Warner Bros. has once again put plans to make a live-action version of the classic anime film “Akira” on hold, removing it from their release slate and giving its summer 2021 release spot to the untitled fourth installment of “The Matrix.”
“Matrix 4” will now be released on May 21, 2021, with original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss returning along with co-creator Lana Wachowski. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, and Neil Patrick Harris will also star in the film, with Abdul-Mateen and Henwick playing lead roles.
Warner Bros. first acquired the rights to adapt “Akira” back in 2002, but the project has been in development hell ever since.