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Although it probably would be worth seeing just on the basis of comparison, it appears that a live-action update of the anime classic, Akira, won’t be happening. Bloody Disgusting reports that the movie is "dead as a doornail."

This is kind of a blow to Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production house, which had been developing the film for over a year. The company was working with Warner Bros. on the feature debut of director Rulairi Robinson, but whether it was proving too hard to transfer from animation to live-action or if it was too expensive or simply a matter of the hourglass running out of sand, Akira is going back on the shelf.

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