Rumor: DJ Caruso may direct Preacher

Slash Film is reporting that director DJ Caruso, (Disturbia; I am number four), is in talks to helm the film adaptation of Garth Ennis’ popular Preacher comic book.

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In September producer Moretz told Total Film Magazine that

Rumor: Zack Snyder might not do ’300′ sequel

Rumor: Zack Snyder might not do ’300′ sequelRumor: Zack Snyder might not do ’300′ sequel
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Rumor: James Franco in Akira?

Now this is an interesting rumor. The guys over at Just Jared are reporting that James Franco has yet another movie being offered to him and this one happens to be the well regarded Akira adaptation.
James Franco is in talks to star as the lead role Kaneda in the live action feature-film Akira, JustJared.com has exclusively confirmed.

The flick will be based off of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume cyberpunk manga (Japanese word for comics). The film is set in New Manhattan, where the leader of a biker gang saves his friend from a medical experiment.

Warner Bros. has tapped director Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli) to helm the project, along with Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way.

James Franco’s name is being thrown around with every movie being produced this year so why not include it in something that’s been gestating in production since the 90′s? If including his name helps make this movie a reality then I’m all for it… but I don’t think I’d realistically want to see him starring as Kaneda. They could, and probably should, get an actual Asian person in the role instead as to not upset fans of the 80′s anime.

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