Members Funkee1 Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 The floodgates are open,, folks. The success of Transformers means you'll see a whole mess o your favorite 80's cartoons thrown up on the big screen, with mixed results. This one might be good..... Tobey Maguire and WB to adapt Robotech! WB and Maguire Adapting RobotechSource: The Hollywood ReporterSeptember 7, 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the rights to bring anime classic "Robotech," which featured giant robots known as mechas, to the big screen. "Spider-Man" franchise star Tobey Maguire is producing through his Maguire Entertainment and is eyeing the lead role in what the studio plans on being a tentpole sci-fi franchise. "We are very excited to bring 'Robotech' to the big screen," Maguire said. "There is a rich mythology that will be a great foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film." Drew Crevello also is producing through his Supercool Hollywood BigTime Productions. Craig Zahler (The Brigands of Rattleborge) will write the screenplay. "Robotech" was a cartoon series during the 1980s from Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Productions. It was re-edited and re-dialogued to combine three Japanese anime series to give the producers enough episodes to air as a daily syndicated series. A sprawling sci-fi epic, Robotech takes place at a time when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions. The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source known as "protoculture," and the planet's survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 I'm kinda scared. Tobey would make a decent Rick Hunter, but there's no way they can get in even 1/2 of the storyline in one movie. And Tobe's is getting a bit old to be playing a 19yo hotshot pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bonoman Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 I never watched Robotech. I think they should do a Micronauts movie instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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