A few months ago, a report surfaced that Jordan Peele, fresh off the success of his hit thriller Get Out, was being eyed to direct, with Warner Bros. said to be “aggressively courting” the filmmaker for this project.
We haven’t heard any updates since that late-March report, but while promoting the home video release of Get Out, Jordan Peele revealed that he did in fact turn the Akira remake down, for one very good reason.
During an event to promote the Get Out home video release, Jordan Peele was asked by Blumhouse about this Akira movie, which the filmmaker revealed he turned down because he wants to explore more original material.
While Get Out marked Jordan Peele’s feature directorial debut, working from his own script, he had certainly established himself as a strong comedic writer and performer.