Morgan Freeman to play The Colonel in live-action Akira?

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  1. Tkemert20, Nov 20, 2010
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  2. Murasame, Nov 20, 2010
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    I think he won't fit the role well... he can play nice grandpas and stuff... but not The Colonel...
     
  3. Omnius, Nov 20, 2010
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    Live.
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    Akira.

    Does anyone else get a bad feeling?
     
  4. Tkemert20, Nov 20, 2010
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    Did you read the review for the newly revised script? It made me lose all hope.
     
  5. RabidYak, Nov 20, 2010
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    You had hope in the first place?
     
  6. Tkemert20, Nov 20, 2010
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    Surprisingly, yes... What a fool I was...
     
  7. RabidYak, Nov 20, 2010
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    On the bright side, people won't even notice that its supposed to be Akira if they change a couple more names and remove the drugs in the next draft.
     
  8. Tkemert20, Nov 20, 2010
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    You can hardly tell it's Akira now! I mean, Pakistanis? Really?
     
  9. RabidYak, Nov 20, 2010
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    Just to make it worse, the slang qouted in the script review for them is sort of the N-word equivelent for south asian folks over here.

    Not that i'm surprised or anything, we are talking about folks that optioned rights to a comic about post-nuclear Japanese society so they could make a movie about vaguely similar characters in America.
     
  10. Lord Of Tetris, Nov 20, 2010
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    Can someone summarize the script review? Is it THAT outrageous?