Warner Bros. Clarifies -- 'Thundercats' Will Be Animated
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It looks like Warner Bros. has a few things to clear up about their big-screen version of Thundercats. An article in the LA Times confirms that the film will be done entirely with CGI. It was just a few days ago the Patrick had reported that the series had been given the go-ahead for a film treatment with relative newcomer Paul Sopocy on board to write the live-action script. Now, a spokesperson for WB confirmed that despite any talk of the contrary, the film would be animated. Which is probably for the best, since I can't see many big name actors willing to get into cat-suits, or wanting to play a Snarf. Misperceptions about the film aside, WB is still planning on using Sopocy's script.The original story of Thundercats revolved around a band of "felinesque" characters who suffer the double whammy of having their home planet destroyed and then are forced to go on the run from an evil sorcerer named Mumm-Ra. The series spawned a run of comic books and was revived on The Cartoon Network in the late 90's (if you are feeling nostalgic, you can also get the first two seasons on DVD). The announcement of a big-screen version comes on the heels of news of film adaptations of fellow 80's classics G.I. Joe and He-Man. I just hope Sopocy can fill in some of the blanks of the relatively flimsy story of Lion-O and the gang. To be honest, Thundercats only made sense if you were eight years old -- or if you were high. Then again, it's not like G.I. Joe and He-Man would be mistaken for social commentary either, so who am I to judge?
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6-10-2007 @ 7:55PM
Jeremy Lacey said...
Actually, they hardly go "on the run" from Mumm-Ra, the usually go head on in fights with him.
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6-10-2007 @ 7:56PM
stephen said...
say what you will about the social commentary of "Thundercats" and "He-Man" but leave "G.I.Joe" out of it, there was a lot going on in that cartoon.
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6-10-2007 @ 8:21PM
xenoforge said...
I just love geeks raging about badly animated and scripted toy ads disguised as cartoons.
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6-10-2007 @ 8:56PM
bgdc said...
Now that's funny. Thundercars doesn't make sense but retarded sh1
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6-10-2007 @ 8:57PM
bgdc said...
Now that's funny. Thundercats doesn't make sense but retarded sh1t like Superman does? An alien is sent away from his dying planet and he comes to earth and acts as some kind of boy scout, while leading a doublelife as a dumbass. Gee, that's a solid premise.
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6-10-2007 @ 10:03PM
Pop Culture Pessimist said...
bgdc, that was effing hilarious.
And no one better dare disparage the name of GIJoe. It just saddens me how badly they will ef that up. The cartoon was shite, but the comics actually dealt with some complex themes. As a young 'un, I enjoyed them immensely.
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6-11-2007 @ 8:37AM
Jessica said...
I was interested to see this movie until I heard it was going to be CGI. Seriously, it would be a bigger hit if it were made into a live action feature. Come on hollywood do something right!!!
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6-11-2007 @ 10:30AM
Archangel said...
Hey Jessica, you don't have to be "eight years old or high" for THUNDERCATS to make sense. Some of us had not difficulty in comprehending that this was a cartoon!!!
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6-11-2007 @ 5:01PM
Shah said...
What the above said about GI Joe. Larry Hama wrote the comic and was involved in writing up those character bios on the back of the figures. A lot went into creating some sense of "story." It had to be watered down for censors (no blood, no killing). Still, it was big because of the Cold War mania of the Reagan years--the U.S. HAD to prevail against the faceless enemies, because we were the GOOD GUYS. GI Joe personified that. Cobra was the invisible international bad guy. A terrorist? A Communist? A Nazi? Cobra respresented everything the U.S. fought. Kids ate it up.
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6-11-2007 @ 1:17PM
Jessica said...
Archangel,
They want our comments and I gave mine. Sorry if your too sensitive to handle my input.
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6-12-2007 @ 6:11PM
Nate said...
Jessica,
That response to Archangel would have seriously stung had you not used "your" instead of "you're". Instead, it makes you seem like you're an 8-year-old...or high.
I doubt a CGI T-Cats excites many nostalgic fans. A live-action version would've been bonkers, and totally worth the price of admission.
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7-16-2007 @ 6:28PM
SummerPixel said...
I was really looking forward to a real life thundercats movie! They have done everything else real life like spiderman and stuff, why not thundercats?!?
It so do-able with the latest special and visual effects that are now open to the directors and producers.
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7-20-2007 @ 2:09PM
michael said...
ok,I followed the cartoon through the entire series as im sure most of you did and I just done see real live doing it for me in a Thundercats movie. I just dont see all my old favorits as real people> I mean come on Spiderman was a person in the cartoons and comics Lion-O wasnt thats why they have done all the others as real action. It would be retarded to make it real action
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