Childen of Men Writers Adapting Akira

I know nothing of the animated Akira, other than it involves a post-apocalyptic setting, a huge gun, and a pretty freakin’ sweet motorcycle. Which is also just about all I need to know in order to be excited about anything.

It helps even more in the process of getting excited for the live-action adaptation that the screenwriters of Iron Man and Children of Men, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, are submitting a draft of their vision of the film.

The last we heard about the project, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was a front runner to star in one role or another in the Warner Bros. project. Has this tidbit faded into rumor? It’s too early to tell.

However, according to our source at Collider.com, the film could be released as early as 2011 if the script is as good as we hope.

Fingers crossed.