OlderZac Efron To Take Over Lead in Akira?
And Zac Efron adds another movie to possible consider…
SlashFilm reports that the 23-year-old actor is up for the lead role in the live-action adaptation of the popular anime/manga Akira.
MTV speculated that Zac might be up for the role of Shotaro Kaneda, the young leader of a motorcycle gang called The Capsules. He’s best friends with Tetsuo, a troubled youth with undiscovered psychic powers. Once Tetsuo taps into his destructive telepathic abilities, he becomes drunk with power, forcing Kaneda to lead the charge against his very best friend.
Leonardo DiCaprio was formerly attached to the project.
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More Zac Efron Movies !
Yay ! So Proud !
wow. zac ftw!
Sounds cool! & good for Zac :)
please don’t. Anime to Movies always suck.
no… absolutely not going to happen, i mean i love zac and all… but seriously?? why turn this anime into a live action, they should just leave anime’s to be anime’s and not turn them into live action, most of the time they flop because they can’t get the same feel in a live than the original. Stop turning anime into live action! if they we’re meant to be live, they wouldn’t be freaking animated in the first place.
I agree with Biikaa. Theres going to be GIANT backlash. Most (serious die-hard) anime fans hate Hollywood because all they do is run out of ideas and then go and ruin anime.
jesus… every time i heard news from a movie it’s always attached to zac’s name… seriously he must have like 10 projects attached to his name
i would love to see zac in a action movie but not a **** like this…
Why don’t they, I don’t know hire an Asian person?!
another lame zefron post
This is insane. Akira is one of the few animes where the characters actually look Japanese and they’re gonna whitewash the movie??? Leave this classic alone!
I agree with the posters here, leave Akira alone! Let’s face it and be honest, this is not a Zac Efron type of part he’ll fail big time and besides I don’t think the kid has one ounce in his body for an action movie yet he’s too much of a pretty boi. Don’t ruin a great animation my grandson will be very dissapointed.
This is just a rumor for right now.
really cool
There were also rumors he is considered to play Light Yagami from the “Death Note” anime. There already are 3 “Death Note” live-action Japanese movies who were pretty good, I really don’t see the point in these remakes.
please, no…
I love this man!
so much but
the anime movie with real people is not good!
look! DRAGON BALL movie?!
THE LAST AIRBENDER?
:S
please Zac, say no :(
yeah…hollywood needs to leave animes alone. They NEVER turn out well. I love zac and I’ve seen Akira and love it too, but they wouldn’t be a good match. Plus, all the characters in this film are Japanese! :/
all i can say for now is that i’ll support all Zac’s movies…
Another flop. Again…If you’re going too make a movie based off a JP Anime, PLZ make the main Asian or at least half Asian. Now the drama begins again, over a another crappy idea…
AddictedtoV…. please be more intelligent than that…. leave the japanese movie to the japanese seriously….
btw vanessa was spotted at a wedding in hawai this saturday (pic on zanessasweetheart)
Why ooooh why can’t hollywood make movies with minorities and leave the TigerBeat boys out of really awesome legacies. Keanu, Matrix, anyone, now that was awesome. Leave the blue eyed boys to the mainstream and pick up the talented and equally appealing Asian, minorities out there and let them have a piece of the American dreams. I mean how about that Glee kid, the dancer, he has talent, looks, and athletic ability, why can’t he be in this instead. That is to say if they actually think they can turn anime into a movie. I just don’t understand why diversity is never given a chance and yes I am a white female.
I don’t think turning Akira into a live-action film is such a good idea.
It most probably would be best left as an anime.
Furthermore, I don’t feel Zac would be right for this role either.
Zac’s probably not right for this movie but he is a good actor & i love him!!!!
zac movies….i’m proud
but i don’t know so many mangas and anime movies…
and akira it’s not popular i think zac deserd somethin better..but
i mean i love see zac movies he’s really a great actor
It would have been nice to have seen Zac with Vanessa, but I know he is working. This wedding that Vanessa was at, was it a part of the movie, or a friend?
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