We all thought the live-action “Akira” movie was dead and buried, but we were wrong.
According to Collider, the update on Katsuhiro Otomo’s popular anime (based on his graphic novel) is still breathing, though it’s not exactly up and walking around just yet.
Warner Bros. has kept the project in development and is about to receive a new script from Oscar nominees Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, whose joint credits include “Children of Men,” “Iron Man” and the upcoming “Cowboys & Aliens” (which recently added director Jon Favreau and actor Robert Downey Jr.). Read More...
Published just over a year ago but pitched around Hollywood for nearly a decade beforehand, Platinum Studios' "Cowboys and Aliens" comic has been the subject of considerable discussion ever since it was optioned well in advance of its first issue hitting shelves -- and even moreso when it was announced in June that "Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr. was attached to star in the film. 
Nothing against the very talented Justin Theroux, but given that "Iron Man" was such an overwhelming critical and financial success, it’s somewhat odd, perhaps, that screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby aren’t involved in writing its sequel.