'Akira' Shut Lower: Warner Bros. Apparently Shuts Production Offices

Movies, now under ever? Round the heels of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures showing some fiscal responsibility with 'The Lone Ranger' and 'Paradise Lost,' correspondingly, comes word that Warner Bros. is once again putting the brakes around the potential financial albatross. Production on 'Akira' remains shutdown to be able to rework your financial allowance. According to THR, the 'Akira' offices in Vancouver are actually closed, because the below-the-line everybody was told in your thoughts home. Once the budget issues can not be resolved, 'Akira' could easily get shuffled away once again (it's hit the skids three occasions formerly). An adaptation in the famous Japanese manga, the film was set to star Garrett Hedlund, with Billy Burke, Gary Oldman and Helena Bonham Carter in discussions and to appear. Jaume Collet-Serra ('Unknown') will direct, provided this really happens. Last summer season, Warner Bros. attracted the same tactic with 'The Lone Ranger,' before purchasing a completely new budget (a still-absurd $215 million) with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Gore Verbinski and star The Actor-kaira Pitt. 'Paradise Lost,' an adaptation of John Milton's classic poem with Bradley Cooper playing Lucifer, was shelved late this season by Legendary Pictures. This, after Universal cast off plans for 'The Dark Tower' with Ron Howard and 'At the Hills of Madness' with Guillermo Del Toro and Tom Cruise. Are art galleries in the heart of a completely new era of fiscal responsibility? UPDATE: Not? Variety looks at the shutdown is due to script issues. Developing... [via THR/Warmth Vision] [Photo: GF/bauergriffinonline.com] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook