Author Topic: The live action Akira movie and the hilarity of Hollywood. (Read 4170 times)

Red_Isle_Chap · « **Reply #80 on:** May 8, 2011, 10:39:26 AM »

Oh dear lord..... The thought of keanu in Akira. I'll be honest, it scares me.

J-Mc- · « **Reply #81 on:** May 16, 2011, 03:21:43 AM »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on May 7, 2011, 10:04:12 PM

Best subtitled version is 6.5gb, still interested?

Yep!

Wish Matrix · « **Reply #82 on:** May 16, 2011, 04:20:21 AM »

Hollywood should have never touched ANY eastern franchise. EVER. Look at what they did to Street Fighter and King of Fighters movies.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #83 on:** July 9, 2011, 03:59:45 PM »

Just watched this on Bluray, haven't seen it for about 8 years and it's still fucking fantastic. Can definitely appreciate it a lot more now I'm older, didn't realise how many concepts and ideas were taken from it, great Sci-Fi.

Still looks great as well.

stevensr123 · « **Reply #84 on:** July 9, 2011, 04:08:59 PM »

never watched the anime, only read the 1st two volumes ( which are fuckin amazing btw), if they think they can pull another dragaon ball z and hope for the best, they have another thing fuckin coming.

and Robert Pattinson!!!! are they joking? he can simply not act, especially act as anyone in the akira manga. not only does his image not match any of the characters, but the characters set in akira the manga, are down in the dumps, street guys who are agressive, out of the law kind of young guys. I can't see him doing with kind of intensive acting.

who will he play?

anyway, Hollywood should just keep it's fuckin nose out of anime/manga, has there ever actually been a good live action?

the worst one for me is if they did a live action for berserk or cowboy bebob.

wouldnt mind "Monster" being a live action but that isnt popular

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #85 on:** July 9, 2011, 10:47:48 PM »

They tend to pick the wrong series. They want to do Death Note, which has a cult following in the west but would need a lot of good adapting. One Piece is universal and could be great. There's probably lots of good series that are so obscure people would never imagine them to be anime/manga adaptations and so they'd go see them anyway, no one I knew was aware that Priest which came out earlier this summer was a manwha.

Paul JH · « **Reply #86 on:** July 9, 2011, 10:48:49 PM »

Just got this on Bluray (in a quite spiffing steelbook case I might add) so looking forward to watching it this week. Love this movie.

SMD · « **Reply #87 on:** July 9, 2011, 11:18:56 PM »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on July 9, 2011, 10:47:48 PM

They tend to pick the wrong series. They want to do Death Note, which has a cult following in the west but would need a lot of good adapting. One Piece is universal and could be great. There's probably lots of good series that are so obscure people would never imagine them to be anime/manga adaptations and so they'd go see them anyway, no one I knew was aware that Priest which came out earlier this summer was a manwha.

A live action One Piece would bomb up against Pirates of the Caribbean.

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #88 on:** July 9, 2011, 11:21:57 PM »

I personally would just release One Piece films in the years that the Pirates ones are in production. Capture the audience that wants to see more.

I realise there's a lot of teenage goth girls who don't know how old Johnny Depp really is and flock to see him, but surely they don't make up the majority of the $960m that Pirates 4 made at the box office?

Mouth · « **Reply #89 on:** July 14, 2011, 06:44:53 PM »

http://chrisweston.blogspot.com/2011/06/back-from-grave.html

SMD · « **Reply #90 on:** July 14, 2011, 06:46:56 PM »

This is going to be a bit like Terminator 2, isn't it?

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #91 on:** August 5, 2011, 10:57:16 PM »

Finally getting down to watching the original. I'm 25 mins in and it's so rife with Japanese mise-en-scene that you can't possibly do an American remake of this, based in America. Whatever the fuck are they thinking...

MBL? · « **Reply #92 on:** August 5, 2011, 11:04:18 PM »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on August 5, 2011, 10:57:16 PM

Finally getting down to watching the original. I'm 25 mins in and it's so rife with Japanese mise-en-scene that you can't possibly do an American remake of this, based in America. Whatever the fuck are they thinking...

I watched it because of this thread, then watched a few more Anime and this is by far the best imo.

lionel_messias · « **Reply #93 on:** August 6, 2011, 07:25:14 AM »

Quote from: SMD on July 14, 2011, 06:46:56 PM

This is going to be a bit like Terminator 2, isn't it?

What, really good?

Redcap · « **Reply #94 on:** October 21, 2011, 12:35:53 AM »

Looks like this is going ahead..

They hired the director of underwhelming action and horror titles like House of Wax and Unknown, Jaume Collet-Serra for his ability to keep to a budget, and the lead of Tron: Legacy to play Kaneda.. I guess because he would fit within that budget.

You know what would also help fit it in the $90m budget though? Hiring a Japanese actor and a Japanese director. Idiots.

I've not seen the original for a long time, and don't have the same attachment to it many do, but even so I can't imagine this news would please.. well anyone at all. Clearly they've made it without the fans of the original in mind. They just like the concept, have the rights to it and are going to run with it. Who knows, maybe we'll luck out and it won't even be called "Akira"- maybe something like "Prometheus" instead.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044771

Warners greenlights 'Akira'; Hedlund front-runner
Live-action tentpole gets the go-ahead
By Justin Kroll

Warner Bros. has greenlit its live-action remake of the anime cult hit "Akira" for a late February/early March start, sources tell Variety.
In July, Warners tapped Spanish helmer Jaume Collet-Serra ("Unknown" ) to direct at a budget of $90 million, which was brought down from an initial figure of well over $100 million. Where the budget stands now isn't clear, and Warner Bros. had no comment on the project.

With a greenlight in place, studio can begin shopping for the two male leads; sources tell Variety that "Tron: Legacy" star Garrett Hedlund is considered a front-runner. Both Warners and Collett-Sera have been keen on the thesp, but had to wait for a greenlight to make their move.

Though no offer's been made, insiders say an offer could come soon.

"Akira," long in development at the studio, has hit several speedbumps over the last several months, including Albert Hughes falling out as director. Collet-Serra was brought on quickly, but working out the budget took about two months, with studio and creative execs meeting last week before the decision was sealed over the weekend.

Appian Way's Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran are producing with Mad Chance's Andrew Lazar. It's another big win for Appian Way, which just secrured "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves to helm its "Twilight Zone" pic at Warners.

WB acquired the potential tentpole project for a seven-figure sum from Japanese manga publisher Kodansha in 2008. Set in New Manhattan, the cyberpunk sci-fi epic follows the leader of a biker gang who must save his friend, discovered with potentially destructive psychokinetic abilities, from government medical experiments.

Katsuhiro Otomo, who wrote and directed the 1988 Japanese anime pic of the same name, will exec produce "Akira."

Mouth · « **Reply #95 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:03:43 AM »

It will be different and most likely not as good, you can only have something like Akira happen once, like the Beatles or Elvis. Dont think people should get too worked up over it though, it wont be Akira, it will be an American take on it and will probaby embarass those involved in it, but I'll still watch it to see what its like, we all will, even those who bitch and moan the loudest.

Will be interested to see if they remake the the film or go for their own adaptation of the books, the books are wildly different from the film.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #96 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:49:39 AM »

Needs over $200 million budget, a top director and the best casting director money can buy. That's for he movie to stand a chance.

Jaume Collet-Serra directing? This movie could be worse than the live action Dragonball.

Wish Matrix · « **Reply #97 on:** October 21, 2011, 07:29:31 AM »

It's happening and I won't be anywhere near it like I did with DB and KOF.

SMD · « **Reply #98 on:** October 21, 2011, 07:56:58 AM »

It's not happening guys.

Alright?

It's. Not. Happening.

Ultimate Bromance · « **Reply #99 on:** October 21, 2011, 08:14:12 AM »

Garrett Hedlund? Ugh. Bland.

Immoral King Brian Blessed · « **Reply #100 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:15:05 PM »

Quote from: SMD on October 21, 2011, 07:56:58 AM

It's not happening guys.

Alright?

It's. Not. Happening.

I've been offered the lead role. As a pasty faced whitey, I was born for the role.

RacerX34 · « **Reply #101 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:35:56 PM »

Asian Classic + Hollywood = Fail.

Pretty much a given. The more I watch the likes of Akira, OldBoy, Battle Royale the more I think Hollywood is a joke.

Transformers a success with Michael Bay?
Butchered more like.

lionel_messias · « **Reply #102 on:** October 22, 2011, 11:43:51 AM »

Quote from: Ultimate Bromance on October 21, 2011, 08:14:12 AM

Garrett Hedlund? Ugh. Bland.

Yeah, he could have been replaced by several pieces of plywood, some balsa and an animated wig in the awful Tron: Legacy.

Oh dear, but like someone said he will be cheap.

Spike Lee's Oldboy might be interesting though, though very unlikely to be anywhere near the crazed excellence of the original.

Rusty Oysterburger · « **Reply #103 on:** October 22, 2011, 12:25:39 PM »

Hahaha, really?! They've chosen that howling black hole of personality, charisma and talent from Tron Legacy as the lead. Fucking hell Hollywood, what do you see in him?

With him and Sam Worthington they seem to be creating a genre of blockbusters with absolute zeroes as the leading men. Weird.

I bet they cast dead eyed piece of wood Taylor Lautner as Tetsuo.

SMD · « **Reply #104 on:** October 22, 2011, 09:33:45 PM »

I actually had to google him because I couldn't figure out who he was supposed to be in Tron: Legacy.

Oh dear.

medley · « **Reply #105 on:** October 22, 2011, 09:54:51 PM »

Has anyone seen the trailer for that new film called Chronicle? Looks like its got some Akira elements in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-M5Qx57_UU&feature=player_embedded

Probably end up being terrible. It has Wallace from the Wire though

Redcap · « **Reply #106 on:** October 25, 2011, 07:25:43 AM »

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/10/breaking-gary-oldman-and-helena-bonham-carter-offered-akira.php

Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter have been offered roles to give the movie some acting credibility. It just gets weirder and weirder.

SMD · « **Reply #107 on:** October 25, 2011, 10:43:43 AM »

Gary Oldman as the general?

Redcap · « **Reply #108 on:** October 25, 2011, 11:41:59 AM »

The colonel, but yeah, I think that's the character you're referring to.

Red Beret · « **Reply #109 on:** October 25, 2011, 12:40:11 PM »

Quote from: PhilV on March 23, 2011, 03:47:34 PM

or a live action Evangelion, I would deffo go mental over that!!

Actually an Eva movie was also in the pipeline but got shelved several years ago. Weta digital even did some concept work. You can see it in this 'live action' trailer:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/jcA9qsf4JDI" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/jcA9qsf4JDI</a>

SMD · « **Reply #110 on:** October 25, 2011, 05:21:09 PM »

Quote from: Redcap on October 25, 2011, 11:41:59 AM

The colonel, but yeah, I think that's the character you're referring to.

It's been a while since the last time I saw it.

lionel_messias · « **Reply #111 on:** October 25, 2011, 09:25:00 PM »

Akira is such a massive property in the film world, can't believe they haven't gone for a higher profile director.

Redcap · « **Reply #112 on:** October 26, 2011, 02:46:51 AM »

Quote from: lionel_messias on October 25, 2011, 09:25:00 PM

Akira is such a massive property in the film world, can't believe they haven't gone for a higher profile director.

They literally chose him because of his ability to keep to a budget, which lets you know how ambitious they are about this movie.

On the plus side it will most likely be a massive piece of turd, dissuading the industry from more sequels/prequels/remakes.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #113 on:** November 4, 2011, 02:06:20 PM »

Not sure if this is the thread but i didn't know Straw dogs was getting a re-make. Will this better than the Wicker Man remake? The poster alludes to "that scene"

"18 Contains strong bloody violence and one scene of sexual violence"

in other words, remember the film with the anal rape? Well we're doing it again! The film was much more than that

http://www.strawdogs-movie.co.uk/