Fans of Akira and dynamic Hollywood director Taika Waititi, rejoice! The release date for Waititi’s live-action Akira film has finally been announced.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the live-action adaptation of the iconic manga/anime is set to hit theaters on May 21, 2021.
Before Waititi’s involvement was set in stone, he told IGN he wasn’t interested in simply remaking the iconic animated film. As a fan of the books, he said he’d much rather go back to the manga source material for inspiration and focus on casting Asian leads if he ended up directing.
Source: IGN.com Taika Waititi-Directed Akira Movie to Open in 2021