Does the live action Robotech boad well for DBZ?

[DarkSuperman]

Maguire Making Robotech
Could this be the end for Spider-Man?
by IGN Staff

September 7, 2007 - Tobey Maguire may be swapping his Spidey suit to climb inside a giant robot. Casting more doubt on Maguire's future involvement in the continuing Spider-Man film franchise, it's been announced that the actor is producing and may be taking a leading role in Robotech, a live-action flick based on the popular anime series from the 1980s.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the rights to the property after a lengthy negotiation, and Maguire will reportedly produce the adaptation under his Maguire Entertainment banner.

"We are very excited to bring Robotech to the big screen," Maguire told THR. "There is a rich mythology that will be a great foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film."

There's no director attached to the project, but the script is set to be penned by Craig Zahler. Zahler is best known in industry circles for penning a well-received, but as-yet-unproduced script, The Brigands of Rattleborge -- a dark, violent Western picked up by Vertigo Entertainment.

Warner Bros. is envisioning Robotech as a high-profile summer blockbuster.

THR calls the film a "sprawling sci-fi epic," and reveals that it takes place at a time when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions. The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source known as "protoculture," and the planet's survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots. Maguire would presumably play one of the pilots.

I guess if Spider-Man is making Robotech into a Live Action Movie then DBZ actually has a fair shot at getting made too. At least that's what I'm hoping.

 

[White_Howling]

i believe it would be easier to craft a story line for macross gen 1 than a dragon ball

 

[DarkSuperman]

i believe it would be easier to craft a story line for macross gen 1 than a dragon ball

I mean, it all depends upon how good the writer is. A brilliant writer with an inventive mind can make or break a story. There are tons of brilliant films out there that could have turned extremely different had different people got a hole of them. I think the same goes for DBZ.

Depends on the talent attached.

 

[JP]

Speed racer, Robotech, Voltron, Astro Boy. There is a surge in anime movies. DBZ will most likely be one of them.

 

[DarkSuperman]

Speed racer, Robotech, Voltron, Astro Boy. There is a surge in anime movies. DBZ will most likely be one of them.

I thought I was fortunate to live in the Age of Superhero films, now I find myself on the cusp of the Live Action Anime craze. Send Jessica Biel to my house and the world would be perfect. t:

 

[TheVileOne]

Voltron is looking terrible though.

 

[Corinthian™]

Doing a Live-Action film on Dragon Ball (a good one) is possible and most likely enjoyable... Jumping all the way to DBZ without exploring the characters first is starting off not only with your left foot, but with a gun in your right kneecap about to trigger