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At the press junket for his latest Liam Neeson action vehicle Non-Stop--the second after Unknown and before next year's Run All Night--director Jaume Collet-Serra gave us the skinny on his much-buzzed-about remake of Akira for Warner Bros. In 2011 he was all set to helm the live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's beloved manga and cult 1988 anime, with Garrett Hedlund in the frame as biker gang leader Kaneda, before the studio decided $90 million was too big a gamble for an admittedly oddball project with subversive political undertones and heady sci-fi concepts galore.
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I think the chances of a great Akira movie are a long-shot. However, I could see it working if they were able to do it right with the right actors. Unfortunately, I don't believe the 2011 movie would have been worthy of praise and like Halo- I think pulling the plug was the best decision as the movie itself was just too much to undertake in terms of production.
Considering how big the scope of Akira is, 90 million dollars doesn't seem like a very big budget. I'm glad that version was canned as well, but I don't see this new version being any better. The movie could use a more experienced director.