Akira Live-Action Film Adaptaion Moves Ahead

For years, Warner Bros.has been trying to develop the popular manga/anime AKIRA for a live-action film adaptation, but time and again, they have failed. But most recently, Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) was attached to direct with a cast that plans to include Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ken Watanabe.  Collet-Serra and WB had managed to reduce the budget down to somewhere between $60 million and $70 million. [continue after the jump]