Post by politicidal on Apr 3, 2019 15:13:39 GMT
Leonardo DiCaprio and Taiki Waititi are still on board as producer and director. It's one of eighteen movies that just scored a big time tax credit from the California Film Commission (CFC).
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Leonardo DiCaprio is on board to produce the pic while Taika Waititi is still attached to direct. We haven’t heard much about the progress of this project for some time, so this news helps to reorient the time table. The last thing we did hear was that Waititi aimed to adapt writer/illustrator Katsuhiro Otomo‘s manga rather than remake the fan-favorite 1988 anime feature, and that he’d be casting Asian teenagers in the leads, which both befits the source material and avoids a Whitewashing PR disaster. However, it remains to be seen just how Waititi’s filmmaking and storytelling sensibilities will impact Akira, a story that certainly has its quirks and comedic moments but ultimately takes some serious turns. I live to be surprised.
collider.com/akira-filming-details/
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Leonardo DiCaprio is on board to produce the pic while Taika Waititi is still attached to direct. We haven’t heard much about the progress of this project for some time, so this news helps to reorient the time table. The last thing we did hear was that Waititi aimed to adapt writer/illustrator Katsuhiro Otomo‘s manga rather than remake the fan-favorite 1988 anime feature, and that he’d be casting Asian teenagers in the leads, which both befits the source material and avoids a Whitewashing PR disaster. However, it remains to be seen just how Waititi’s filmmaking and storytelling sensibilities will impact Akira, a story that certainly has its quirks and comedic moments but ultimately takes some serious turns. I live to be surprised.
collider.com/akira-filming-details/