Godzilla vs. Kongin ohjaaja tekee seuraavaksi Thundercats-elokuvan

Ohjaaja Adam Wingardin uusin teos Godzilla vs. Kong on saapunut, ja Gamereactorin arvion voi lukea täältä. Deadlinen mukaan ohjaajan seuraava projekti on hänen suuri haaveensa: elokuva 1980-luvun ilmiöstä Thundercats. Nuorena hän jopa kirjoitti käsin 272-sivuisen elokuvakäsikirjoituksen.

ThunderCats is a dream project for me. When I was in high school, I was obsessed with it. You'd think at that point, I was a little too old, that my years of obsession with ThunderCats would be when I was 6 years old. My real obsession with ThunderCats came in high school, the pinnacle of me deciding I wanted to be a filmmaker, and pushing in that direction...I actually spent most of my 10th grade year, I completely blew it. I didn't pay attention in school, made terrible grades. And the reason? I was writing my ThunderCats screenplay through my entire 10th grade year. And I was hand-writing it. The screenplay itself ended up being 272 pages long. I still have it.

I heard there was a ThunderCats script out there and it happened to be set up with some of my producers on Death Note. I asked them, I want to rewrite this script with my friend 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.

Thundercats tehtiin uusiksi vuonna 2011, ja erittäin epäonnistuneesti vuonna 2020 nimellä Thundercats Roar.

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