Warner Bros. has given a green light to the long-gestating Akira live action feature, according to Variety. The next step is hiring the leads, with Garrett Hedlund (Tron) likely to be one of them, according to the report.
Jaume Collet-Serra is the director, with a reported $90 million budget (see “Jaume Collet-Serra to Helm ‘Akira’”).
