By The live-action “Voltron” movie appears to have found a new home with The Insneider reporting that the project has officially landed at Amazon MGM Studios.
Amazon reportedly won a bidding war between themselves, Universal and Warner Bros. for the project which has been greenlit and will be cast in the coming months.
The classic 1980s cartoon centered on five young space pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions. Those vehicles are able to join together to form a mega robot known as Voltron.
The series, a reworking of Toei Animation’s mecha anime series “Beast King GoLion,” gained international recognition when it was adapted by World Events Productions and ABC into the English animated series which ran from 1984-1985.
The show was so successful it spawned three more animated TV spin-offs, two video games, and a line of toys.
“Red Notice” and “Skyscraper” director Rawson Marshall Thurber is attached to co-write and direct the new film with Ellen Shanman co-writing. Todd Lieberman, Bob Koplar and David Hoberman are attached to produce.
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