Zac Efron or James Franco as Kaneda (Akira movie)??!

Last year we've posted about the making of Akira into a live action movie. Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace II Society, from Hell) will be directing the movie. I really didn't know what to think when I heard that Morgan Freeman will play the role of Colonel Shikishima. Now I've heard that Zac Efron (what the *?) and James Franco are mentioned to play the possible role of Shotaro Kaneda. Why the..what the....Hueh??

Ok, the actors are good...But the actual story of Akira is already good by itself. There's no need to put famous actors into the movie. And the choices of actors who possibly have to fulfill the roles...well, I imagined Colonel Shikishima to be like someone else, definitely not like Mr. Freeman. And Zac Efron as Kaneda, hm. Also the movie will take place in Manhattan, not in Tokyo. Hm, the movie should be called Ameriakira or something..

Ok, I'll stop nagging about the movie Akira, because those who don't know the story, will probably like the movie. And guess who will be writing the script? The scriptwriter of Harry Potter, Steve Kloves! (I love the HP-books and movies) So maybe, hopefully the movie won't be that bad after all...