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Akira
September 16, 2020
AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas have announced the 4K remaster of Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime classic Akira will arrive in select…
February 13, 2020
Producer Leonardo DiCaprio and What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi’s live-action remake of Akira was put on…
July 16, 2019
A couple of months back, we reported that a live-action adaptation of the seminal anime Akira was in the works…
May 24, 2019
A month-and-a-half ago, we posted news that Warner Bros. was finally moving forward with their live-action remake of Katsuhiro Otomo’s…
April 2, 2019
After years of false starts and cast/crew changes, it looks like the US live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira is…
July 2, 2018
On July 16, 1988, Toho released Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, a feature-length anime based on Otomo’s manga of the same name.…
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June 14, 2017
I’ve spoken many times about how I feel a good poster can be a powerful marketing tool. If I see…
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March 29, 2017
There’s an interesting rumor floating out of this year’s CinemaCon that Warner Bros. has approached Get Out director Jordan Peele…
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September 14, 2015
The live-action Akira movie has been cancelled, bought back, then cancelled again more times than video games get censored in…
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June 10, 2015
Oh, boy. Here we go again. Despite an immense amount of backlash from the internet upon its announcement, Warner Bros.…
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March 9, 2015
It’s been awhile since we’ve had anything to report about Warner Bros.’ live-action adaptation of Japanese animated film Akira, which…