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There's been a live action Akira film in development hell for over 20 years now. I've been patiently waiting since my teen years to see it and I'm in my early 40s now. I guess directors are so scared of not being able to live up to the masterpiece that is the original anime film, so nobody sticks with the project long.
Personally, I'd love to see it recreated as a miniseries. If you've read the manga, the film barely touches on the plot. There are gang wars, political factions, economic and social collapse, insurrections and riots, even global wars! None of that is covered in the film; they just focus on Tetsuo and Kaneda.
Heck, even its namesake, Akira, isn't around! He was a central figure of the manga, but he's only around for some brief flashbacks in the film.
A miniseries would give it time to world-build and cover everything in the original manga series.
Interesting, thanks, I'll have to check it out! I did think it was kind of strange that Akira wasn't the focus, but I wondered if it might've been something like "The Legend of Zelda" focusing on Link, haha.