Heat Vision | THR is reporting that Warner Brothers wants Keanue Reeves to star in Albert Hughes’ English-language / live-action on the Japanese manga Akira.
Now comes word that Reeves has held talks with the studio, with whom he already made the massively successful Matrix movies, for the part of Kaneda, the gang leader. Reeves doesn’t yet have an offer for the role, but we hear the talks with his reps have been going well.
Reeves anchoring the project could serve as a strong lure for another A-lister to take the role of Tetsuo, the best friend.
