Oh boy another "we broke the news exclusively" claim. This is getting to be a theme, make any claim or report any rumor and years later say that it was excluisve and they broke it first despite the rumors of it have been in every studio since the early 90s. Oh and Im glad its dead, just because more than 7 people have seen a old tv show, anime, movie or whatnot doesnt mean it should be remade.

Nothing but bad news today. . .

I am happy this thing is dead, i see no reason for an American live-action version of this one

Gargus you said "ust because more than 7 people have seen a old tv show, anime, movie or whatnot doesnt mean it should be remade." Erm, 7 people? You kidding right?

You can't really expect to be sourced for a "we heard through the grapevine" article. Even this article doesn't say where you heard the project is dead. Be a little more specific than "two separate sources" -- that could mean anything. Were they involved in the project directly? Did they specifically ask not to be named? I wouldn't even bother twittering a link to this without knowing more. Exclusive news doesn't matter if people have to go out of their way to confirm what you write by hunting down new sources.

good! now they can just continue the story,like in the books with some kickass anime. fuck hollywood and all their bullshit!

I hope this is true because it's such a bad idea....does everything have to be remade these days?

Let's be honest, this could've been really cool. Granted, they would've changed a lot of stuff from the manga but still, the potential is there.

Can't say I blame them, this project was a very tall order...

This movie would have been real tough to make. I imagine the project would have been over budget and would have sucked anyway. The anime is a classic. Some things should be left as they are.

Bad news? This is great news! Happy face.

Exclusive my ass. That shit had been rumored for years. You did nothing more than repeat it.

1st. "we broke the news exclusively" is such a load of shit as well as being childish and embarrasing. 2nd. Do you think anybody really cares??

Bad news? this is the greatest news i have seen in days. Akira is fine as it is, bad enough that they changed the voice dub's on the re-release , but the movie would of been an r rated dragonball

duh. This is kinda like the Evangelion movie, I just sorta KNEW it would never come to light, especially how early people were talking about it. I also somehow dont see clock tower or castlevania ever being released....

I think that this could've been interesting if done right. But I'm not really disappointed that they have decided against it. The original is a classic, and like most of today's remakes, it may have failed.

It actually sounded good. Maybe it will be made later on you never know. It seemed like a cross between Wanted and Mad Max...

Good, I'm tired of this shit.

I'd be embarrassed to the point of changing my sex to nullify the humiliation of being such smacked asses. Seeing as how women have a better tolerance for such things. BD, you're a bunch of goddamned mother loving idiots, who serve the purpose of having someone to mock other than my whorey daughters... One who's just found out she's pregnant, for the fourth time. Dumb bitch!

^ what the hell!? LOL

Good riddance. American filmmakers cannot adapt certain Japanese fictions. They just *can't*. Godzilla being one of them, AKIRA being another. A live action AKIRA would've been just as ridiculous as the 1998 remake of Godzilla. Blame the French.

Yeah its a good thing its dead...they need to stop trying to make these anime films into live action it just doesnt work. Anime is over the top in its "animated" form so we dont need to see a crappy cheezy watered down "best we could do CG) live action of it.