Little more than a week after actor Keanu Reeves reportedly turned down an offer to take the lead in the live-action adaptation of "Akira," the film project is losing its director.
Deadline is reporting today that director Albert Hughes ("The Book of Eli") is walking away from the project over "amicable creative differences."
The report goes on to say the film remains on the fast track at Warner Bros. and a new director should be announced soon.
Based on the Japanese manga series, the film is said to be moving the action from Neo-Tokyo to New Manhattan based on a script most recently polished by "Harry Potter" screenwriter Steve Kloves. The story follows Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang who tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a military experiment gone awry.
Prior to Reeves supposed involvement, reports came out in March that Hughes had shortlisted the candidates for Kaneda to Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix, while Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy were in the running for Tetsuo.
"Akira" is best known in the U.S. for the 1988 anime film adaptation.
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The report goes on to say the film remains on the fast track at Warner Bros. and a new director should be announced soon.
Based on the Japanese manga series, the film is said to be moving the action from Neo-Tokyo to New Manhattan based on a script most recently polished by "Harry Potter" screenwriter Steve Kloves. The story follows Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang who tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a military experiment gone awry.
Prior to Reeves supposed involvement, reports came out in March that Hughes had shortlisted the candidates for Kaneda to Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix, while Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy were in the running for Tetsuo.
"Akira" is best known in the U.S. for the 1988 anime film adaptation.
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