Akira is alive and well at Warner Bros., which has hired Daredevil writer Marco Ramirez to adapt the popular Japanese manga, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.
Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way banner are producing with Andrew Lazar (American Sniper) and his company Mad Chance. Warner Bros. executives Drew Crevello and Nik Mavinkurve will oversee the reconfigured project for the studio.
Jaume Collet-Serra was set to direct Akira back in 2012 but Warner Bros. pulled the plug on the project due to issues surrounding the budget, script and casting.
