We’ve been talking for some time about a possible Voltron movie. We knew the rights to the project were picked up some time ago… but the film has been without a studio to date. Well… not anymore. New Regency (Associated with 20th Century Fox) has apparently picked up on the Lion to Robot action. This moves the project one step closer to actually going into production. And with the success of Transformers, you know it’ll happen soon.
The good folks over at Latino Review give us this:
Variety is reporting that New Regency is ready to assemble its own giant robot movie. The 20th Century Fox-based production entity has partnered with the Mark Gordon Co. to adapt “Voltron: Defender of the Universe” into a possible franchise. Producer Mark Gordon has been developing the pic, based on the popular 1980s Japanese animated TV series, comicbooks and toy line, for some time with Justin Marks penning the script.
This has lots of nostalgia soaked into it. But can it work? Voltron was never as popular, or had the generational appeal that Transformers does. It will undoubtedly be compared to Transformers (another giant robot movie) despite the fact that those “in the know” about Voltron will know differently.
Personally, I’m pumped to see this go into production… I’m just a little unsure that it will find its audience. What do you think? Will people (general public people) be excited to see a Voltron movie? What about yourself?
