https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/24/18638777/akira-live-action-taika-waititi-thor-ragnarok-warner-bros-release-date
Taika Waititi is directing the live-action Akira movie. I have high hopes for that movie now. There have been multiple directors and writers picking up the project and dropping it over the past decade. Katsuhiro Otomo said he wants to see an original take on his story, so I’m not worried about faithfulness. Taika has expressed an interest in casting unknown Asian American actors, so that’s good of course.
I haven’t watched the original Akira, but I first read about Taika Waititi directing the live-action version in a headline saying he wouldn’t whitewash the characters like the Ghost in the Shell film did. That’s exciting, at least, but as with most live action adaptations of anime/anime films, I’m a little nervous.