2 blaazed Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" is coming to the big screen. Producer Mark Gordon ("The Day After Tomorrow") is developing a big-budget feature based on the 1980s giant robot kids TV series and toy sensation. The "Voltron" animated TV series debuted in 1984, about the same time as Hasbro's Transformers toy line, igniting a morphing robot phenomenon. According to sources, Voltron has generated $750 million in worldwide licensing and nearly $200 million in toys and merchandising since 1984. The show, in its many incarnations, remains syndicated throughout the world. The story being developed will be based on the series about 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. The gargantuan robot is the last hope against the evil Drule Empire that has subjugated Earth and taken control of the universe. Two employees at New Line Cinema, Mark Costa and Ford Oelman, secured the rights from "Voltron" owner World Events, and eventually brought the project to Gordon, whose credits also include "Saving Private Ryan" and "Speed." Costa and Oelman will executive produce, along with Pharrell Williams, one-half of the producing duo the Neptunes, who will score the film and produce the soundtrack. "Voltron" is now the second giant robot picture being developed; "Transformers" is set up at DreamWorks Pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS156 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 this scares me for something very nostalgic for someone growig up in the 80's I really think he should let sleeping dogs lie ( by that I just mean put the reruns into syndication)so as to not compleatly fuck it up don't get me wrong I really would like to see these movies(done well) but i can see them getting real fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Then again charlie and the chocolate factory was good as hell. Id like to see some real life voltron in full effect. As long as its not made cheesey like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 they're also making a Transformers movie. Spielburg is producing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaps Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroya Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 i used to have those metal voltron toys, good times. i busted the kid down the street in the head with the yellow one for talking about my brother and the leg broke off. i lost them all when i moved like six years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gesd Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 hHAHAHAHAH mark gordon is my dads best friend, he sorta lives at my house. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Originally posted by Gesd@Jul 27 2005, 02:17 AM hHAHAHAHAH mark gordon is my dads best friend, he sorta lives at my house. Weird. Quoted post what? get meroe a job. stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 .... damn america... youve been given false information regarding tranformers and voltron...sure the animation was real but the voice overs where all lies........ we know nothing of the real stories of the cartoons we charished so long ago.. why must this trembling heart shake so jagged upon the woes of the little plastic keys i lose every year and find under my bed and weep at the sight of melting helmuts betwixt my mothers dashboaord and window in the sun.... for was it not the cars that came first or was it the spaceships twas it the lions i know not. cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGS156 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Originally posted by the_gooch@Jul 26 2005, 10:10 PM Quoted post I bet you dont got the swords that go in there mouths and the little yellow missles like I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I thought this was a Killarmy appreciation thread, but this is cool, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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