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Why a Live-Action Akira Needs to Escape Development Purgatory

Why a Live-Action Akira Needs to Escape Development Purgatory

For over 30 years, Akira has been the sci-fi holy grail of “should-have-been” Hollywood adaptations. It’s the Kubrickian fever dream of cyberpunk, the blueprint for The Matrix, Inception, Stranger Things, Nope—hell, even Kanye’s music videos. And yet, like Tetsuo’s own unstable powers, the live-action version of Akira has hovered in a state of volatile potential… […]

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