Home Film News ‘Akira’ Live-Action Film Rights At Warner Bros Lapse; Revert Back To Publisher By Anthony D'Alessandro ... June 27, 2025 5:39pm 15 Comments ...

Riding into Neo-Tokyo is going to take a little bit longer. After more than two decades of developing a live-action take on Japanese sci-fi classic Akira, Warner Bros. has let go of the movie ...

Warner Bros. has had the live-action film rights to Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk manga and anime since 2002. In that time, filmmakers as varied and diverse as Stephen Norrington, Albert ...

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While Warner Bros had been previously working on a live-action Akira movie with director Taika Waititi, it seems that the clock has run out for WB has the rights to the futuristic dystopian tale ...

From there, writers like Rogue One's Gary Whitta, followed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Black Adam, The Shallows, Carry On), stepped in and out, trying to bring Akira to life. Nevertheless, by 2012, the ...

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We have news that will likely be viewed as cause for celebration for most Akira fans, as Warner Bros. has lost the rights to the classic manga, and Taika Waititi's adaptation will not be moving ...

For 23 years now, Warner Bros. has been trying to make a live-action version of anime classic Akira, an effort that has reportedly burnt through tens of millions of dollars, lots of big-name ...

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