Tag: Andrew Lazar
Keanu Reeves in Early Talks to Take the Role of Kaneda in $230 Million Akira
Fans of Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga have waited long enough to hear some good news about the live-action version of Akira. We wrote in March that almost all the young thesps were considered for the role of Tetsuo and a bit of an older white guys for the role of Kaneda – there’s a lull. Finally a star shines bright enough to be seen from the $ 230 million Warner Bros. sky – partially Asian dude Keanu Reeves.
Yep. Matrix star is in early talks to take the role of Shōtarō Kaneda, which actors ranging from James Franco and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Robert Pattinson and Michael Fassbender have circled before.
Akira Shortlist Includes Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender…
Harry Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves, has reportedly been delivering the script to a few right choices actors for the two lead roles of Kaneda and Tetsuo in the live-action remake of Akira adapted from Katsuhiro Otomo‘s huge manga of the same name.
Deadline posted that short list: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy for Tetsuo, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda.
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are reportedly thrilled by Kloves’ rewrite and keen to get Akira before cameras in August.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Ian Fleming – the James Bond creator
Leonardo DiCaprio may star as Ian Fleming in a biopic of the James Bond creator.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the actor’s production company Appian Way recently jumped on board to produce the film, based on the script Fleming by Damian Stevenson.
Producer Andrew Lazar said a film about the life of Fleming had the potential to be “fascinating”.
“It’s going to be very different from the Bond films,” Lazar commented. “There are a lot of different ways to crack biopics, but we’re not trying to emulate a Bond movie… The idea that this guy’s life informed the James Bond character is pretty fascinating.”
Stevenson, whom DiCaprio will replace with a new writer, researched the script by looking through out-of-print biographies at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library.
