I just realized, I am so not up to date. A friend sent me a link to some news article about anime live-action adaptations. I was shocked, because ...




1.) Akira will be adapted and guess who will play the lead role! Leonardo DiCaprio!!! ... ... ... I can't find words. This doesn't seem right! The second important character, Tetsuo, will be played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whom I remember from 10 things I hate about you.






2.) Keanu Reeves will play Spike Spiegel in an adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Well, at least he looks a little bit like Spike and can be kickass.




3.) There will be an adaptation of Dragonball called Dragonball: Evolution. Although I think there never really should be a live-action of Dragonball (can only be involuntarily ridiculous), the worst thing is James Marsters playing Piccolo. As vampire in Buffy he was okay, but a green skinned Namekian? Please, no!



Take a look at these sites, a glimpse of disaster:

Infos on IMDB
Wikipedia about this film