SDCC 2011: Live-action FIRE AND ICE in the works from Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez annnounced plans for a live-action take Fire and Ice. Comingsoon reports that Rodriguez has teamed with the estate of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and plans to pay tribute to his work and base the new film on the original 1983 version.

At the panel, Rodriguez showed off some awesome stills that featured many fantastic scenes taken directly from some of Frazetta's best known original works. He also revealed that he is working closely with the Frazetta estate on "a number of future projects in a variety of media, including a soon-to-open museum to be housed in Austin, Texas."

In May we first told you of Rodriguez's plans. Here is a description of the original film:

It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi (director of FRITZ THE CAT, WIZARDS and the original THE LORD OF THE RINGS) and legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta (creator of the iconic CONAN THE BARBARIAN, VAMPIRELLA and Edgar Rice Burroughs book covers). It became - and remains - one of the most startling animation epics of all time. Now experience a world unlike any ever seen, where savage warriors, horrific monsters and luscious maidens battle for the soul of a civilization in a time of good and evil, pleasure and pain, and FIRE AND ICE.