Taika Waititi’s untitled Star Wars movie was notably absent ultimately week’s Star Wars Celebration held in London, and rumor has it the venture has been shelved so the Thor: Love and Thunder director can deal with a live-action adaptation of Akira. Waititi’s involvement was first introduced on Deadline in 2017. Deadline reporter Justin Kroll took to Twitter to air his suspicions, additionally noting Akira was by no means deserted and that the “script ought to be into studio quickly.”
Learn Kroll’s complete Tweet and updates under:
Since everyone seems to be questioning the place his STAR WARS movie is, if I have been a betting man my guess is Taika’s subsequent film is his AKIRA film at WB, which he placed on shelf to do L&T. He by no means left the movie and phrase is script ought to be into studio quickly.
— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) April 8, 2023
The shelved adaptation was being developed the Warner Bros. banner with an authentic launch date of Might 21, 2021, however was placed on ice so Waititi might deal with Love and Thunder. Keanu Reeves was beforehand linked to the function of lead character Kaneda in 2011, however manufacturing halted quickly after the Matrix and John Wick actor handed on the movie.
The unique plot of Akira, largely thought of the most effective anime movie of all time, follows Kaneda, a younger member of a biker gang, as he survives in Neo-Tokyo (Tokyo was destroyed in 1988). A authorities venture experiments with telekinetic kids, rising their energy, and when fellow gang member Tetsuo encounters a telekinetic, he features energy he quickly can not management.
As Kroll later states, “nothing is about in stone,” and the movie nonetheless should be greenlit. Nevertheless, crossing fingers we get an replace quickly.
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