Thundercats Headed for the Big Screen

**ZeoBandit** · 06.06.07, 04:39 AM

Thundercats Headed for the Big Screen
Source: Variety
June 6, 2007

Warner Bros. has optioned a Thundercats script by new screenwriter Paul Sopocy to turn the popular 1980s animated series and toy line into a live action feature.

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

Thundercats 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.

Warner Bros. recently teamed 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 comic book Teen Titans.

**ZORBA5150** · 06.06.07, 05:35 AM

awesome! Thunder, thunder, thunder cats ho!

**Garibaldi** · 06.06.07, 06:11 AM

This is cool....but I still want Voltron!!

**Leo Van Newhouse** · 06.06.07, 08:18 AM

Could be cool.

**Scotty** · 06.06.07, 08:23 AM

ROCK ON!

This was my favorite cartoon back in the 80s!

**Banjo5150** · 06.06.07, 08:46 AM

Will there be a Snarf? LOL

**ZORBA5150** · 06.06.07, 08:53 AM

Snarf won't be missed- they should leave him out of it

**darthadv** · 06.06.07, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by ZeoHalen

Warner Bros. recently teamed 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 comic book Teen Titans.

i thought the he-man movie fell through? www.he-man.org

http://www.thecelebritytruth.com/ind...m41940a897e943

(i'm ignoring the dolph lundgren version... that steered too far away from the original story)

**darthadv** · 06.06.07, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Garibaldi

This is cool....but I still want Voltron!!

that's supposedly in the works, but probably only on paper right now... if transformers takes off---

**darthadv** · 06.06.07, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by ZORBA5150

Snarf won't be missed- they should leave him out of it

i'm on the fence about him... he's the comic relief... you can bet that if they don't include him or create some other new character as a replacement, you'd have a lot of complaints...

**Scotty** · 06.06.07, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by ZORBA5150

Snarf won't be missed- they should leave him out of it

**FORD** · 06.06.07, 10:31 AM

If they do another He-Man movie, they better do it RIGHT this time. They completely destroyed Skeletor's character in the last movie and tried to make him into some half-assed Darth Vader clone. The whole key to Skeletor was his warped sense of humor. He was probably the most hilarious cartoon villain ever.

And now, for your entertainment..... "BoHeMan Rhapsody"

**ZeoBandit** · 06.06.07, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Garibaldi

This is cool....but I still want Voltron!!

That is being worked on as well.

**Scotty** · 06.06.07, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by FORD

And now, for your entertainment..... "BoHeMan Rhapsody"

**steve mcqueen** · 06.06.07, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by FORD

If they do another He-Man movie, they better do it RIGHT this time. They completely destroyed Skeletor's character in the last movie and tried to make him into some half-assed Darth Vader clone. The whole key to Skeletor was his warped sense of humor. He was probably the most hilarious cartoon villain ever.

And now, for your entertainment..... "BoHeMan Rhapsody"

Thanks......I needed that today