The Man Ruined a Perfectly Good North American Icon, Why Not Turn Him Loose On a Japanese One?

Good Lord, no ... Aint it Cool is reporting that Pitof - the man behind the Catwoman debacle - has been tapped to direct the live action adaptation of Akira for Warner Brothers.

A note to studio heads: a large budget bomb should not be considered a positive when deciding on a director for an enormously complex, certain to be very high budget, film. What are you thinking!?! What!?!