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Henry Cavill to Star in ‘Voltron’ for Amazon MGM (Exclusive)

Rawson Marshall Thurber, the filmmaker behind the Netflix hit 'Red Notice,' is directing the live-action adaptation, which will shoot this fall in Australia.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Amazon MGM Studios’ giant robot Voltron movie is getting a man of steel.

Henry Cavill, the Superman actor and star of The Witcher, has come aboard to topline in the live-action feature based on the mecha anime that Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing.

The actor joins Daniel Quinn-Toye, the newcomer who impressed the studio and director with his West End work opposite Tom Holland, in leading the roll call.

Voltron is based on the Japanese sci-fi series Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV. World Events edited and dubbed the series as a syndicated show, naming it Voltron: Defender of the Universe, which ran in the mid-1980s. The premise centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega-robot known as Voltron
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[Catphish]

please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up...

 

[mpgeist]

please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up...

They're gonna fuck it up.

 

[Catphish]

They're gonna fuck it up.

 

[Ownage]

I mean....yea. I guess? Get paid.

Voltron.

 

[FunkMiller]

‘You can do Warhammer as long as you make this for us’.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Voltes V should have been done instead.

 

[ManaByte]

He's going to be Sven and be killed off in the beginning of the movie sent to live on another planet just to be replaced by Allura.

 

[Robot Carnival]

nice! a live action version of them big lion robots combining can be so cool!



they ARE doing the lions and not the vehicles right...? RIGHT?

 

[Trilobit]

I don't think I've ever seen this Voltron thing before, but if Cavill is in then I'm intrigued.

 

[Revolutionary]

You guys remember when people thought the original Cloverfield teaser was for a Voltron movie?

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up please don't fuck it up...

The 2016 Voltron series was 100% gay. In both senses of the word.

Cavill keeps signing onto projects that should be great for him, but where idiots are the showrunners, and they end up wasting him & the IP on some idiotic "representation" or politics.

Hopefully none of the 2016 series people will be allowed anywhere near this movie.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Live action Thundarr the Barbarian would be way cooler.

 

[Wheeljack539]

They're gonna fuck it up.

Yes and no. As Cavill's involved and a fellow nerd he'll resist only for them to pull the rug out of him later and cancelling the movie/project.

 

[NickFire]

Please be good. Nostalgia hits hard with this.

 

[AJUMP23]

If he voltron?

 

[NickFire]

If he voltron?

I’d assume pilot of black lion since he’s so well known. Could be way off though.

 

[AJUMP23]

I’d assume pilot of black lion since he’s so well known. Could be way off though.

I just want him in a bulky plastic voltron suit.

 

[HoodWinked]

This man can do no wrong

 

[jason10mm]

Wait, do we know WHICH Voltron?

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Plenty of room for a diverse cast, just don't fuck with my bae Ginger!!!!

 

[ReBurn]

I freaking love Voltron

 

[ManaByte]

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Troll account confirmed.

 

[BadBurger]

I never thought I'd see a Voltron movie

 

[taizuke]

Lately it feels like i hear more about the roles he's signing up for than actually seeing him in those roles.

 

[Musashipan]

I trust my boy Henry

 

[Interfectum]

They're gonna fuck it up.

 

[GymWolf]

More of a mazinga guy tbh.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Lately it feels like i hear more about the roles he's signing up for than actually seeing him in those roles.

And that is why Karl Urban > Henry Cavill

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

*Puts on Grass Crest shield*

 

[AJUMP23]

Wait, do we know WHICH Voltron?

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Plenty of room for a diverse cast, just don't fuck with my bae Ginger!!!!

If it isn’t the lions we riot.

 

[killatopak]

This man can do no wrong.

 

[jason10mm]

Lately it feels like i hear more about the roles he's signing up for than actually seeing him in those roles.

Yeah, is Highlander in the can or what?

Maybe that's the grift, get signed to as much as possible, collect whatever holding fee they have, but never actually work.

Is Toby Macguire still kicking Robotech around? If we get a live action Voltron before Macross I'll be pissed.

But can't wait to cheer with nostalgic tears in my eyes at the inevitable "Form Blazing Sword!!!" finale that if they had just led with they coulda saved half the city from needless destruction

 

[Big Baller]

Star of the Witcher

 

[Dural]

Love Voltron, had the vehicle toys as a kid and have the lions as an adult. My youngest son (4yo) absolutely loves it as well, he carries around the small lions that I bought when the 2016 show came out. Hopefully we'll get some reasonably priced toys to go along with it (Target currently has 40th anniversary classic lions but they're really hard to come by due to scalpers).

 

[jason10mm]

Love Voltron, had the vehicle toys as a kid and have the lions as an adult. My youngest son (4yo) absolutely loves it as well, he carries around the small lions that I bought when the 2016 show came out. Hopefully we'll get some reasonably priced toys to go along with it (Target currently has 40th anniversary classic lions but they're really hard to come by due to scalpers).

The lego Voltron is where it's at!

no doubt a new movie will prompt a rerelease.

 

[mpgeist]

Yes and no. As Cavill's involved and a fellow nerd he'll resist only for them to pull the rug out of him later and cancelling the movie/project.

Agreed, Henry won't be the problem.

 

[Dural]

The lego Voltron is where it's at!

no doubt a new movie will prompt a rerelease.

Oh, absolutely! We're big into Lego, but take a guess what my 4yo does to every Lego set I build or am building? Haven't been able to build anything for the past three years because he always finds a way to get to it then destroy it because he thinks he's helping. I got my daughter the Home Alone house and she's been itching to start building but is so worried about him that it's been sitting since last Christmas.

 

[Azelover]

I envy Henry Cavill so much. He is the most handsome guy I've ever seen..

 

[jason10mm]

Oh, absolutely! We're big into Lego, but take a guess what my 4yo does to every Lego set I build or am building? Haven't been able to build anything for the past three years because he always finds a way to get to it then destroy it because he thinks he's helping. I got my daughter the Home Alone house and she's been itching to start building but is so worried about him that it's been sitting since last Christmas.

Good grief man, the solution is OBVIOUS! Lego even did an ENTIRE film about it!!!

 

[apocaliptic]

I know they will fuck it up but I will watch just because of Cavill

 

[FunkMiller]

All I care about is that this means things are going okay with Warhammer. Cavill wouldn’t be signing up to more stuff with Amazon if they were fucking him on his passion project.

 

[Superkewl]

I like Cavil, but amazon has a history of screwing stuff up, so will remain skeptical.

 

[tkscz]

Wait, do we know WHICH Voltron?

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Plenty of room for a diverse cast, just don't fuck with my bae Ginger!!!!

I have bad news for you

 

[Renoir]

is it an adaptation to the original, or the new school voltron?

 

[Wheeljack539]

Wait, do we know WHICH Voltron?

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Plenty of room for a diverse cast, just don't fuck with my bae Ginger!!!!

Ginger as we know her will be the first to go unfortunately.

We both know this.

 

[jakinov]

All I care about is that this means things are going okay with Warhammer. Cavill wouldn’t be signing up to more stuff with Amazon if they were fucking him on his passion project.

That probably doesn't mean that. Money is important to him so I don't see why he'd say no for more opportunities to make money over just regular business which is that sometimes deals fall through. Especially movie roles which are smaller commitments for higher pay.

 

[FunkMiller]

That probably doesn't mean that. Money is important to him so I don't see why he'd say no for more opportunities to make money over just regular business which is that sometimes deals fall through. Especially movie roles which are smaller commitments for higher pay.

Normally, I'd agree, but in this specific instance, the 40k projects means more to Henry than anything. I honestly can't see him agreeing to other projects with the same people, if they're not giving him what he wants with the one thing he wants more than any other. This smells very much like a negotiating tactic - at least that's what I hope it is. Henry and GW are very keen for the franchise to be accurate, but for Amazon to go along with that I'd imagine they want a few other guaranteed projects to mitigate the risk. That slice of the plastic pie Amazon wants is part of that too.

 

[Toons]

Wait, do we know WHICH Voltron?

That lame lion one of the FAR superior vehicle one?

Plenty of room for a diverse cast, just don't fuck with my bae Ginger!!!!

They def aren't doing this. I've never seen any of these guys.

The ones I know are Lance, pidge, sven and the gang.

But honestly this movies been in development hell for a long time I donf see it actually happening and the mecha trend really didn't last long post pacific rim so I dont know if itd be successful anyways.

 

[jakinov]

Normally, I'd agree, but in this specific instance, the 40k projects means more to Henry than anything. I honestly can't see him agreeing to other projects with the same people, if they're not giving him what he wants with the one thing he wants more than any other. This smells very much like a negotiating tactic - at least that's what I hope it is. Henry and GW are very keen for the franchise to be accurate, but for Amazon to go along with that I'd imagine they want a few other guaranteed projects to mitigate the risk. That slice of the plastic pie Amazon wants is part of that too.

I think you are overthinking it because they are the same studio. There are factors out of his control such as Games Workshop and whoever gets attached to the project that can make it so he never actually stars or even ends up a part of the project. I doubt he'd leave money on the table for a not sure thing (1 in 10 projects started in hollywood do not get finished) and use that as leverage against amazon when Games Workshop could easily be the problem. He went from barely getting roles after JL to get roles again I don't think he's going to say no to more movie roles and money. Yeah he really likes Warhammer but I don't think him accepting other jobs is as deep as you think. He just got attached to rom com project.

 

[FunkMiller]

I think you are overthinking it because they are the same studio. There are factors out of his control such as Games Workshop and whoever gets attached to the project that can make it so he never actually stars or even ends up a part of the project. I doubt he'd leave money on the table for a not sure thing (1 in 10 projects started in hollywood do not get finished) and use that as leverage against amazon when Games Workshop could easily be the problem. He went from barely getting roles after JL to get roles again I don't think he's going to say no to more movie roles and money. Yeah he really likes Warhammer but I don't think him accepting other jobs is as deep as you think. He just got attached to rom com project.

Games Workshop aren’t the problem. Unless the problem is them not wanting to hand over too much control to Amazon.

What rom com project is he attached to?