Wow They will be making Robotech Movie soon....
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TORONTO -- After slipping on a mask for Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire
might be slipping into a giant robot for "Robotech."
After a lengthy negotiation, Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up
the rights to bring anime classic "Robotech," which featured giant
robots known as mechas, to the big screen. Maguire is producing
through his Maguire Entertainment banner and is eyeing the lead
role in what the studio plans on being a tentpole sci-fi
franchise.
"We are very excited to bring 'Robotech' to the big screen,"
Maguire said. "There is a rich mythology that will be a great
foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film."
Drew Crevello also is producing through his Supercool Hollywood
BigTime Prods. Craig Zahler ("The Brigands of Rattleborge") has
been tapped to write the screenplay.
"Robotech" was a cartoon series during the 1980s from Harmony Gold
USA and Tatsunoko Prods. It was re-edited and re-dialogued to
combine three Japanese anime series to give the producers enough
episodes to air as a daily syndicated series.
A sprawling sci-fi epic, "Robotech" takes place at a time when
Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien
spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced
to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien
invasions. The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of
giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source
known as "protoculture," and the planet's survival ends up in the
hands of two young pilots.
Frank Agrama of rights-holder Harmony Gold will exec produce; Jason
Netter will serve in a producer capacity.
Matthew Reilly brought the project to Warners and is overseeing.
Daniel Shafer brought the project to Maguire and will shepherd for
the company.
The success of DreamWorks/Paramount's $311 million-grossing
"Transformers" has other studios looking to assemble a giant robot
movie of their own. Last month, Regency picked up 1980s Japanese
anime series "Voltron," with Mark Gordon attached to produce.
Ironically, Warners had the first giant robot movie back in 1999:
Brad Bird's animated feature "The Iron Giant."
