VOLTRON Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Says His Film Will Introduce "An Entirely New Generation of Pilots"
A live-action Voltron movie is finally moving forward with Rawson Marshall Thurber set to direct the film. The film is currently in development and it will start shooting in about six weeks in Australia, and Henry Cavill and Daniel Quinn-Toye are set to star.
Thurber recently talked about his Voltron movie and teased his team’s plans for the film. After expressing his excitement for the opportunity to make the movie, he said:
“I’ve loved Voltron since I was a boy, and I’ve wanted to make this movie since I was eight years old. I want to make sure we stay true to the heart and the spirit of Voltron.
“In this film, we’re going to be introducing an entirely new generation of pilots. We’ve reimagined Voltron for the live-action world, but we’re going to stay true to the heart and the spirit of Voltron.”
He added: “It’s taken us forty years to get here, but I promise you it will be worth the wait.”
The director also offered a peek at one sound stage being used for Voltron. I just hope the filmmaker will be able to actually pull this off. This should be a visually awesome and epic movie, but I also want to see a strong story.
The original Voltron: Defender of the Universe series follows five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega robot known as Voltron.
Together they fight against Emperor Zarkon, the cruel leader of the Galra Empire, who for over 10,000 years has been searching the universe for the Voltron lions.
It will be interesting to see how this new story fallowing a generation of new pilots will unfold.
Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman are producing with Bob Koplar, the head of World Events Productions, the company that controls the Voltron property. The movie is set up at Amazon MGM Studios.
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