The story was a prequel to the 1985 animation, but was cancelled after just only 26 episodes. Thundercats was also revived in 2011 with animation by Studio 4☌ produced by Warner Bros. I asked them, I want to rewrite this script with my friend Simon Barrett. I heard there was a ThunderCats script out there and it happened to be set up with some of my producers on Death Note. When I was in high school, I was obsessed with it. It seems that Adam Wingard is passionate about the project and it shows based on his interview with Deadline. They both worked on several projects including Blair Witch and V/H/S.ĭan Lin and Roy Lee will be producing the movie they also produced Godzilla vs Kong. Simon Barret, his longtime collaborator will be writing the ThunderCats film. You can still see the test footage released on YouTube Godzilla vs Kong’s Adam Wingard To Direct ThunderCats FilmĪdam Wingard has worked on the Americanized version of Death Note (2017) and the updated Blair Witch (2017) movie. I saw this as an opportunity to do a new type of fantasy sci-fi spectacle film that people have never seen before.In 2007, there was a plan to make a CGI movie which was to be released in 2010 which obviously never came to be. Nobody on this planet knows or has thought as much about Thundercats as I have.
Kongdirector mentioned how “obsessed” he was when the film was first announced and what it means now that the reins have been passed to him. MARVEL AND BAD BOYS FOR LIFE DIRECTORS TO HELM NEW FEATURE FOR WBįans of the original series will be pleased to know that the film is in good hands because Wingard himself has been a long-time fan and is well-versed in the lore of the ThunderCats. They are not ready for Adam’s ThunderCats movie.
I don’t think people are at all prepared for how long Adam Wingard has spent thinking about ThunderCats. “I will say this, our ThunderCats adaptation is going to be really, really cool. While there still isn’t much known other than the fact that the movie will be a hybrid of animation/CGI, rather than live-action, Barrett didn’t reveal specifics about the adaptation, but he suggested that Wingard’s take on the series will destroy our expectations. Adam Wingard Is Ready To Put Thundercats In The Spotlightĭuring an interview with, Barrett briefly mentioned the ThunderCats project while promoting his new film Seance. Once they settle on a planet called Third Earth, they are faced to battle Mumm-Ra and old enemies for the control of Lion-O’s Sword of Omens. The team leaves their dying home world of Thundera in search of a new planet to house their species.
You may also remember that some concept art and test footage from that project leaked out. You may remember that there was a Thundercats live action/CG hybrid film in the works a few years back. The series followed a team of cat-life humanoids and are led by their leader Lion-O. A Exclusive courtesy of forum member LiarDice Films. Its been confirmed that Warner Brothers has announced that Adam. The original Thundercats animated series was one of many popular series from the 80s from not only from their adventures, but through their toys and action figures. 132 Dislike Share Save Retro Crunch 30K subscribers Subscribe A Live-Action ThunderCats movie is finally being made.
Well according to co-writer Simon Barrett, not even hardcore fans are ready for what Wingard’s vision has in stored for the feline heroes. Since then, there has been no new update on the project and fans were left speculating until news finally dropped. Kong director Adam Wingard is developing an CGI adaptation of the classic 80s’ cartoon series, ThunderCats.