So Acting Auditions, a website that lists casting calls for major Hollywood features, has announced one such call for extras to star in the upcoming remake of Akira, which is already doomed to die unmourned and unloved except by Warner Bros who are that desperate to get something out of development hell. Why is this significant? Well, they've announced the plot in a nutshell.
It honestly feels like they're trying to make it purposely bad to prove a point to Warner Bros, because otherwise I have to accept the possibility they're serious. And that's far too terrifying a possibility to consider. Here it is:
Kaneda (Garret Hedlund) is a bar owner in Neo-Manhattan who is stunned when his brother, Tetsuo, is abducted by government agents led by The Colonel (Ken Watanabe). Desperate to get his brother back, Kaneda agrees to join with Ky Reed (Kristen Stewart) and her underground movement who are intent on revealing to the world what truly happened to New York City thirty years ago when it was destroyed. Kaneda believes their theories to be ludicrous but after finding his brother again, is shocked when he displays telekinetic powers. Ky believes Tetsuo is headed to release a young boy, Akira, who has taken control of Tetsuo's mind. Kaneda clashes with The Colonel's troops on his way to stop Tetsuo from releasing Akira but arrives too late. Akira soon emerges from his prison courtesy of Tetsuo as Kaneda races in to save his brother bfore Akira once again destroys Manhattan island, as he did thirty years ago....
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