Warner Bros. has given up on their live-action 'Akira' movie has the film rights to the landmark anime film are up for grabs.

After over 20 years without a movie to show for it, Warner Bros. has let the live-action rights to anime icon Akira lapse.

Akira Kurosawa first rose to prominence as a director during the 1940s, with perhaps his first great (or at least close to ...