https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-20150309/ Mon, 23 May 2016 04:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-20150309/#comment-134967 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:02:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-266480/#comment-134967 Meanwhile, in other "This is Still a Thing?" news…

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-20150309/#comment-134968 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:02:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-266480/#comment-134968 Akira would actually translate to American culture quite well. The original is a statement about how the children of the victims of Hiroshima want to move on from history, but the world they live in is totally defined by it. The latest generation in America I\’m sure feels sympathetic — the weight of 9/11, and how much it has affected everything we do, rests on the shoulders of people who weren\’t there to experience it.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-20150309/#comment-134969 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:02:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-akira-remake-appears-to-be-on-hold-again-266480/#comment-134969 The choice of director is enough to close shop on this one. If Cronenberg was selected, and went vintage body horror, then I\’d be interested. Refn, Aronofsky, Jeff Nichols, Shane Carruth, Alex Garland, even James Cameron or Danny Boyle would be better.

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