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After 20 years, a dozen creatives attached and millions spent on development, Warners is moving on from the seminal property.
The possibility of a live-action take of the 1988 anime movie Akira from Warner Bros is no longer, as Deadline has confirmed ...
For 23 years now, Warner Bros. has been trying to make a live-action version of anime classic Akira, an effort that has ...
Warner Bros. had two decades worth of chances to bring 'Akira' to the big screen, now it's everyone else's turn.
After 20+ years in development Hell and the threat of its story being brought to life under the direction of Taika Waititi, ...
After more than two decades in production, the Akira live-action movie has been abandoned by Warner, leaving the rights up ...
Warner Bros. Loses Akira Movie Rights After 20 Years After two decades of delays, rewrites, and stalled production, Warner ...
Akira's development started much earlier than you might expect, as infamous producer Jon Peters and Warner Bros. secured the film rights to Akira in 2002. They would announce that Blade's Stephen ...
Taika Waititi’s live-action Akira movie has been officially cancelled as Warner Bros. loses the rights after two decades of ...
Whether or not he was referring to this rights transition is anyone’s guess though should Kodansha be looking to sell the ...
We have news that will likely be viewed as cause for celebration for most Akira fans, as Warner Bros. has lost the rights to the classic manga, and Taika Waititi's adaptation will not be moving ...
Warner Bros. has been trying to bring Akira to the big screen since 2008 when Andrew Lazar (American Sniper) and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way acquired the rights to the adaptation.