What a bizarre career Leonardo is building for himself. On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:29:45 -0500, brent wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2141398420080221 > > "Akira" cartoon gets new life with DiCaprio, WB > > Thu Feb 21, 2008 > > By Borys Kit > > > LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The anime classic "Akira" is getting > the live-action big screen treatment courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio and a > first-time feature filmmaker. > > "Akira" originated in 1988 as a manga and then as an animated film > co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story was set in a > neon-lit postapocalyptic "New Tokyo" in 2019 where a teen biker gang > member is subjected to a government experiment that unleashes his latent > powers. The gang's leader must find a way to stop the ensuing swathe of > destruction. > > With its mature themes and cutting-edge animation, "Akira" was a > milestone > movie in anime and mainstream animation circles, leading the way for > anime > to make inroads into Western pop culture in the 1990s. > > The new story, which DiCaprio will produce for Warner Bros., ideally > would > be a two-part epic, with the first movie coming out next summer. The > action will move to "New Manhattan," a city rebuilt by Japanese money. > > It will mark the feature directorial debut of commercials veteran Ruairi > Robinson, who sold the studio on his vision. The Irish native, who was > nominated for a best animated short Oscar in 2001 for the sci-fi comedy > "Fifty Percent Grey," also wrote and directed a sci-fi short titled "The > Silent City." > > > Reuters/Hollywood Reporter > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
