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Iron Man Screenwriters Working On Akira

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The Akira project isn’t dead after all.

Back in June of this year fanboys around the world were grieving the loss of Warner Bros. live action Akira adaptation, based on the hugely popular Manga series. 15th June 2009 was the day it was confirmed that director Ruairi Robinson had left the project, and according to horror site Bloody Disgusting, the project was “dead as a doornail”.

The troopers over at Collider have momentous news – according to their own sources, “Children of Men” and “Iron Man” screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are currently hard at work on the Akira script! Not only have Collider been able to confirm that the project is alive and well, but should script development go well, the film should go into production in 2010 with a release date in 2011. The gospel according to Frosty:

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