New AKIRA Storyboards Featuring Tetsuo & The Cryogenic Chamber

New AKIRA Storyboards Featuring Tetsuo & The Cryogenic Chamber

Artist Chris Weston has uploaded new storyboards from Warner Bros. live-action remake of Akira. The artwork was created while Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli ) was attached to direct.

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By nailbiter111 - Sep 12, 2012 05:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Akira
Source: Chris Weston



The Hughes brothers usually co-direct, such as Johnny Depp's Jack The Ripper film, From Hell, but for Akira Albert was going solo. His biggest challenge was adapting Katsuhiro Ohtomo's legendary work into a PG-13 format, which was a mandate set down by Warner Bros.' executives. But in May of 2011 Albert walked away from the project, because of amicable creative differences.

So far a live-action Akira has been one hell of a tough nut to crack. Even directors Ruairi Robinson and recently Jaume Collet-Serra, were attached, but they too were unsuccessful.


"Here's some of the storyboards I drew for Albert Hughes' live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's classic graphic novel,"Akira". Here's a few of them; hopefully they reveal just how much love we had for the source material and how faithful we were going to be to it. " - Chris Weston


Chris Weston's AKIRA Storyboards





Click Here To See More AKIRA Storyboards


Chris Weston previously worked with Albert Hughes and his brother Allen on their film The Book of Eli , which starred Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.



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Supes17
Supes17 - 9/12/2012, 5:19 PM
Holy shit this is actually very close to the anime film
Vapes
Vapes - 9/12/2012, 5:26 PM
Americanization notwithstanding, these storyboards are dead on the money for how this movie should look.

It might've actually been good.
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 9/12/2012, 5:45 PM
I like what I see :D
CP
CP - 9/12/2012, 5:57 PM
Eh. I want to like it, but I just can't.
thetrojan
thetrojan - 9/12/2012, 6:06 PM
It does look very close .
wow!
StarSpangledBruce
StarSpangledBruce - 9/12/2012, 6:25 PM
So beautiful...



Why did this have to be cancelled.
StarSpangledBruce
StarSpangledBruce - 9/12/2012, 6:41 PM
@grif

You can't form an absolute opinion on something that was cancelled.
Project8501
Project8501 - 9/12/2012, 7:29 PM
PG-13 requirement?
Lego
Lego - 9/12/2012, 8:00 PM
GOD DAMNIT I WANT THIS FILM!
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/12/2012, 8:28 PM
This movie looked amazing.
ZombieOverEasy
ZombieOverEasy - 9/12/2012, 8:43 PM
It's going to be the spiritual sequel to Dragonball: Evolution.
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 9/12/2012, 10:11 PM
I'm okay with this not getting made with the team they chose. Just because concept art looks good does not mean the movie would have been good. Concept art is like 1/800 of the process of making a good film.
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 9/12/2012, 10:14 PM
Case in point Green Lantern
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/12/2012, 10:56 PM
Im glad it didnt happen. I mean for gods sake it was going to be based in America and be PG-13. I think that should tell everything.
The sets could have been cool and everything but not every movie with cool sets are great.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/12/2012, 11:01 PM
Let Akira stay in Japan.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/12/2012, 11:01 PM
Where it belongs.
Fogs
Fogs - 9/13/2012, 6:49 AM
[frick], this looks actually very good. Just with they didn't change so much of the original.
SkunkApe1
SkunkApe1 - 9/13/2012, 7:02 AM
I have been following this guy for a while, check it out:

http://www.matus1976.com/akira_bike/index.html

He has been going it alone for a long time now, but thanks to the Kick Start foundation, he is working with a major custom motorcycle shop now.

Might see some Kaneda bikes for sale in the near future.
Newbus
Newbus - 9/13/2012, 10:42 AM
Great storyboards but this doesn't mean what you is what you get. And as its been shelved what we see wont what we're getting.
Ancar
Ancar - 9/13/2012, 5:59 PM
Very good and very close to Otomo's work. But make the movie with american characters... NO WAY!!!
AlSimmons
AlSimmons - 9/13/2012, 6:21 PM
Just give a whole bunch of cash to a Japanese studio so they can make a non-cheesey, live action version. Asian actors, Japanese studio, Japanese culture, and English subs. Tis all you need.
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