Thunder, Thunder, Thunder Cats Mooooovie!

[Queasy]

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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.

 

[Modeps]

My roller hockey team was called the Thundercats. Hopefully this will be a good movie.

 

[nakedfrog]

How long can this go on?

 

[NFS4]

Hollywood has truly run out of original ideas

 

[Gibsons]

I always thought Panthro was the coolest Thundercat. Hopefully the movie won't include Snarf.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: Queasy

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

No, he's not.

 

[Platypus]

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

They're going to replace him with JarJar Binks, the only creation more annoying in existance.

 

[gwrober]

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

Well, maybe we'll get the pleasure of watching Snarf get Snarf'd, unlike Star Wars, where we had to put up with Jar Jar.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Queasy

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

No, he's not.

bwahahahaha

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.

 

[TheNinja]

I'm not a huge fan of thunder, and I hate cats....but put them together and I love ThunderCats. Thundercats....HO!!!!

 

[50cent1228]

might be good....transformers looks better than this

 

[Platypus]

We need another He-Man movie, hopefully with Courtney Cox again.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Platypus
We need another He-Man movie, hopefully with Courtney Cox again.

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.

 

[arrfep]

I wonder if it will be CGI or live action. I think if it's all done with makeup and prosthetics, there's a high chance of it sucking. Seems like it'd be hard to make a cat-person look badass (think Cats the musical).

Though Ving Rhames would make a great Panthro.

 

[2Xtreme21]

I'm actually happy about this. I loved the Thundercats... never got to see the last few episodes though.

 

[Shadowknight]

Here's some rather interesting, albeit it vulger, He-Man/Thundercats parodies I found

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JEcd71Hfpy8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3kmeOktIwAg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3szZrnxc6E

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Platypus
We need another He-Man movie, hopefully with Courtney Cox again.

Why would you say such a thing?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Platypus
We need another He-Man movie, hopefully with Courtney Cox again.

Why would you say such a thing?

lmao

you know you loved it.

also LOL at them making another one, that was sincerely a joke but it goes to show just how loud the scraping sound is at the bottom of the barrel for hollywood

 

[pontifex]

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.

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!

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Queasy

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

No, he's not.

bwahahahaha

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.

I believe you are thinking of Jem

 

[thedarkwolf]

There will be much fapping to Cheetara

 

[KeithTalent]

Thundercats hoooooooo!

Wow I feel old.

KT

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[gwrober]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Hollywood has truly run out of original ideas

Maybe so. But I enjoy the adaptations for the most part - and it gives me another way to connect with my kids.