Live-Action Akira Eco-friendly Lit Garrett Hedlund Rumored Front-Runner

The extended-gestating live-action adaptation in the popular manga and anime tale Akira remains resuscitated at Warner Bros. several days after Albert Hughes dropped in the director’s chair. Is excellent news for diehard fans of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk saga? Let us the leading runner to see Kaneda is Tron: Legacy’s Garrett Hedlund? Variety gets the scoop how Akira came back to existence it'll apparently begin filming in the year under Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra: …it came lower with a meeting between creative and studio professionals the other day to talk about the completely new budget — through the looks of things, they were happy with whatever they saw (the project had initially been over $100 million, but sooner or later was introduced lower to something closer to $90 large). Another little bit of news to depart people conferences: one of the primary stars prone to recieve a deal for one of the male leads is Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund. Hedlund was among numerous youthful stars rumored being round the candidate for your Akira lead several days ago, as well as the production is predicted to produce a formal offer given that they’ve got the eco-friendly light. Does Hedlund look anything like the famous anime/manga character? Well no, for apparent reasons. WB’s selecting “colorblind” casting here (much more about that potential storm of dialogue when the cast is confirmed), but you know what happens? Whether or not this’s Hedlund — who’s sedately action hero-ant in Tron: Legacy but completely irresistible in Country Strong, so when you’ve seen it, you know what happens I'm speaking about — I’m totally okay from it. [Variety, Showblitz]