Akira casting

[Dr Mordrid]

First: Akira has been located in a city called New Manhattan, not New Tokyo. Get used to it.

Filming starts in August

Director: Albert Hughes (co-director of Dead Presidents, Menace 2 Society & Book of Eli)

Casting starts with giving your prospective actors the script. Scripts have gone out to -

Tetsuo: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy

Kaneda: Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix

Deadline