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If you know how to write, and write well, the UTA may be interested in having your agent contact their agent as the rep company is helping to bring a writer on board for the upcoming Voltron movie.
The agency hopes Voltron’s widespread brand recognition and elaborate mythology, which have served properties like “Transformers” well but doesn’t necessarily exist with other board games and toy properties in development, will appeal to audiences and executives.
The pitch is expected to include the idea that, unlike other toy brands, Voltron — in which five robot lions piloted by humans become a giant warrior — allows for human-centric stories.
If you’re wondering what other toy related movies might be coming down the pipe, I suggest you take a walk down the toy aisle at your local Duckwall, as there a good chance that RonCo Daisy Spinner transforming action figure is next on the block.
Even though the Major Spoilers Crew didn’t care very much for the Transformers 2 movie, giant robots are still a big deal for H’wood. Those of us who were around in 1984 and 1985 remember the tiger-shaped robots that connected to form Voltron. And for those of us who liked Voltron then, the news that a live action Voltron movie should have us jumping around like the boy down the street who got his hands on sugar for the first time.
Atlas Entertainment, the group behind Get Smart, are producing the film that hasn’t found a studio yet. Word is Warner Bros. is hot to trot on Robotech or some other giant robot franchise to counter Paramount’s Transformers hit. While it seems Hollywood is keen on robots, I wonder how many of you are interested in Voltron?
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