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Live-Action Akira Project Still Alive, Fergus & Ostby Writing
FirstShowing.net —
... that the live-action Akira project Warner Brothers was developing was apparently as "dead as a doornail." Some fans thought it was good news, others thought it was bad news (latter for me). After we posted that, I heard that apparently it wasn't true, and that a couple of big name screenwriters were actually working on a new draft of the script, because WB had paid a lot for the rights and wasn't going to let it die. Collider now confirms that Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the guys previously who wrote Children of ...
Children of Men Screenwriters Are Developing Live-Action Akira Movie
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... afterall. Collider has confirmed that Children of Men and Iron Man screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are hard at work on the project. ...
'Akira' Lives, Manhattan in Serious Trouble!
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The boys over at Collider have learned that Warner Bros. Pictures is still working hard at getting Akira, the live action version of the popular Manga series and animated movie, into theaters. The website breaks some incredible news reporting that Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the duo behind Children of Men and Iron Man, are about to turn in their version of the film that takes place in Manhattan where a teen biker gang member is subjected to a government experiment which unleashes his latent powers. The gang's leader must find a way to ...
Iron Man Screenwriters Working On Akira
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... The troopers over at Collider have momentous news – according to their own sources, “Children of Men” and “Iron Man” screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are currently hard at work on the Akira script! Not only have Collider been able to confirm that the project is alive and well, but should script development go well, the film should go into production in 2010 with a release date in 2011. The gospel according to Frosty: ...
Akira Movie Not Quite Dead?
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... word was that Akira is dead as a doornail. Not so fast! Collider says those rumors of Akiras demise may have been premature. Theres still life in this anime goes Hollywood story. They claim to have sources close to screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, probably best known as the writers behind Children of Men . Word is theyve been quietly working on an Akira script and now theyve finished and are about to turn the thing in. The question is, once they turn it in, is anyone still interested? Collider insists that they are and whats more, its still a ...
Akira remake revived?
Filmstalker —
... may have some life left in it as Collider has heard a rumour that the writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby have been writing a new version of the script and are about to hand it in for review. They also confirm that the location remains the same, Manhattan, and the film is still a major project for the studio, and that they are planning a big event film. There's not much more, but it's great news that it's still going ahead don't you think, despite the changes to the location. Still, I think this could work, especially if it's given the budget. However let's think for a ...
Live-Action 'Akira' Movie On the Comeback Trail
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Were we smokescreened earlier this year when it was revealed that Leonardo
DiCaprio's live-action version of Akira was dead? Warner Bros. had tabled the project but
now it looks like it's back on.
Collider has learned that Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus (Children of Men) are knocking out a
draft of the story that will soon be turned into the studio. There are a couple other reveals from ...
New Screenwriters for Akira Movie
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... (actually, back then it was reported that two films were being made), but now Collider says that Warner Bros. Pictures is still developing the movie and has hired screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby to pen the script. The duo co-wrote the first Iron Man movie and Children of Men . Akira is based on anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's six-volume graphic novel masterwork. The film is said to take place in "New Manhattan," a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ago. The famous motorcycle will also definitely be a part of the film. The movie could ...
Akira Remake Lands New Writers, Nicolas Cage Jumps Onto 'Hungry Rabbit'
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... - Warner Bros. still seem keen on pushing ahead with their unnecessary live-action "Akira" remake. Collider are reporting that Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby have taken over scripting duties. As ...
AICN Anime - A Look at Katsuhiro Otomo's Live Action Mushi-shi and Update on the Adaptation of His Akira, Ultraviolet Anime...
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... painful bad, possibly exacerbated by paper quality. Manga released by a major publisher in 2009 should not have pages that look as muddy as ones in Maria Holic. Without exaggeration, there are pages where faces look obscured by shadows, which in the Japanese version are merely shaded. If Maria Holic approached the cleverness that I expected, this would only be an annoyance, but when reading the manga turned into a grind, the production problems added insult to injury. Going Hollywood Collider has learned Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby have prepared a new script for the live ...
Iron Man Screenwriters Working on Akira Movie?
Screen Rant —
Collider has exclusively broken the news that the rumored-dead Akira movie is in fact alive and well over at Warner Bros.
The website’s inside source claims that two screenwriters are currently at work on Akira, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, who are credited with doing a lot of initial script work for Iron Man (though that script went through several on-set rewrites). The pair also did the pen-work for the excellent Children of ...
New Screenwriters for Akira Movie
Superherohype.com —
... (actually, back then it was reported that two films were being made), but now Collider says that Warner Bros. Pictures is still developing the movie and has hired screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby to pen the script. The duo co-wrote the first Iron Man movie and Children of Men . Akira is based on anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's six-volume graphic novel masterwork. The film is said to take place in "New Manhattan," a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ago. The famous motorcycle will also definitely be a part of the film. The movie could ...
Live Action 'Akira' May Live
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... Collider have news that the live action adaptation of the anime classic Akira may not be as dead as a door. Screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man) are about to turn in a proposed story for the film, which will decide if it will go into production or not. ...
‘Children of Men’ Writers Scripting Live-Action ‘Akira’
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... that makes it feel like three.
I realize that negative criticism isn’t enough to quench the thirst of those out there that would see my skin flayed off and hung from the tallest building in Neo-Tokyo for saying so, but now is not the time for all that. Now is the time to celebrate the quality of writing that’s currently finishing up the script for the live-action version of the film that Warners has been threatening to produce.
According to Collider, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are writing the adaptation.
These two men not only ...
Live Action Akira Isn't Dead Yet
Latino Review —
... in 2010 for a possible 2011 release. A two-filmer, action, anime remake could reach tent-pole 2011 status under the guidance of a director with a vision, so that's the best hope we have now for a live action film. And maybe, if the leads yell each other's names as much as they did in the original, my call-and-response sessions with my high school friends can change from "KANEEEEDA!" and "TESUOOOOOO!" to "TRAAAAAAAVIS!" Eh. Not the same punch. Source: Collider
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Some People Writing 'Akira'
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... of Leonardo DiCaprio's plan to produce a live-action remake of Akira, I was almost beginning to think he'd grown content with the perfectly satisfactory Akira movie that already exists. Alas, that's not the case. The thing is apparently still going ahead, and Collider is reporting the Children of Men screenwriters are at work on a script: ...
Live Action Akira Movie Comes Back from the Dead
Film Junk —
... According to Collider, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way and Warner Brothers are still actively developing the film, and are currently awaiting a new draft of the script from Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. Fergus and Ostby have some serious geek cred under their belts as they previously worked on the screenplays for Children of Men, Iron Man and First Snow. Apparently their version of Akira is still set in post-apocalyptic Manhattan, but it’s unclear if the adaptation is being planned as two films, as it was ...
Wednesday Link-a-Mania
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... $62,500 for the right to make the three films and was owed 7.5 percent of gross receipts. The settlement heads off a scheduled October trial between heirs of the “Rings” author and New Line. “The Trustees acknowledge that New Line may now proceed with its proposed films of ‘The Hobbit,’” JRR’s son Christopher Tolkien said. Akira Still In Progress> Although it looked like Warner Bros had given up on its live action version of anime classic Akira, that’s not the case, according to Collider.com . The writer of the article claims to have inside info that Mark Fergus and Hawk ...
