Nov 24 2008
Robotec into Live Action Movie
Here is another upcoming anime live action movie by Warner Bros. Which they had the rights since 2007. Originally rewritten and drafted by Lawrence Kasdan for Warner. Smallville writers Alfred Gough and Mills Miller wrote the screenplay for the live action movie. Attached to the movie as producer is Toby Magurie (Spider-Man) and possible lead role. Not yet confirmed. Also producing is Akiva Goldsman, Chuck Roven, and Drew Crevello. The executives producers and right holder of Harmony Gold, Frank Agrama, along with Jason Netter.
Base on Robotec anime series for the U.S. audience was edited for content and re-dialoged from three unrelated mecha series for T.V. syndication in the ‘80s. This gave 85 episodes at a time for 5 day out of the week. Harmony Gold USA who produced the tweaked series made discussion. In U.S. version involved three generations and three war over a energy source, Protoculture, against alien force. But luckily for the humans, extraterrestrial technology was found and use in the creation of mecha, man-piloted robot, to combat the terrorist.
TBA 2010, release date.