The 80s nostalgia trend in Hollywood appears to be tentatively continuing despite TMNT’s mediocre reception and Transformers’s box office still up in the air (although, granted, it looks like huge).
The LA Times is reporting that Warner Bros. has optioned Thundercats for an animated big-screen treatment.
Here’s what Variety had to say about it:
Sopocy has written the script as an origin story expanding on the major heroes and villains from the animated series, with the plot focusing on Lion-O coming of age as the leader of the Thundercats.
Other bite-sized tidbits in the same article:
Studio’s recently been bitten by the nostalgia bug, pacting with Joel Silver to produce a live-action “He-Man” movie, based on the toy and cartoon franchise, as well as a feature based on the DC comicbook “Teen Titans,” a junior Justice League.
Anyway, no word yet on what percentage of the gross Snarf is asking for.
