Live action Akira Movie greenlit! "Update" Rumor, Jonathon Nolan to re-write.

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From the looks of it this will be one of those movies that sits in development purgatory for years, has the budget dropped, and then someone finally releases it.

I hope not, but it looks like that so far. Hollywood is desperate for hits these days, so it has that as well.