Read this the other day in the paper at a hotel.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...ed-racer_N.htm
•Leonardo DiCaprio will produce two films based on the popular anime story
Akira, set in a rebuilt Tokyo after a mysterious explosion decimated the city. The first of the Warner Bros. films, to be set in "New Manhattan," is scheduled for summer 2009.
•Director M. Night Shyamalan will direct
The Last Airbender, an adaptation of the popular Asian-influenced Nickelodeon series about a young hero with the power to manipulate the elements. It's due July 2, 2010.
•Steven Spielberg will adapt
Ghost in the Shell, a futuristic crime thriller based on the 1989 Japanese comic, or manga, that spawned a half-dozen films and video games. No release date has been set.
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