Thundercats the movie? - Brad Pitt Ho! - And movies they haven't made yet.
Wednesday December 31, 2008
 

So what other great movie franchises are out there yet to be untapped? In recent years there has been a spate of movies based on 70's or 80's TV programs. It seems at times, that Hollywood is only fixated on product like this if its considered "Retro". Look at Starsky and Hutch, Get smart,  even Transformers. All of these blockbusters where originally 70's or 80's TV shows.

So what is next on the list? Have the film moguls run out of ideas, or are we in store for some retro re-making? But are we really ready for famous actors trying to act like cartoon characters, Remember the Flintstones movie? That was completely horrendous. I'm sure that most of us would rather forget it. Inspector Gadget? My god! What a load of crap! That was the death of Mathew Broderick, he never reared his head again until the producers, witch ironically enough was also a remake. I think lately Mathew Broderick spends his days wondering around New York, sporting his woolly cardigan, jumping from one Starbucks to the other, exchanging in interesting banter with other Starbucks patrons about how he cant get the peppermint mocha twist coffee stains out of the seats of his hybrid car! Somebody should run over him with a Hummer! Poetic Justice?

Apparently Toby Maguire has bought the rights to the classic Anime TV series Robotech! Rick Hunter might be gracing us with his presence in the real live action movie of this classic cartoon. Lets hope that Toby Maguire doesn't decide to screw this potentially amazing movie up by being in it himself. Toby Maguire as Rick Hunter? No way! I'm sorry but that is not an easy idea to digest. Thinking about how cool the Valkyrie fighter robots will look with some serious CGI budget behind them is a mind blowing thought. But please whatever happens don't put Toby Maguire in the Pilots seat! Have some mercy! I recently watched episodes 1 to 6 of the original Robotech series and there is actually a really good story there. Aliens invade earth so man uses stolen alien technology to develop giant transforming F16 - Robots to eventually defeat them. Pretty cool stuff! Robotech the movie is still very far away, they haven't even officially announced it yet. So remember, you head it here first.

Gummy Bears CGI full length movie? A masters of the universe remake? GI Joe the real live movie with The Rock as sergeant slaughter? Perhaps Dino Riders the movie! Now that would be cool. Jurassic park meats mad max! Supercool! Or Biker Mice from Mars! Jim Carry would probably jump at that shit in a second! Or what about the Smurfs? They did it with Dr Seuss, they can do it with the Smurfs. They just need short fat actors that look fetching in blue. No, that would be crap! Although thinking about it now, I'm sure that Disney have a Chip and Dale movie up their sleeves, they must have! 

It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the big budget feature remakes of a classic cartoon TV series . It will be even more interesting to see if they put Toby Maguire in any of them. At the end of the day there are only so many possible 80's shows to regurgitate, eventually they will have to start making remakes of the TV shows we see today. Imagine a year 2025 movie version of Family Guy. Or South park? I doesn't really bear thinking about, now does it?

I Just found out that Warner bros have bought a script for the actual Thundercats movie! It will be a CGI animated adventure. Sadly no actors in makeup. haha! And apparently Joel Silver is talking about a new He-Man movie! Jeez, the things you read on the internet!

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