![]() This kind of news will make the 80’s kid inside you, very, very excited. If you have never seen THUNDERCATS, then the show is about a team of humanoid cat-people (or cat-like humans) like Lion-O, Panthro, and Cheetara who fight off the evil wizard Mumm-Ra on the planet of Thundera. The film will use the animated series as a jumping off point, but then Wingard will take it in a direction he has been thinking about for many years.” The cult 80’s cartoon classic is a much loved show for many who have wanted a new version for many of years and now its happening with Wingard once more, writing a script with his long term collaborator Simon Barrett.ĭEADLINE who broke the news have stated that the film will be “ a hybrid of CGI and animation. If things go awry and Wingard ends up with another Cats on his hands, hopefully he’ll at least do the right thing by his audience and release the butthole cut.With a KONG VS GODZILLA now out in selected cinema’s and on HBO MAX, the director will then turn his focus on his planned FACE OFF 2 sequel, before heading off to make the much asked for THUNDERCATS movie for Warner Bros. Kong director Adam Wingard is attached to helm a computer-animated adaptation of the beloved 1980s Rankin Bass animated series Thundercats for Warner Bros., from a script Wingard will write with frequent collaborator Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest). A hybrid CGI film that has a hyperreal look and somehow bridges the gap between cartoon and CGI.” Hey, nobody plans on their film looking like Cats it just happens. I want to do a movie you’ve never seen before. “I don’t want it to look like Cats, I don’t want those kinds of issues - no disrespect to that director, whom I don’t mean to throw under the bus any more than everyone else has. “I don’t want to do it live action, either,” explains the director. I don’t want to reinvent the way they look I want them to look like ThunderCats.” “I want to do a ThunderCats film that takes you back to that ’80s aesthetic. Nobody on this planet knows or has thought as much about ThunderCats as I have,” Wingard says. While his movie will allegedly be a live-action hybrid, the director vows that the ThunderCats themselves will not look like any other cats you’ve seen before. The screenplay itself ended up being 272 pages long.” Honestly, given the length of the Snyder Cut, Wingard might be able to just produce it as is. And the reason? I was writing my ThunderCats screenplay through my entire 10th grade year. Kong Director Adam Wingard to Helm ThunderCats Film: I want to do a ThunderCats film that takes you back to that 80s. ![]() “I didn’t pay attention in school, made terrible grades. “I actually spent most of my 10th grade year, I completely blew it,” he says. On Monday, Wingard told Deadline that he has been obsessed with ThunderCats since childhood, even going so far as to write a movie in his spare time. The ThunderCats movie’s screenplay, written by David Coggeshall, with Wingard and Simon Barrett doing a rewrite, reportedly finds the ThunderCats fleeing their “dying planet Thundera” to find a new home. The initial series ran from 1985 to 1989, with Cartoon Network airing a reboot, developed by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic, for one season in 2011. According to Deadline, the Death Note and Blair Witch director has signed on to direct a motion picture based on the 1980s animated children’s show ThunderCats, which follows the adventures of Lion-O, Cheetara, and a host of other feline humanoid aliens. Kong is set to duke it out Wednesday, director Adam Wingard is free to reboot another beloved IP.
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