One of the dream movie projects I'm sure for a lot of directors, and happens to be one of mine too, is finally going under production. Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce a live-action Akira film. Yes, that's Leonardo DiCaprio (one of the best actors alive today in my opinion), and Akira (a movie I was once so obsessed with directing a live-action version myself that I created an entire unofficial movie score out of obscure electronic songs… maybe I'll post it sometime). I would normally be nervous as hell about this project, which could realistically turn into amoebic disgusting mess faster than Tetsuo's right arm… but knowing that someone like DiCaprio is behind the scenes gives me a bit of hope that maybe they'll do this right. We'll see.