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Leo talks Akira Nov. 11, 2008
Source: Splash Page   by: Omar Aviles

Leonardo DiCaprio When news broke that Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company had picked up the rights to anime classics "Akira" and "Ninja Scroll", the internets was aflame with excitement that DiCaprio might slap on his best biker gear to star in the feature adaptation of "Akira". However, "Splash Page" recently spoke to DiCaprio and after confirming that he is indeed in active development on both projects - for "Akira", specifically, he's just waiting on the final draft of the script before heading into production - he mentioned that he has no plans to star in either film. His exact words, in fact, when asked if he had any interest in acting in either one, were "No, not really." So there you go people, DiCaprio won't be part of the pill popping biker gang who become embroiled in a government conspiracy nor will he be wielding a samurai sword to stop an old foe from overthrowing the Japanese government.

Extra Tidbit: So who would you guys like to see in lead roles in AKIRA and NINJA SCROLL?

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GGear0323 on Nov 12 2008, 7:05:46 PM writes:

in ninja scroll, i would love for Takeshi Kaneshiro to play Jubei, but alas, this wont happen if the rumors of an Onimusha movie come true.
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joel1975 on Nov 12 2008, 5:30:44 PM writes:
WHO WOULD I LIKE TO SEE IN THE ROLES?
Japanese actors/actresses...

Many people (some racist WHITE fanboys on this site) are complaining about black actors in roles of Wonder Woman and Captain America...

So, in fairness, this [Ninja Scroll, Akira] should stick to the source material. Of course, since a white male is producing it, and will probably have white males in the leads--with Japanese names, no less--there are fanboys who don't have a problem with it.
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Lord Skitch on Nov 12 2008, 8:51:14 AM writes:

I'd like Leo as Kaneda and Joseph Gorden Leavitt as Tetsuo! C'mon!
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darkstrEam on Nov 12 2008, 8:38:54 AM writes:

An Americanised Akira set in a post-nuked and rebuilt LA wouldn't be the worst idea for a film ever, if they HAVE to make a live action version and change the setting from Neo Tokyo. At least they've waited long enough for the effects capabilities to be good enough to potentially do it justice.
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joel1975 on Nov 12 2008, 4:37:44 AM writes:
S1RUS
I'm sorry, but do you actually spell check before you post? Or at least check your grammer?

I know this is an internet forum, but the way one writes really says something about ones...um...'intelligence.'
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s1rus on Nov 12 2008, 12:19:28 AM writes:
WHO WOULD PLAY JUBEI
Who would i love Ninja Scroll its awesome. But who would play Jubei. They could go the way of Daniel Craig and cast a black guy LOL
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Jack Grimaldi on Nov 11 2008, 11:52:30 PM writes:

First off I am 100% in agreeance with keeping it an asian cast because thats how it should be because thats how the original movie is. What white dude would be named Kaneda? or Tetsuo?(yeah no travis) I really don't want some actor like Emile Hirsch, no offense to him, but american actors would take me out of it completely. Hopefully Dicaprio and others will respect the material.
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WalterKovacs on Nov 11 2008, 10:56:59 PM writes:

I can't see either of these being good films. I still think WARNERS should shoot this in Japan, Japanese cast, and subtitled with an American director and crew ala LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, just stay as faithful as possible.

But no, we'll get Channing Tatum as the lead in a movie set in New York or some shitty variation of really cool material. I've got a bad feeling about this.
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gameslave on Nov 11 2008, 8:37:13 PM writes:
WOW
I can't believe this is really happening, i thought this would just keep getting swept under the rug.
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Dead as History on Nov 11 2008, 8:26:53 PM writes:

Paltrow and Gere in Memoirs of a Geisha sounds AMMAAAZING...I smell a re-boot...


Harumpf, harumpf, harumpf...
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