intellij has problems with when a subclass specifies a more specific return type. This is the case for Akka's Http.get(ActorSystem) method. This is issue is reported to JB but they have not responded yet.
I found a simple solution for the problem. Simply install the Scala plugin from JetBrains:
File -> Settings... -> Plugins -> Install JetBrains plugin... -> search for Scala.
After restarting the IDE the failure is gone.