Thundercats to be made into motion picture

[Brian Damage]

After the announcement recently that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe would be returning with another big screen adaptation as well as some other 80's franchises (like G.I. Joe), the most recent news is that Thundercats will be turned into a live action feature film as well. Warner Brothers, one of the best Hollywood studios at the moment, has picked up a script based on the 1980s animated series. Initial speculation leads me to believe that it will be much more focused towards the teen demographic instead of something that all of those who watched the series when it first came out in the 80's will now enjoy being in their 20's.

The original animated series that debuted in 1985 is about a group of humanoid cats who flee their home planet of Thundera after it's destroyed. After crash landing on the planet Third Earth, they started fighting Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer bent on killing them off. The script for the feature will be an origin story that expands upon the major heroes and villains from the animated series and will focus on Lion-O's coming of age as the leader.

If you haven't realized by now, the latest Hollywood trend that will hit theaters in 2008 and 2009 is the live action revival of classic 80's animated TV shows. We've already got Transformers this year, He-Man, G.I. Joe, and a few others for 2008, and now you can add Thundercats to that list, too. I'm not sure if Transformer's buzz sparked this recent interest in all these classic shows, or whether it was something else, but a few of them might actually turn out good. It's truly interesting watch how Hollywood works these days.

[waichingliu81]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

After the announcement recently that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe would be returning with another big screen adaptation as well as some other 80's franchises (like G.I. Joe), the most recent news is that Thundercats will be turned into a live action feature film as well. Warner Brothers, one of the best Hollywood studios at the moment, has picked up a script based on the 1980s animated series. Initial speculation leads me to believe that it will be much more focused towards the teen demographic instead of something that all of those who watched the series when it first came out in the 80's will now enjoy being in their 20's.

The original animated series that debuted in 1985 is about a group of humanoid cats who flee their home planet of Thundera after it's destroyed. After crash landing on the planet Third Earth, they started fighting Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer bent on killing them off. The script for the feature will be an origin story that expands upon the major heroes and villains from the animated series and will focus on Lion-O's coming of age as the leader.

If you haven't realized by now, the latest Hollywood trend that will hit theaters in 2008 and 2009 is the live action revival of classic 80's animated TV shows. We've already got Transformers this year, He-Man, G.I. Joe, and a few others for 2008, and now you can add Thundercats to that list, too. I'm not sure if Transformer's buzz sparked this recent interest in all these classic shows, or whether it was something else, but a few of them might actually turn out good. It's truly interesting watch how Hollywood works these days.

i am so looking forward to the movie. i couldn't care less for he-man because i never liked that cartoon and as i'd always loved thundercats. that was my type of show when i was a kid. as for the film being aimed at a teen audience, i ask myself 'why'? most of the teenagers of today's era have never heard of or watched thundercats. i was an 80s kid myself and so i am very familiar with all the characters. i just hope the movie is far superior than masters of the universe that had dolph lundgren and courtney cox back in 87' i think- that movie was so corny

[TJL]

I have a bad feeling about this...

[comedyfreak]

If they do it right, then maybe.....

[TripperFan]

Originally Posted by TJL

I have a bad feeling about this...

Why? Cats played on Broadway for ages!!

[Pavan]

Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats, HOOOOOOO! Hope it will be good.

[TJL]

Let's hope they can memorize thier lines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1u-ZBilA4

[Sterling Holobyte]

Wow, my dream of seeing this is finally being realized. I remember thinking long ago that Thundercats would be great as a live-action flick.




...I wonder how bad they will screw this up.

[TJL]

It could look something like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4Ju6ZqKPU&NR=1