Will the Akira live action remake work? – thoughts whilst watching the anime (via My Not So Fictional Life)

Posted: July 28, 2011 | Author: habitualfilms | Filed under: Filmmaking, Looking at Hollywood, marketing, Scriptwriting | Tags: Akira, anime, live-action, manga, warner-bros |Leave a comment

Yesterday, Emily took a more in-depth look into her worries surrounding the live action remake of the anime Akira, which this week she placed at the top slot in her list of films in development hell that she would like to see make it to cinemas. Has she changed her tone on wanting to see it remade? Hardly, but she puts forward why she’s worried and it’s got a lot to do with the influence of marketing on Hollywood studios. Click below to read the whole story.

As one of the most iconic animated films of the 20th Century, 1988’s Akira (based on a manga series of the same name) is the kind of IP that you need to tread carefully with. Yesterday on Habitual Films I listed the live action remake as my top development hell languishing IP that I wanted to see finally … Read More