Tag Garrett Hedlund
‘Akira’ Movie Update: Kaneda the Bartender and Actual Japanese Person Offered Role
Filed under: Movies, Manga, Anime, News
As predicted by George Takei in April, Warner Bros. Pictures seems intent on making its live-action adaptation of AKIRA -- the seminal manga and anime by Katsuhiro Otomo -- as pointless as possible. Takei and ... [read more]
‘Akira’ Cast Watch: Kristen Stewart And More
"Kaneeedddaaaaaaaa!!!! Help meeeeee!!!!!"
Those might be the words going through your head when you hear news related to "Akira," director Jaume Collet-Serra's adaptation of the classic anime and manga about a massive nuclear detonation in a future Tokyo and its ramifications fifteen years later. Some major changes from the source [read more]
‘Tron Legacy’ Actor Garrett Hedlund In Talks For ‘Akira’
"Akira" got the official go ahead from Warner Bros. late last month, and reports pegged "Tron Legacy" actor Garrett Hedlund as the front runner for the lead role of Kaneda. Turns out those reports were right on the money.
Twitch reported this morning that WB has made a formal offer to [read more]
Warner Bros. Officially Greenlights White ‘Akira’ As More White ‘Akira’ Films Propagate [Video]
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Warner Bros. has officially "greenlit" production of AKIRA, the studio's long-in-development live-action adaptation of the classic manga and anime created by Katsuhiro Otomo. The studio announced... [read more]
‘Akira’ Gets Green Light, Eyes Garrett Hedlund As Lead
There’s no going back now. This past July, when we heard that the live-action "Akira" project had just secured a director in Spain’s Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan"), we were ready to start picking favorites from a proposed list of famous faces to fill its roles.
But now that the adaptation of [read more]
SECRET IDENTITY: Casting ‘Iron Fist’ Danny Rand
The "Iron Fist" movie is on the way with "xXx" screenwriter Rich Wilkes on board to tackle the script. But even as the project moves forward, some big questions remain — namely, who's going to direct the film and, just as importantly, who's going to star as Danny Rand?
In today's [read more]