In 2017, director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Nope) commented in an interview on why he turned down an offer to direct Warner Brothers‘ dormant live-action Akira film. At the time, he said, “Akira is one of my favorite movies, and I think obviously the story justifies as big a budget as you can possibly dream of. But the real question for me is: Do I want to do pre-existing material, or do I want to do original content? At the end of the day, I want to do original stuff.”
Fast-forward almost six years later. After recently releasing his newest original film Nope, Peele was asked on the Happy Sad Confused podcast how he thinks things might have gone if he had accepted the Akira offer.
Peele responded: “It’s a project I’m so passionate about. I’m glad I didn’t do it because I feel like staying away from trying to interpret that IP set me on the path to creating something new. But I…
