Marks's script was described as "a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City. Interest in the property heightened after the box office success of Transformers, another film involving robots. The production entity New Regency entered negotiations with Mark Gordon Co.Relativity Media acquired the rights from 20th Century Fox.Relativity Media entered negotiations with New Regency to finance and produce the film, though on a more moderate budget, utilizing cost-saving CGI techniques such as those used in 300. The title has been set as "Voltron: Defender of the Universe".
It's likely that the scriptwriter Justin Marks and director Max Makowski will no longer be involved, and Marks' finished script will not be used. Producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Steve Alexander have acquired the rights for Atlas Entertainment.Does this mean Atlas Entertainment is out? Previous rights-holder Relativity Media is supposedly interested again (would that mean Justin Marks' script is in play again?). Vulture reports that a bidding war has broken out over the rights for Voltron.Ted Koplar of WEP as executive producer.Charles Roven and Richard Suckle (Atlas) and Jason Netter (Kickstart Entertainment) to produce.Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to write.Relativity Media (studio) and Atlas Entertainment (production company).A story at Variety gives new firm details :.SDCC panel says no director or release date yet.Looks like the writing duo of Josh Oppenheimer & Thomas Dean Donnelly are working on the story and/or screenplay in some capacity.We haven't heard much about the project since then. In 2010, producers Richard Suckle and Ted Koplar insisted that live-action feature film adaptation was still in development "A-level screenwriter" set to come on board to start from scratch. Relativity Media came on board briefly (One Last Dance helmer Max Makowski was attached to direct), before Atlas acquired the rights.
The project was set up at New Regency but last year was put into turnaround.
Voltron defender of the universe movie movie#
In 2007, 20th Century Fox announced they were developing the movie with screenwriter Justin Marks (Jon Favreau's Jungle Book) in a dark Nolan-esque take set in a post-apocalyptic New York City and Mexico: "Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders." LatinoReview called the script "a f***ing masterpiece, " and CinemaBlend called it " a well put together, well intentioned, incredibly faithful Voltron script using modern sensibilities." I have this awesome Voltron print by artist Tom Whalen hanging on my office wall:Ī live-action version of Voltron has been in development since 2004.
Voltron defender of the universe movie series#
I think the visuals of the series could be adapted into a great tentpole blockbuster if handled correctly. The animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe told the story of a team of astronauts who pilot a giant Super Robot known as "Voltron." The original series aired in syndication from 1984 to 1985, but the franchise has lived on in various other incarnations including the new Netflix series produced by Dreamworks Animation.
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