James Franco: Akira Manga Man! Exclusive! | James Franco, Leonardo DiCprio : Just Jared

Someone explain how James Franco is being considered for the main role as Kaneda, the Japanese biker gang leader?

Oh wait, it’s set in New Manhattan instead of Neo Tokyo? Cool. How about we rename the movie to the closest American equivalent of the name Akira? Something like… Jeff.

GQ was right – the movies are dead. (Sorry, article isn’t available online)