Thunder, Thunder, Thunder Cats Mooooovie!

[Kaido]

First they announce a MacBook Pro with 4 gigabytes of ram and now this :Q

Be still, my heart!

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Queasy
I eagerly await the announcements for She-Ra, Silverhawks, and the one girl cartoon with the lead singer that turned into a superhero...Jewel or something like that.

Maybe some M.A.S.K. too.

Man... do you have any idea how disappointed I was when I was a kid and got my parents to rent the movie Mask?
Here I was, expecting flying cars and explosions and stuff, and instead I get Cher and some dude with a messed up face, and NO flying cars.

hahahahahaha

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: Gibsons
I always thought Panthro was the coolest Thundercat. Hopefully the movie won't include Snarf.

Did you know the actor who voiced Panthro played Heathclif Huxtable's Father on The Cosby show?

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: pontifex
that'll be next followed by my little pony and the care bears...

f---ing hollywood, get some original f---ing talent and stop remaking garbage!

The toys are still as popular as ever, so I wouldn't be surprised. That's probably more of a direct to DVD market, though.

Ummm yeah... there's tons of Care Bears and My Little Pony DVDs already. Sorry, they beat you guys to the idea.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: pontifex
that'll be next followed by my little pony and the care bears...

f---ing hollywood, get some original f---ing talent and stop remaking garbage!

The toys are still as popular as ever, so I wouldn't be surprised. That's probably more of a direct to DVD market, though.

Ummm yeah... there's tons of Care Bears and My Little Pony DVDs already. Sorry, they beat you guys to the idea.

sorry, i don't play with those things so i wouldn't know.

 

[RaiderJ]

I certainly liked the cartoon, but I really don't see a movie being that good. And a He-Man movie? Dear God....

 

[Coquito]

So how many issues of Thundercats #0 can I put you down for?

 

[FoBoT]

moo

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ And a He-Man movie? Dear God....

Master of his Domain

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Link

It's Thundercats, ho! at Warner Bros.

Studio has optioned a script by tyro scribe Paul Sopocy to turn the popular 1980s animated series and toy line into a live action feature.

Warner-based Paula Weinstein will produce through her Spring Creek Prods. banner, along with Dick Robertson and Lew Korman.

Property revolves around a group of humanoid cats (with feline names like Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro and Cheetara) who must flee their planet of Thundera after it's destroyed. Once crash-landing on another planet, Third Earth, they must thwart Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer, bent on killing them off.

Sopocy has written the script as an origin story expanding on the major heroes and villains from the animated series, with the plot focusing on Lion-O coming of age as the leader of the Thundercats.

Project was brought to Warner by Palek Patel, VP at Spring Creek. Dan Lin is overseeing the pic for Warners.

The Thundercats franchise began in 1983 and spawned several animated series, with the most recent airing on Cartoon Network, a toy line produced by LJN and comicbooks published by Marvel and DC imprints. Warner Bros. has owned the rights to the animated series since acquiring Telepictures Corp. in 1989.

Studio's recently been bitten by the nostalgia bug, pacting with Joel Silver to produce a live-action "He-Man" movie, based on the toy and cartoon franchise, as well as a feature based on the DC comicbook "Teen Titans," a junior Justice League.

Weinstein most recently produced Warners' "Blood Diamond," and with HBO Films is prepping "Recount," based on the 2000 presidential election, with Sydney Pollack set to direct.

"Thundercats" is Sopocy's first studio script sale as a screenwriter. He's currently senior writer, print advertising, at Fox Broadcasting Co., and has previously penned short films including "Staring at the Sun," which was screened at the Sundance film fest in 2005.

I think GI Joe is starting to feel a little neglected.

A alt rock station in Pittsburgh talked about GI Joes all morning when they heard about the Thundercats movie... it was awesome... but part of the commute. Some chick called in and said how badly she wanted a Smurfs movie... She did have the perfect Gargamel ... Christopher Walken.

 

[maddogchen]

Masters of the Universe!
I saw that twice when I was a kid.