WB Setting Peter Segal & Dan Mazeau to Develop the ‘Bleach’ Movie

While we wait for Akira, how about a little Bleach? Warner Bros, who’s developing the live-action Akira, is apparently now moving forward on developing a live-action adaptation of the manga/anime Bleach. We first heard about this project existing a few years ago, but Variety is now saying that Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Get Smart) and writer Dan Mazeau (Wrath of the Titans, The Flash, Jonny Quest) have come on-board to develop at the studio, and Segal “will produce with an eye toward possibly directing.” Interesting update on another live-action anime project that’s going to get a lot of fan resistance. Bleach, with more than 75 million copies in circulation in Japan alone, follows Ichigo, a teenager with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow, he absorbs the power to hunt Hollows and dedicates his life to protecting the innocent and helping tortured …