Voltron Movie In Works

As a sign of the popularity of the live action Transformers movie, New Regency, a 20th Century Fox production company, is close to a deal to create a live action Voltron movie.

The take on the film would be "a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders." So no more space opera and completely earth based.

The Mark Gordon would produce with Lawrence Inglee and Jordan Wynn. Gordon is also currently producing a He-Man film, Green Arrow flick Supermax, and Street Fighter.

No idea if this is a good thing or not as not really familiar with the producing players. As often the case though, closing a deal to get the rights to do adapt a brand and actually going forward and making a movie are two different things. This is just step 1 of a long process. Either way, cool that Transformers is leading to other adaptions that might work on the big screen (not so sure about He-Man though).