Fox-based New Regency has put robot project
Voltron: Defender of the Universe into turnaround, according to
Variety.
Ryan Kavanaugh's financing and production venture Relativity Media is in negotiations to back the property, though on a more moderate budget, utilizing the type of cost-effective technology employed in films including
300.
The Mark Gordon Co. still is attached to produce
Voltron: Defender of the Universe, which is based on the popular Japanese animated TV series of the 1980s.
Mark Gordon and Jordan Wynn are producers. Bryan Zuriff is exec producing. Producers expect to attach a director within the next week.
Last summer, New Regency picked up the rights to the property, adapted by scribe Justin Marks.
Marks' take is described as a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico, where five survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders.
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"The Players: Prolific producer joel silver is working with Mattel to bring He-Man and ompany to Warner Bros. and "Voltron" screenwriter Justin Marks is on board to write this one, as well.
The Scoop: As opposed to the Earth-based sotry of the original live-action movie, Marks indicated that the story will be set on Eternia, like the original carttoon. "This is an Eternian movie and it's a story about an Eternian hero," said Marks. "We're not going to Earth. It's an Adam origin story and a Skeletor origin story. We want to see both of them come from and how they got that way.""
I think this will be awesome with the right director, especially as live-action. I'd say Peter Jackson as director, but i doubt it'll happen.
I dont recall a show called StarFleet??
now that's a dis.
yeah that whole live action too-lame-for-animation action adventure show never appealed to me. the last non-animated kids show i watched as a tike was either fraggle rock or the great space coaster, which it turns out was not that great.
but what is with this shit right here:
http://atlanplac.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/beetleborgs.jpg
that looks silly as hell.
that was the one with the guys who drove vehicles that transformed into other types of vehicles.