I'm so happy to tell y'all that the live version (Whitewashed) 'Akira' has been shut down.
Blastr reports:
The production offices in Vancouver are being closed and the staff is being sent home, while director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan) and the producers will take the next two weeks to go over the script and find ways to squeeze a few more dollars out of it.Word is if these issues are not handled soon, the movie is completely dead. Let's hope so, no true geek wants this movie to be made.
The budget right now is reported to be around $90 million, which is half what it originally was when director Albert Hughes (Book of Eli) was ramping the movie up a while back. Apparently the studio wants to knock another $20-30 million off the current price tag.
The reason? Star power—or lack of it. Garrett Hedlund from Tron: Legacy has been cast in the lead role, but it's not like moviegoers broke down the doors and rushed to see him in that underperforming sequel. The other potential cast members—Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Ken Watanabe (Inception) and Helena Bonham-Carter (Dark Shadows)—aren't exactly blockbuster names either (Stewart's movies have all bombed outside the Twilight franchise), and in any case they're still working out their deals.
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