Move Over Optimus Prime, "Voltron" Is Coming

VoltronYet another '80s cartoon is set to hit the big screen -- "Voltron." And I'll form ... the head!

New Regency is working with the Mark Gordon Co. to turn "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" into a live-action film. That formula worked out pretty well already this year -- "Transformers" anyone?

The studio also has "Alvin and the Chipmunks" scheduled for a December release -- and the writer of "Voltron," Justin Marks, penned the script for "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe."

As much as we'd love to rip these people and throw in a line like, "Doesn't anyone in Hollywood have an original idea anymore?" -- it's freakin' "Voltron," man!

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1. Hey, and maybe Voltron will suck as much as Transformers did. Hell if it only sucks half as much I may go see it.

Posted at 1:06AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Robert Parr

2. wowzers, working late TMZ staff, you usually keep the same crap up all weekend,,,,THIS IS MY ERA' .........Transformers, Voltron,,Empire Strikes Back ( not the original Star Wars), um, Legos,,,,,before computers, Studios worked with Model masterminds & artists, THE IMAGINATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM MY GENERATION, CREATED AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY,,,which is now "Mountain Dew X-Games", but c'mon, you thought we were all losers growing up!!!!,,,,,,,,you missed it, ,,,so copy our toys & make movies out of them, maybe your kids, kids will have imagination & the insight, energy & integrity 2 do something creative with there lives, because kids born in the 80;s are CLUELESS. LAZY X-BOX PARIS HILTON WANNABEES,,,,,,haha, it is so true. c-ya..........as 4 Votron "Thundercats Activate!!"

Posted at 1:37AM on Aug 12th 2007 by costaMesaboy

3. I was wonering how soon it would take to out with Voltron after Transformers. Even when we saw the movie, I told my husband I watched Voltron instead (with Jem). We ALL know they will mess it up somehow...and Alvin? WHYYYYYY?

Posted at 1:39AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Toni

4. To Toni:

They came outta nowhere with Underdog, so why not Alvin?? (gonna be wack)

Posted at 1:45AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Roro

5. Gay.

Not that gay is bad or anything.

Thanks.

Posted at 1:51AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Conky

6. coztamezaboy iz a faz anz iz zpreding namz cuz he iz not 2 nize

Posted at 1:51AM on Aug 12th 2007 by todd lissner anti adult anti wholesomeness activist!!(kadintodd2@aol.com)

7. COOL DUDE!

Posted at 2:06AM on Aug 12th 2007 by ELISABITCH HAS TUNA CROTCH

8. More likely than not, this is gonna suck ass. Probably gonna end up like the Power Rangers. Too bad, I love Voltron.

Posted at 2:30AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Redtornado1973

9. Ok I liked the transformers movie so much i want to see it again. Now voltron? stop it i can't take it. I wonder if they'll try to make thuder cats into a movie too.

Posted at 4:38AM on Aug 12th 2007 by 90's kid

10. Voltron on the big screen? Now that'll be interesting! :-)

Posted at 5:33AM on Aug 12th 2007 by DeepFreeze3

11. Didn't we already have a form of Voltron.... you know.... MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS????? Wasn't that the same concept people? I mean yeah power rangers got it from voltron but if they don't do this movie right it will just be marked off as joke. PLEASE DON"T MESS IT UP!!!

Posted at 6:29AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Jeremiah

12. Hold up!! Which Voltron...the Lions or Vehicles?

Live-action? Who's going to play Keith, Princess "Allura", SVEN, Pidge, Lance, Hunk, King Alfor, the evil king Zarkon, Prince Lothar and the ugly witch Haggar.

Just make sure you see the previews for this one. This one will be DOA.


Posted at 9:09AM on Aug 12th 2007 by George

13. There are perfectly good reasons TMZ provides free promos for lame 'celebrities,' horrifyingly bad films and unwatchable television shows. Their parent company holds an interest in these things, and they make money. It's all symbiotic.

I was hoping TMZ would seek a comment from the Hogans this weekend. The guy who executed three nice college kids in Newark was arrested wearing a 'HULKAMANIA!' T-shirt and the photos of him doing the perp walk in that shirt were all over the NY papers.

Posted at 9:33AM on Aug 12th 2007 by todd lissner pro-parent pro-adult pro-wholesomeness activist!!(kadintodd2@aol.com)

14. I just happen to have in my possession 2 full cases "EACH" of the original action figures of VT and OP. 12 figures per case. Do the math......24VT 24OP. Oh yeah! Let's just say these fell off a truck a couple of decades ago and I just remembered that I stuck them in my shed out back after wrapping these unopened cases in water tight plastic sheeting to keep out the elements. How lucky for me that I remembered them. The auction is now open. What am I bid?

Posted at 9:38AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Roger C

15. The only reason most people claim that the Hulk movie sucked is because you were spoiled on the television show where it was hard pressed to find an actual HULK to play the comic book role. They found the biggest guy they could for the time, and yes the show was a success. However, they made the movie according to the comic book (which is exactly how the creator of Hulk wanted it) in which the Hulk was larger than life and several men put together.
While this all looks good on paper-I mean Voltron WOW(cat's not the cars all the way tyvm)-, if the script writer is the one who wrote the live action He-Man movie from the 80's . . . here's hoping the one liners are actually amusing and not just forced diatribe to amuse the masses.

Posted at 10:10AM on Aug 12th 2007 by Stephanie

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