Robert Pattinson will face some superhero competition from Andrew Garfield and James McAvoy for the lead role in a film adaptation of graphic novel Akira.
The Twilight hunk, fellow Brit and new Spider-man Garfield and X:Men star McAvoy will duke it out for the role of Tetsuo in the movie project, according to reports.
Meanwhile Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix are being considered for the opposing role, Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang who tries to save Tetsuo from a medical experiment, reports Deadline.com.
Pattinson will be back as Edward Cullen later this year as the first part of Break Dawn, the final book in the series, will hit the big screen.
But before then he will team up with Oscar winners Christoph Waltz and Reese Witherspoon for Water For Elephants.
Garfield is stepping into his first big budget blockbuster with Spider-Man, in which he takes on the role of Peter Parker.
The movie is a re-boot of the popular franchise and will hit screens next summer.
James McAvoy is also in blockbuster action this summer as he plays Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, which looks at the early life of Xavier and Magneto.
Tagged in Robert Pattinson