Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way will produce the flick, alongside Andrew Lazar and Mad Chance.
Akira was born as a manga series that ran from 1982 to 1990, and was adapted into an animated film in 1988. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, where a secret government project turns two gang members against each other against a background of war. Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN’s AU office. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.