Collider is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures is still developing a live-action adaptation of the hit Japanese manga and anime “Akira”, and has tapped Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby to write the script. Akira is Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume manga series, and takes place in a post-apocalyptic city where members of a bike gang get involved in a battle between the mysterious psychic forces that are connected to the initial destruction of the city, the military government, and rebel forces. The famous motorcycle used by the protagonist Kaneda, according to Collider, will definitely be a part of the film. Keep checkin’ back for more “Akira” news here at Shockya.com. By Costa…

The writers of the acclaimed summer smash of 2008, “Iron Man”, starring Robert Downey Jr, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, who are rumored to be also penning “Iron Man 2″, are agreeing with a statement made by “The Incredible Hulk” director Louis Leterrier about the future of Marvel Studio’s “Avengers” movie. Leterrier told MTV News back in June that the Avengers movie, tentatively predicted for 2011, should fall back on the classic Avengers origin story of fighting the Hulk. Fergus said “I hope ‘The Avengers’ embraces [using the Hulk as the villain], […] You don’t want like 10 super-badass good guys fighting together. Where’s the fun in that? Let’s break…