WB has announced their choice for director of the CGI Thundercats movie: videogame art director Jerry O’Flaherty.

The project marks the first feature directing gig for O’Flaherty, who served as an art director on such bestselling games as “Gears of War” and “Unreal Tournament 3″ for Epic Games and the “Command and Conquer” series from Westwood Studios.

O’Flaherty had been looking to make the leap into movies and was considering several projects, even live action.

But the “Thundercats” story appealed to him, as well as the fact that vidgames are increasingly incorporating lavish animated sequences that mimic pics, making a toon a much easier transition.

Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, just remember that David Fincher started out as a music video guy and Quentin Tarantino was a frustrated video store clerk.

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