Producer Andrew Lazar on ‘Akira’ Film: “Expect an Update in the Next Couple of Months”

Producer Andrew Lazar (American Sniper, 10 Things I Hate About You) has been working on getting a live-action Akira film off the ground for some 20 years now.

Filmmakers have come and gone, but the project has been quiet for several years. In a recent interview, Moovy TV asked Lazar for an update.

“There’s no update, but I expect we’ll have one in the next couple of months,” Lazar says. “So I think you can expect an update in the next couple of months.”

Not much, but we’ll take it!

Lazar is producing under his Mad Chance Productions along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson via their Appian Way Productions. Warner Bros. will distribute.

Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit) was the most recent director attached, although it’s unclear if he’s still on board.

The influential 1998 anime is directed by Katsuhiro Otomo from a script he co-wrote with Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo’s 1982 manga of the same name.

In the film, Clandestine army activities threaten the war torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society what once called him weak.

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