Voltron coming to the big screen

Post by **Chupacabra** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:45 am

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/636/636750p1.html

Voltron Targets Hollywood
Another giant robot movie in the works.
by Stax

July 26, 2005 - According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan) will partner with Pharrell Williams, World Events Prods. and producers Mark Costa and Ford Oelman to make a live-action feature film of Voltron: Defender of the Universe. Williams also will reportedly score the film.

Like The Transformers, Voltron is a giant morphing robot from the 1980s popularized by toys and a TV series. Transformers is set-up at DreamWorks with Michael Bay attached to direct for a slated July 4, 2007 release date. Transformers will be produced by Don Murphy, whom Voltron producer Mark Gordon worked with on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

THR tells us that the developing story for Voltron will follow "five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller robots."

Voltron is not set-up at a studio at this point so there is no release date or director yet.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:47 am

Yeah that's gonna be really bad..

Post by **R00k** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:07 am

I liked Voltron, but Hollywood pisses me off. Soon there will be a Thundercats, MASK, GIJoe and probably even another HeMan movie, and they will all suck.

Post by **netrex** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:16 am

They better not fuck up a Thundercats movie.

Post by **Busch** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:31 am

I got the Voltron DVD set and it rocks. I

Voltron

Post by **4days** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:32 am

Post by **Chupacabra** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:36 am

Busch wrote:I got the Voltron DVD set and it rocks. I Voltron

are you an aussie? its not out here AFAIK (in the U.S.) i heard they got a pretty swanky boxset out over there.

Post by **Busch** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:38 am

Nope not aussie. It's not exactly on discs yet, if you know what i mean.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:40 am

oh i see

is it worth watching? i remember loving it as a kid but then again i loved thundercats back then too and that didnt age very well. saw thundercats again a few years back and didnt like it.

Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:42 am

ffs, go with the Battletech universe you ass pumping studio chumps.

Post by **4days** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:08 am

voltron was only ever a crappy toy on market stalls over here, don't remember seeing the cartoon.

Post by **menkent** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:49 am

there were actually two different cartoons. voltron's gay though, they should just make a Gundam movie

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:52 am

netrex wrote:They better not fuck up a Thundercats movie.

Yeah or the furries might invade Hollywood.

Post by **Berserker** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:13 am

I just got the 8 DVD set off ebay. Cant wait for it to get here.

All 72 Episodes!

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:16 am

I'm waiting for Go-bots The Movie

Post by **Dek** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:12 am

Geebs wrote:I'm waiting for Go-bots The Movie

You mean other than this one?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091123/

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:25 am

Dek wrote:
Geebs wrote:I'm waiting for Go-bots The Movie
You mean other than this one?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091123/

I still have that on VHS.

Post by **Dek** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:41 am

I'm waiting on the G-Force movie!! They rocked!

Post by **Dek** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:45 am

hah, i never realized voltron had the same make up of characters just different names as the geforce characters..

I guess I knew that but never really thought about it..

http://www.hellfire.com/versus/voltron_vs_gforce.html

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:51 am

fucking go bots :lol:

Post by **Busch** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:17 pm

Chupacabra wrote:oh i see

is it worth watching? i remember loving it as a kid but then again i loved thundercats back then too and that didnt age very well. saw thundercats again a few years back and didnt like it.

It is somewhat worth watching....the animation was always shitty, but I like the voices and the music. Plus Voltron pwns