A while ago we talked about Tim Burton in talks to Direct an adaptation of the Collectable Miniatures Table top game called Monsterpocalypse!
Well now it is confirmed and with that confirmation we get a lot more information about what Burton has in store.
* John August is writing the screenplay right now, consulting with
the game’s creator Matt Wilson (who is also a co-producer)
* Tim Burton is developing the project to direct
* Being developed as a 3D movie
* It could hit theaters by the end of 2012
* Will not feature other properties like Voltron
* The plot involves giant monsters who attack earth. After the
humans fight back, the monsters retreat, but it is quickly discovered
that they didn’t leave, but instead burrowed underground and are
sending some sort of signal into space. The humans prepare for a
possible future attach and developed giant robots that will fight the
monsters if and when they return.
* Most of the movie is going to be during that battle between the
giant robots and the giant monsters.
* Tim Burton is developing the look for the monsters with Ken
Ralston, four time Academy Award winner who has been involved with the
visual effects on films such as Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Back
to the Future series, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cocoon, Dragonslayer,
Star Wars trilogy
* The monsters and robots are each the size of a very tall building.
* The robots are controlled by a crew inside of each one of these
robots, and we’ll be seeing the battles from the inside of the bridge
and the outside
The board game looks like a lot of fun, and it reminds me a lot of the classic arcade video game Rampage as well.
Of course with Tim Burton involved it will have a certain style to it, and we are guaranteed a lot of eyecandy. Which is exactly what you want to see in a movie with giant robots and monsters fighting it out on a cityscape!
