Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the film rights to the anime classic Robotech, with Tobey Maguire producing through his Maguire Entertainment.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is considering the lead role in the futuristic tale of giant robots and alien invaders. The studio plans on the sci-fi epic becoming a tentpole franchise.
Produced by Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Prods., the 1980s anime aired in the United States as a daily syndicated series. Robotech was adapted from three different mecha series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada.
Robotech takes place on a futuristic Earth, where mankind has used technology salvaged from a crashed alien spacecraft to create giant robots — which it then uses to battle alien invaders.
The franchise has spread into comics — most recently with DC/WildStorm — novelizations, role-playing games and video games.
Craig Zahler is writing the screenplay for the film. Frank Agrama of Harmony Gold, which holds the rights to Robotech, will serve as an executive producer.
September 7th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Matthew Mcconaughey as Roy Fokker
Mandy Moore as Minmei?
Gary Oldman as Capt. Glovall
Jenna Fischer as Lisa Hayes
Ben Kingsley as Breetai
Nerd casting lists never prove out, but these are my suggestions.
September 7th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
And so the Toonami movie trend continues.
Don’t believe me? Well, here’s a list of the non-comic-based movies (live and animated) based on Toonami properties:
ThunderCats (animated) and Jonny Quest (live) – Toonami Class of 1997. Both in development at Warner Bros.
Speed Racer (live) – Not officially a Toonami series, although the original Japanese opening aired on the block a number of times in 1997. In production at Warner Bros.
Voltron (live) – Class of 1997. In development at Paramount.
Robotech (live) – Class of 1998. The announcement made above.
Transformers (live) – Class of 1998. Blockbuster film.
Dragon Ball Z (live)- Class of 1998. In development (finally) at Fox.
Gatchaman (G-Force) (animated) – Class of 2000. In production at Imagi Entertainment.
Masters of the Universe (live) – Class of 2002. In development at Warner Bros.
G.I. Joe (live) – Class of 2002. In development at Paramount.
Samurai Jack (animated) – Class of 2002. In development at Frederator Films.
Astro Boy (animated) – Class of 2004. In production at Imagi Entertainment.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:52 am
i am very excited about this project, if they can keep things to the more than acceptible standard of transformers it will be big… there is really only one actor who could do admiral gloval justice… jean reno