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The long-gestating live-action adaptation of ‘Akira,’](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/akira/1388341/main) Khasatsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume graphic novel about bikers and psionic kids involved in a secret military project in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, is now picking up steam for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.
According to Deadline, a rewrite by Steve Kloves was sent to director Albert Hughes, and the script has been sent out to two sets of actors for the two main characters: Tetsuo Shima (to Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy) and Shôtarô Kaneda (to Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix).