Sci-Fi WB creating live-action Akira - Part 1

[Still Wynning]

Takashi Yamazaki (Godzilla Minus One) or bust.

Oooh, I don’t even know why I didn’t even think of him! That’s an excellent choice!

He’s excellent at scope and scale, he’s can do the more intimate moments between characters, he has an eye for great visual effects and producing them on a smaller budget, he knows how to capture the weight of loss, hopelessness and despair in the midst of seemingly absolute devastation, he gets how to do “this thing is a metaphor for this”, he really gets and understands the power of the atomic bomb and what it means for his culture and, first and foremost, he’s Japanese, so he already has a leg up on everyone else that I suggested.

Yeah, I really love that suggestion. Maybe you could make it a co-production between Japan and America (maybe A24, since they produce films on smaller budgets and allow directors creative freedom to make what they want). Have Hollywood foot the bill for the film and its marketing, lend a bit of their creative talent and a few big actors, maybe a few small concessions, but the main crew in Japan get to make all of the big creative decisions and have control over the entire project.

 

[Pennywise]

Man, regardless if the film happens, I plan on reading the manga!

 

[Still Wynning]

Man, regardless if the film happens, I plan on reading the manga!

Read it, it’s great! A whole bunch of great characters, storylines and subplots that weren’t in the film, so much so that it’s almost a entirely different thing. I can see why Taika Waititi kept on reiterating in the past that he wanted to adapt the manga because it’s so different from the 1988 animated film, that, if adapted, it could stand as its own separate take.

Also, unfortunately, with ongoing events, it has become even more timely and relevant than when it was first written.

 

[Elayis]

You know, I think with the way the world is going right now and things seemingly going to pot, I think a lot of us are primed and ready for a sci-fi bending, political satirizing, societal critiquing, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic/post post-apocalyptic/post post post-apocalyptic genre film, and it just might be what the doctor ordered.

In times of great crises, certain things at the right moment can just really resonate and hit. If done right, this could be one of those things.

A movie like that already came out this year, and it bombed.