Weekly round-up
It’s a good week as an aniblogger-slash-reviewer when you can get excited over the giant haul of discs coming in for the New Year’s slate. One Punch Man, Code [...]
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Akira live-action remake no longer on Warner Bros. schedule
Despite director Taika Waititi’s assurances that he’s not giving up on his Akira, Warner Bros. may have other plans. In the studio’s updated movie slate, [...]
Taika Waititi still plans to direct live-action Akira
Because of Taika Waititi’s other commitments, not least to Marvel’s Thor 4, the live-action Akira film now 15 years in development has been pushed back a few [...]
Update: Live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film reveals opening date, Al in full CG
Ready for your first fullmetal look at the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist‘s Al? Well, ready or not, he was just revealed today, as the film’s official website [...]
Update: Kodansha tear down reports of Warner Bros. live-action Attack on Titan
Well, it seems there might have been a titanic misunderstanding. With the second season of the Attack on Titan anime finally set in stone for April, there have been [...]
Update: Netflix’s Death Note scriptwriter compares film to Michael Mann’s Heat
Adam Wingard, director of Netflix’s live-action Death Note, dished out some more detail in a recent interview with Collider. Comparing the tone to The Guest, an action [...]
News: Willem Dafoe cast as Ryuk in Netflix’s live-action Death Note
Mashable reported on Tuesday (August 2nd) that Willem Dafoe, who’s currently filming Justice League as Aquaman acolyte Nuidis Vulko, has closed a deal to be the [...]
Pokémon GO success spurs on plans for franchise’s 1st live-action movie
Nintendo have seen an unprecedented boom since the release of Pokémon GO, which allows players to find and capture Pokémon throughout the real world in augmented reality. [...]
News: L of Netflix’s Death Note spotted filming in Vancouver
Shortly after Netflix revealed that Straight Outta Compton‘s Keith Stanfield would be portraying their live-action Death Note‘s L, Vancouver filming trackers [...]
News: Blade Runner visions of live-action Akira flood early director’s concepts
Akira‘s live-action interpretation has been stuck in development hell at least since 2002, when it was first publicly announced. Since then, various directors have [...]
