Rumor: 'Akira' Developing As A Trilogy, Christopher Nolan May Be Involved
There are new rumors about the Akira live-action remake, but which are correct? At least one, involving Batman director Christopher Nolan, is pretty shady.
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Fox Picks Up 'The Leviathan'
Fox has bought the Leviathan movie pitch from Ruairi Robinson and screenwriter Jim Uhls.
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Simon Kinberg Will Turn Ruairi Robinson's 'The Leviathan' Into A Full-Length Feature
Simon Kinberg (X-Men) and Neill Blomkamp (Chappie) are making The Leviathan movie, based on the proof-of-concept sci-fi teaser by Ruairi Robinson.
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Watch 'The Leviathan' Concept Trailer Has Shades Of 'Moby Dick' And 'Dune'
The Leviathan concept trailer shows off a wild science fiction film that could come to pass.
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Unused 'Akira' Storyboards Blended Iconic Images With New Twists
Most fans of Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 animated masterpiece Akira never wanted a live action remake to happen. But Warner Bros., the studio who holds the rights, has been pushing the issue for about five years. Almost every single prominent actors in his late-twenties or early-thirties was floated as possibly playing the star of the film,…
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The Viewfinder List 2011: The Top Short Films, Commercials, And Music Videos Of The Year
Last year saw the debut of The Viewfinder List, which aims to do for aspiring filmmakers what The Black List does for screenwriters. Compiled from a poll of "studio executives, producers, and creatives," The Viewfinder List reflects the most-liked shorts, commercials, and/or music videos of the year. The inaugural list in 2010 included such up-and-comers…
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Ruairi Robinson Set To Direct 'The Last Days On Mars'
Short film and commercial director Ruairi Robinson has been attached to a few studio projects over the past year or two, notably one incarnation of Warner Bros. live-action Akira remake. His last big project was the 'killer robot' short Blinky, which you can see here. Now he's got a new project brewing that will feature…
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This Week In Trailers: Imaginary Forces, The Whale, Knuckle, Suing The Devil, Resurrect Dead, Detective Dee
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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Ruairi Robinson To Direct 'The Fallen'
If you don't already know Ruairi Robinson's name, go back through our archive of previous reports on the young director to check out his short films like The Silent City and Blinky, then come back to this announcement of a new feature for which he's been tapped to direct. In November of last year the…
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Watch The Short Film 'Blinky,' In Which A Small Robot Goes Slightly Out Of Control
We don't often cover short films for over a year in advance, but Ruairi Robinson made the great short The Silent City and was attached to the live-action Akira remake, so when concept video cropped up for a new film of his in late 2009, we noticed. That film turns out to be the short…
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Ruairi Robinson To Direct Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Animators'
One of the high-rated scripts on the recently-released Brit List was Clive Dawson's The Animators, which deals with "a crew of astronauts picked off one by one by a malevolent force." Now the script is moving into production with acclaimed short filmmaker Ruairi Robinson directing. We just saw a trailer for Mr. Robinson's great-looking short…
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Teaser Trailer: Ruairi Robinson's 'Blinky,' Starring Max Records
A year ago we posted a concept video for a project called Bad Robot. The footage had an odd robot, sort of R2D2 by way of Pixar, dancing around for a few seconds. The director was Ruairi Robinson, who made the good short film The Silent City, embedded in the concept video link above, and…
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VOTD: Bad Robot Concept Animation Teaser
You might know the name Ruairi Robinson; if you don't I'm betting you will very soon. Robinson made the cool short film The Silent City (which I've embedded below) and was the guy tapped to direct the live-action Akira. I'm not sure whether he's still attached to that film, which was recently said to be…
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WB's Live-Action Akira Remake Is Dead?
The live-action adaptation of the classic anime Akira is dead, according to a report from Bloody Disgusting. The film has been in the hands of Warner Brothers and Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way for some time, and Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) has been working to crack the script. The plan, reportedly, was…
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Two Live-Action Akira Films Greenlit, Leonardo DiCaprio Producing, Possibly Will Star
What a strange day for Warner Bros. First, rumors explode today that they're giving the heave-ho to Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, and now word arrives that they've greenlit two ambitious live-action films based on the landmark Japanese manga and anime Akira, with Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way producing. Mere rumor is he may…
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