Waititi also confirmed that he plans to adapt the original manga as opposed to the anime film adaptation.
Director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) confirmed in an interview with Dazed posted last Thursday that he is still working on Warner Brothers’ live-action Akira film project.
Waititi has not confirmed whether or not he is the director on the project.
A lot of the people freaking out haven’t even read the books, and there are six gigantic books to go through.