The Hughes brothers usually co-direct, such as Johnny Depp's Jack The Ripper film,
From Hell, but for
Akira Albert was going solo. His biggest challenge was adapting Katsuhiro Ohtomo's legendary work into a PG-13 format, which was a mandate set down by Warner Bros.' executives. But in May of 2011 Albert walked away from the project, because of amicable creative differences.
So far a live-action
Akira has been one hell of a tough nut to crack. Even directors Ruairi Robinson and recently Jaume Collet-Serra, were attached, but they too were unsuccessful.
"Here's some of the storyboards I drew for Albert Hughes' live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's classic graphic novel,"Akira". Here's a few of them; hopefully they reveal just how much love we had for the source material and how faithful we were going to be to it. " - Chris Weston
Chris Weston's AKIRA Storyboards
Click Here To See More AKIRA Storyboards Chris Weston previously worked with Albert Hughes and his brother Allen on their film
The Book of Eli , which starred Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.
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