Akira fans have been waited with bated breath to see if this beloved anime movie can be successfully adapted into live-action. The good news is that Taika Waititi is still attached to direct. The bad news is that production has been delayed until after Waititi wraps up work on the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder.

Waititi gave us an update on the long-brewing project during a press junket for his latest film, Jojo Rabbit . As he reveals, Akira fell behind schedule as work on the screenplay began bleeding into Waititi's commitment to the fourth Thor movie.

See what Waititi has to say about the current status of Akira in the video below.

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"Unfortunately, the timing with Akira, because we've been working really hard on the script, we had to keep pushing the start date for the shoot," Waititi said. "We ended up having to push it a couple weeks too far, which actually ate into the Thor schedule, because they were very close together. And that got pushed again and again, and it just got too far into the Thor schedule to be able to make it work. And my first commitment was to Marvel to make that film, so now I've kind of had to take Akira and sort of shift it around to the tail-end of Thor and move it down a couple of years."Fortunately, Waititi reaffirmed his commitment to directing the Akira adaptation, even if it may end up taking a bit longer than expected. And in the meantime, Akira fans can look forward to a new anime adaptation of the original manga courtesy of creator Katsuhiro Otomo.For more on the Akira remake, here's a brief rundown of the adaptation's troubled history . Then check out more live-action anime remakes currently in development As for the next Thor sequel, Waititi recently confirmed his character Korg will return , and Marvel is still "weighing" whether or not Thor should keep his beer belly in Love and Thunder.

Check out the video below for our reactions to Marvel's Phase 4 announcements.

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