Thundercats Headed for the Big Screen

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Thundercats Headed for the Big Screen

Source:Variety

June 6, 2007

Warner Bros. has optioned a Thundercats script by new screenwriter Paul Sopocy to turn the popular 1980s animated series and toy line into a CGI-animated feature.

Variety says Warner-based Paula Weinstein will produce through her Spring Creek Productions, along with Dick Robertson and Lew Korman.

Thundercats revolves around a group of humanoid cats (with feline names like Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro and Cheetara) who must flee their planet of Thundera after it's destroyed. Once crash-landing on another planet, Third Earth, they must thwart Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer, bent on killing them off.

Sopocy has written the script as an origin story expanding on the major heroes and villains from the animated series, with the plot focusing on Lion-O coming of age as the leader of the Thundercats.

Warner Bros. recently teamed with Joel Silver to produce a live-action He-Man movie, based on the toy and cartoon franchise, as well as a feature based on the DC comic book Teen Titans.

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Posted by: Zach on May 30, 2008 at 15:20:28

thundercats rock!!!!!¡¡¡¡¡!!!!!

Posted by: TJ on July 5, 2008 at 16:44:56

and be sure to include panthro's nunchuck theme music.

Posted by: Malakai Blue on July 6, 2008 at 00:57:36

lol this news is how old and there's only now 5 comments... how much do people not want to see this?

Posted by: Johnny Cotton on July 6, 2008 at 10:17:05

Id love to see a thundercats movie but an origin story would be a waste of time has any one got the thundercats mini comic series they did called the return were Lion-O was trapped in the book of omans and when he gets out mumm ra rules 3rd earth and the rest of the thundercats are his slaves. Lion-O has to earn the trust of the thundercats again for me that would be the best way to explain why so much time has passed

Posted by: cheeseboy on July 6, 2008 at 14:10:20

hows about a nice movie about cheese instead?

Posted by: Sean on July 6, 2008 at 16:50:05

thundercats are gooooooo!!!! jk.. i sincerely hope this movie stays shelved... forever

Posted by: GASPAR ANTONIO ROSAS CAMACHO on February 9, 2009 at 20:29:11

thundercats 1986 es "pelicula" is "tv" c**** 5,Warner Bros. has optioned a Thundercats script by new screenwriter Paul Sopocy to turn the popular 1980s animated series and toy line into a CGI-animated feature 1986-1987 good.
good is : the transformers 1983 is karmation 1987 pag-30-150 $11,000

Posted by: Teisha on May 27, 2009 at 14:51:34

I really thnk they should make a live action Thundercats movie, i saw a fanmade one and it looked really cool i tnk they should consider doing it

Posted by: TIGRA on January 1, 2010 at 13:57:43

All CGI, come on. If they can do stuff like we saw in AVATAR, then why cant we see a 3rd Earth or Thundara? Or some killer Thundercat makeup for that matter. Cameron and Del Toro should collaborate like Del Toro and Peter Jackson are doing for Hobbit...

Posted by: symbiosis on January 1, 2010 at 18:42:57

All CG is a BAD idea. When people want to watch a good movie, they are going to watch a Live Action movie. When people want to watch a CG movie, they watch CG movies. Unless it's a CG movie that truely breaks the mold, then it is only ever regarded as a CG movie. People have waited years to see many other projects go to the big screen and we ALWAYS want to see those charaters come to reality, not to some lame artificial fabrication of reality. Thundercats should be live action!

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