'Akira' adaptation of Otomos manga series to release in May 2021

Filmmaker Taika Waititi's live-action film "Akira" has been given the release date of May 21, 2021. An adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomos manga series of the same name, the project has been long in the making.

Jordan Peele, George Miller, Christopher Nolan and Justin Lin were all circling the project at some point in the last few years. Waititi, who directed Marvel's blockbuster "Thor: Ragnarok", boarded the project in 2017.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film, which hails from Warner Bros stable, will open opposite Lionsgate's "John Wick: Chapter 4". Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is producing through his Appian Way along with Andrew Lazar.