THUNDERCATS Movie From GODZILLA VS. KONG Director Adam Wingard In The Works At Warner Bros.

THUNDERCATS Movie From GODZILLA VS. KONG Director Adam Wingard In The Works At Warner Bros.

After several failed attempts to get a ThunderCats movie off the ground, Godzilla Vs. Kong director Adam Wingard has signed on to helm a CGI adaptation of the classic animated series for WB...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 29, 2021 03:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Thundercats
Source: Deadline

ThunderCats, HO!

A ThunderCats movie has been languishing in development hell for many years, but Warner Bros. is now said to be moving forward with a feature adaptation of the classic '80s animated series with Godzilla Vs. Kong director Adam Wingard at the helm.

The movie is being developed by Rideback’s Dan Lin and Vertigo’s Roy Lee, from a script by Simon Barrett.

We had initially assumed this was going to be a live-action take, but buried in Deadline's report is the news that it's actually a CGI/animation hybrid. Apparently, Wingard "will use the animated series as a jumping off point" before taking it in a "direction he has been thinking about for many years."

The story follows a team of cat-like humanoids (Lion-O, Cheetarah, Panthro, Tigra, Jaga, Wilykit, Wilykat and Snarf) who leave the dying planet of Thundera in search of a new home for their species. They settle on a planet that comes to be known as Third Earth, where they battle Mumm-Ra and their old enemies, The Mutants, for control of Lion-O's Sword of Omens.

There have been several earlier attempts to get a ThunderCats movie off the ground, but it sounds like Wingard is the right man for the job.

“I heard there was a Thundercats script out there and it happened to be set up with some of my producers on Death Note,” the filmmaker tells Deadline. “I asked them, I want to rewrite this script with my friend [and frequent collaborator] Simon Barrett. This is a huge passion thing for me. Nobody on this planet knows or has thought as much about Thundercats as I have. They gave me the reins. I saw this as an opportunity to do a new type of fantasy sci-fi spectacle film that people have never seen before.

It’s got a rich mythology; the characters are fantastic. The colors. I want to do a Thundercats film that takes you back to that ’80s aesthetic. I don’t want to reinvent the way they look; I want them to look like Thundercats. I don’t want to do it live action, either. I don’t want it to look like Cats, I don’t want those kinds of issues, no disrespect to that director whom I don’t mean to throw under the bus any more than everyone else has. I want to do a movie you’ve never seen before. A hybrid CGI film that has a hyper real look and somehow bridges the gap between cartoon and CGI. That’s the starting point, and Simon Barrett and I are getting into the script now.”

What do you guys make of this news? Are you disappointed that it won't be live-action, or do you agree with Wingard that animation is the way to go?

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EZBeast
EZBeast - 3/29/2021, 3:36 PM
Snarf snarf!?!?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/29/2021, 3:59 PM
@TheFireForce - HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 3/29/2021, 3:37 PM
YES!!!
Inktown03
Inktown03 - 3/29/2021, 3:37 PM
It should be done with practical effects like the original TMNT
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/29/2021, 3:39 PM
They should have a Master’s of the Universe or a Silver Hawks Easter egg in it somewhere. You could tie those universes together and have a Lord of the Rings style franchise on your hands.
inkniron
inkniron - 3/29/2021, 4:53 PM
@WruceBayne - Since we're combining Filmation/Mattel and Rankin Bass, lets through in Bravestar and his horse 30/30.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/29/2021, 6:13 PM
@inkniron - I’m game! Lets do it.
MutantEquality
MutantEquality - 3/30/2021, 5:54 AM
@inkniron - whoa that’s old school I had a coloring book as a kid of this show but I don’t think I ever actually watched it
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 3/29/2021, 3:39 PM
As long as the cats don't look like the ones in CATS, we'll be fine.
Origame
Origame - 3/29/2021, 4:25 PM
@MovieMonster - #releasethebuttholecut
dracula
dracula - 3/29/2021, 3:40 PM
Hopefully it looks less like Cats and more like Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder whats going on with that He Man reboot
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 3/29/2021, 3:40 PM
Yo, what happened to the Voltron and Robotech movies? I have heard anything about them in a while.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/29/2021, 6:24 PM
@MovieMonster - I remember seeing concept art for the Voltron movie about 10 years ago. Why that hasn’t happened blows my mind.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 3/29/2021, 3:41 PM
Damn, gonna be a busy guy between this and face/off 2, all after coming off of GVK, don’t know how directors do it sometimes
dracula
dracula - 3/29/2021, 3:42 PM
This is either going to be a big budget project or be like Master Of The Universe, Smurfs, Sonic and Super Mario Bros.

Will Take them out of the fantastical world and set it on earth
NathanielX
NathanielX - 3/29/2021, 4:21 PM
@dracula - To be fair they were on earth all the time.
TheShellyMan
TheShellyMan - 3/29/2021, 3:43 PM
I'm going to say it....

Cats > Dogs!
LameLuka
LameLuka - 3/29/2021, 3:45 PM
Man, Wingard is getting a lot of work. Good for him, loved GvK. Might be for me the best of these Monsterverse sequels.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 3/29/2021, 3:47 PM
Hybrid Cgi and animation sounds better for this anyway. Can't wait to see it.
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