Claims it won't be like the original or the source material, goes on a weird tangent about how Japan doesn't have a tradition of strong characters in their fiction.

http://www.slashfilm.com/jaume-collet-serras-akira-wont-be-too-faithful-to-the-source-material/

Meanwhile, it looks like the Ghost in the Shell live-action movie will be directed by the guy who made Snow White and the Huntsman, and written by the guy who did the pre-Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies. Yay.