Last year, Warner Bros. acquired the rights to Robotech, the anime classic that aired in the United States as a daily syndicated series in the 80s. Prepare to nerdgasm on who's writing the big-screen adaptation:Lawrence Kasdan.
Yes, the man responsible for such screenplays as Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back, plus also penning and directing The Big Chill, Silverado, and Grand Canyon. That’s the good news. Now, the not-so-good news: Akiva Goldsman is coming aboard as a producer, along with Chuck Roven. They join Tobey Maguire and Drew Crevello who are likely being cast as mech-pilots Rick Hunter and Max Sterling.
Robotech took place on a futuristic Earth, where mankind has used technology salvaged from a crashed alien spacecraft to create giant mecha — which it then uses to battle alien invaders. The show was adapted from three different mecha series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada (yes, all easy to remember).
if you don't think this is cool, you were never a boy in the 80s
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