A Look at Unused Live-Action Akira Concept Art
Three cityscapes and Kaneda costume design from Rodolfo Dimaggio
More art for the shelved Hollywood live-action Akira has cropped up online. Movie/comic artist Rodolfo Dimaggio (Hulk, Iron Man, Green Lantern, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) has posted a trio of cityscape concept pieces, as well as a look at its rather non-teenage version of Kaneda.
Back in September, storyboards from artist Jeffrey Errico emerged online.
There were also storyboards from concept artist Sylvain Despretz’s (Gladiator, Alien Resurrection) 2008 work on the project.
Akira went through directors Ruairi Robinson, Albert Hughes and Jaume Collet-Serra before stalling out on budget issues.
via @Atomech
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