Artist James Clyne (Avatar) recently posted the concept art he created for Warner Bros. stalled Akira live-action film. Clyne was brought on when director Ruairi Robinson was attached to the film. Since then, several other directors have came on gone, although most recently Jaume Collet-Serra said in an interview that he hopes Akira will be his next work. Maybe there’s still some hope left for the film?
The names of the characters in the concept art are (from left to right) “Kaneda,” “Travis,” and “Cyrus.”
[Via Comic Book Movie; Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the tip!]
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