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The director of the film Akira, Jaume Collet-Serra , revealed news about the Cyberpunk film production to the website Coming Soon . According to the filmmaker, the only way to adapt Akira is to capture the spirit of the story and do it.
In other words, the film will be completely different from the manga, as well as its 1988 anime adaptation produced by Katsuhiro Otomo .
He then adds:
“I hope to bring good characters to the story. In manga, I don't believe the protagonists are the main characters. In fact, nobody is interesting. Tetsuo becomes important because bad things happen to him, and Kaneda is very two-dimensional. This is part of Japanese culture; we don't see great characters – they are used to move the story and the philosophy of the material forward”
The director also spoke about fidelity to the manga and anime. “ I think you can’t make a film about Akira and expect everyone to understand it. You have to make three or four films in one and put the essence of the story there. If you’re a fan, you already know what it’s about and you’ll see that it’s part of the same world. Simplifying would be a mistake. I think if a character tries to explain something about the plot to the audience at the end of the second act, we have a problem. [Akira] is more like an existential opera. It’s something that can only be explained in the manga. Even in the anime it’s difficult to follow .”
At one time, actor Garrett Hedlund (Pacific Rin) was linked to the project. Early rumors about the adaptation suggested the story would take place in Neo-Manhattan instead of Neo-Tokyo and would star Ken Watanabe and Kristen Stewart. More news soon.
Via: Coming-soon
