NEWS: "Akira" Adaptation Gaining Some Momentum at WB

Warner Brothers has been trying to make a live-action film adaptation of the classic manga Akira and its famed 1988 anime film for over fifteen years. Filmmakers Ruairi Robinson, Albert Hughes, and Jaume Collet-Serra have been attached while actors Garret Hedlund, Ken Watanabe, Kristen Stewart, Toby Kebbel, and Helena Bonham Carter have all been linked to the adaptation, seemingly forever stuck in development hell. Until now perhaps. 

Netflix's Daredevil second season show runner Marco J. Ramirez has reportedly been hired to write a new draft of the script, which may now turn into a trilogy. 

In recent weeks, Christopher Nolan has been rumored to have "met with a previously attached filmmaker within the past three months to talk about the project." Warner Brothers recently announced a release date for Christopher Nolan's next thus far unnamed feature for summer of 2017. Buzz is abound that he may be taking on the director's chair for what is now a possible Akira trilogy. That said, he could  possibly be taking on a producer's role, as he did with Man on Steel. 

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Source: Den of Geek