VOLTRON LIVE from Universal Pictures (TBD)

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Voltron Live-Action Film Heads to Universal with Writer David Hayter

 

The film will be written by David Hayter, Deadline confirmed Friday. The writer is no stranger to big screen adaptations of genre properties, of course. He wrote the screenplays for the first two X-Men films, as well as Watchmen. He's also an accomplished voice actor, having done voices in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Marvel Heroes, CW's The Flash series (as King Shark), and most famously as Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series.

 

Universal, interestingly, has only commissioned the -script so far, and not actually committed to making the movie. Basically, they want to see how the -script is and go from there. Of course, they may also be waiting to see how 2017's Power Rangers reboot goes for Lionsgate. The two properties have some striking similarities, after all, as they both feature a group of young (or mostly young in Voltron's case) kids chosen to pilot animal-based robots that combine to form one, ultra-powerful robot. The similarities mostly end there, of course, and are just superficial, but it's close enough in Hollywood terms to be an issue.

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This is nice, will be even better if it comes to fruition. I can see it working if they go Pacific Rim but it's for the new generation of kids, who like Space & Robots adventure.