She may appear to be trying to turn being morose into an art form, but Kristen Stewart is shaping up to have a strong post-Twilight career, not least because she's just been offered a role in Akira. Twitch, which seems to have a hotline straight in to Akira exclusives, has the news, and says Stewart has been offered the female lead Kei.
There is no word yet on whether or not the actress has accepted the offer. In Katsuhiro Ôtomo's manga Kei is a psychic medium who falls for the lead character of Kaneda. However no character details were revealed for the new live-action remake, so things may have changed.
Garett Hedlund is now officially in talks for the role of Kaneda, the leader of a New Manhattan biker gang who sets out to rescue his best friend Tetsuo from a military experiment. The likes of Ezra Miller and Alden Ehrenreich have read for Tetsuo, but it isn't known if any offers have been made yet.
If Stewart and Hedlund do take the roles it would reunite them after they worked together on Walter Salles' adaptation of On The Road. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing Akira, with production expected to start in the new year.