Remake news: Akira

Yep… You are not day dreaming, well if your even familiar of the manga and anime movie which is Akira. Akira has been in the works from as early as 2003 but was halted because the director quit his career and left the project hanging, tackling other issues like licensin, Warner Bros. has finally resumed the project on the remake and is p[sending close to 150 million dollars that would span in two films for the remake of the critically acclaimed anime movie/Graphic novel by Katsushiro Otomo.

Set to be released on 2009 it is now being directed by Ruairi Robinson an Irish Director. I will be expecting a great remake with the fast pace of the movie and futuristic bikes and chase scenes. I do hope it would live up to the expectations of the die-hard Akira fans. One detail of the remake that was divulged was the setting would be Japan but rather Manhattan. For those who are not familiar with Akira, here are some bits so you could get the idea:

Akira was originally a six-volume manga that was converted into an anime movie in 1988. Featuring a vast array of characters with intertwined personalities and subplots to get a heart pumping story from the master himself Katsushiro Otomo. Here’s a brief description form firstshowing.net:

“Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo’s supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira’s secrets were buried 30 years ago. “