Directors/writers picked for Akira feature film

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Vulture has learned that Warner Bros. is negotiating to reteam with The Book of Eli's Hughes brothers to have them direct a live-action remake of the cult favorite Akira, from a script by Iron Man scribes Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. (Akira is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's company, Appian Way, along with Andrew Lazar, who’s also currently producing an adaptation of DC Comics’ Jonah Hex for Warners.)

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/02/akira_remake_hughes_bros.html

Still pretty skeptical, but the directors seem to have a good pedigree, and Iron Man is one of the more kick-ass comic book adaptations in recent years, so there may be hope. I also like that they're talking about splitting it into two parts. As much as I love the animated movie, trying to pack 6 volumes of manga into 2 hours kind of made it an incomprehensible mess.

Also (old but what the heck):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI