warners' 'Akira'|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=November 3, 2011}} Tetsuo was not cast before the production halted; Paul Dano, Alden Ehrenreich, and Toby Kebbell were among those screen tested.{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Casting Couch: Hot Actors Testing for Key 'Akira' Role |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/akira-movie-kristen-stewart-263801/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=18 November 2011}} Kristen Stewart was offered the role of Ky Reed (Kei) shortly after Hedlund was cast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/breaking-dawn-kristen-stewart-akira-261956/|title=Kristen Stewart Has an Offer to Star in 'Akira,' Will She Accept?|first=Borys|last=Kit|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 15, 2011}} Gary Oldman was offered the role of the Colonel{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/518200/gary-oldman-helena-bonham-carter-akira-offers/|title=Helena Bonham Carter And Gary Oldman Could Be In 'Akira'|first=Angie|last=Han|date=October 24, 2011|website=SlashFilm}} but passed on the project, the role was then offered to Ken Watanabe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/518659/ken-watanabe-gary-oldman-akira/|title=Gary Oldman Won't Be In 'Akira', Ken Watanabe Offered Colonel Role Instead|first=Angie|last=Han|date=November 23, 2011|website=SlashFilm}} Helena Bonham Carter and Keira Knightley{{cite web |last1=Han |first1=Angie |title=Casting Bits: Keira Knightley Approached For 'Akira', Gary Oldman Wanted For 'Arthur & Lancelot', Holly Hunter And Elisabeth Moss In Jane Campion Miniseries |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/518394/casting-bits-gary-oldman-wanted-arthur-lancelot-keira-knightley-approached-akira/ |website=SlashFilm |date=5 November 2011}} were approached for unspecified roles.

For his production, Waititi has asserted an intention to cast Asian-American teenagers to play the leads to avoid concerns over whitewashing, and preferred lesser-known actors for the roles.

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