{"id":883,"date":"2011-02-14T20:38:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=883"},"modified":"2011-02-14T20:38:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:38:56","slug":"dark-horizons-news-james-franco-wanted-for-akira-february-12th-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/dark-horizons-news-james-franco-wanted-for-akira-february-12th-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Horizons | News | James Franco Wanted For “Akira” – February 12th 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Franco is reportedly in talks to star as Kaneda in the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo\u2019s six-volume cyberpunk manga “Akira” says\u00a0JustJared<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original’s story was set in a neon-lit futuristic post-nuclear war “New Tokyo” in 2019. Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a secret government project known as Akira. Trying to save him, Kaneda runs into anti-government activists, corrupt politicians, irresponsible scientists and a despotic military leader.<\/p>\n

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Dark Horizons | News | James Franco Wanted For “Akira” – February 12th 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Franco is reportedly in talks to star as Kaneda in the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo\u2019s six-volume cyberpunk manga “Akira” says\u00a0JustJared. The original’s story was set in a neon-lit futuristic post-nuclear war “New Tokyo” in 2019. Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a secret government project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-ef","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1764,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/keanu-reeves-departs-akira-remake\/","url_meta":{"origin":883,"position":0},"title":"Keanu Reeves Departs “Akira” Remake","author":"AJ","date":"May 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"From Dark Horizons Those fearing the planned live-action remake of Japanese anime and manga classic \"Akira\" at Warner Bros. 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