After decades of multiple people trying to get a live-action 'Akira' off the ground, the rights have reverted back to ...

Live-action, even with today's technology, put serious constraints on visual communication. Why can't we just be happy with ...

Whether or not he was referring to this rights transition is anyone’s guess though should Kodansha be looking to sell the ...

The most recent attempt at adapting the manga is also probably the most well-known, with writer and director Taika Waititi ...

After over 20 years without a movie to show for it, Warner Bros. has let the live-action rights to anime icon Akira lapse.

Taika Waititi’s live-action Akira movie has been officially cancelled as Warner Bros. loses the rights after two decades of ...

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 ...

After two decades in production hell, Warner Bros. has given the film rights to Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Akira' back to manga ...

Trying to bring what is widely regarded as one of the greatest animes ever made into the real world is no easy task, so much ...

Live-action remakes of anime can be…let’s be generous and say hit and miss. Adapting such a fluid form of storytelling for the real world hasn’t always clicked, ...