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Does The Fabled ROBOTECH Movie Have A Writer??


Merrick here...

A "good source" for the folks over at CHUD says that Lawrence Kasdan has been drafted for scripting duties on the Tobey Maguire-led ROBOTECH live action movie adaptation. You can read their report HERE.

Fascinating choice, if correct.

Geeks will remember Kasdan as a scripter on THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (with Leigh Brackett), RETURN OF THE JEDI (with Unca George), and RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK (from a story by Lucas & Philip Kaufman); he's also written/directed a raft of titles including SILVERADO, GRAND CANYON, WYATT EARP, and the awkward adaptation of Stephen King's DREAMCATCHER. He's recently been associated with the long-brewing remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS as well.

ROBOTECH is about the development of giant fighting machines (mecha) that are back engineered from alien technology found here on Earth; said tech is subsequently used to fend of extraterrestrial invasions (this is an extremely simplified description). The long-lived franchise has previously been realized via numerous animated installments that looked like this:





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oh Yeah1st!!
by Annie The Pod Racer
Jun 13th, 2008
09:09:17 AM
Anything that has to do with Empire...
by Annie The Pod Racer
Jun 13th, 2008
09:10:26 AM
DANGER-DANGER!
by Budcrud
Jun 13th, 2008
09:13:08 AM
Cool. I like Kasdan.
by Knuckleduster
Jun 13th, 2008
09:15:13 AM
DREAMCATCHER...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Jun 13th, 2008
09:16:02 AM
Giant Robots Rule
by kevinwillis.net
Jun 13th, 2008
09:16:11 AM
Geekin' Out.
by Traveler 27
Jun 13th, 2008
09:18:48 AM
Still wish it was a live action TV show
by INWOsuxRED
Jun 13th, 2008
09:20:54 AM
Cant be wrong with giant robots but..
by TimMighty
Jun 13th, 2008
09:28:21 AM
Finally
by j2talk
Jun 13th, 2008
09:42:42 AM
Alright the Kasdan thing is cool but...
by lovecraftian
Jun 13th, 2008
09:46:22 AM
Tobey couldn't even make Spider-Man talkative
by INWOsuxRED
Jun 13th, 2008
09:58:36 AM
Kasdan is perfect
by fassbinder79
Jun 13th, 2008
10:29:50 AM
Otaku here
by Anna Valerious
Jun 13th, 2008
10:38:03 AM
WHAT NO GIGANTIC SPACE GOLDFISH?
by ArcadianDS
Jun 13th, 2008
10:40:07 AM
Live action ROBOTECH movie..
by Aethyrr
Jun 13th, 2008
10:40:59 AM
From the guy who made you sit through Dreamcatcher...
by Obscura
Jun 13th, 2008
10:50:19 AM

by Knuckleface
Jun 13th, 2008
10:57:56 AM
You know, Minmei didn't have to sing that LIVE.
by Squashua
Jun 13th, 2008
11:03:09 AM
remember in the robotech movie
by g-ride9000
Jun 13th, 2008
11:17:16 AM
Fuckin loved robotech
by Rat Fink
Jun 13th, 2008
11:26:31 AM
No mention of MACROSS?
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
11:26:38 AM
They better get someone really hot to play Lisa
by Tacom
Jun 13th, 2008
11:43:31 AM
Only familiar with the Purple haired
by Diagnostic
Jun 13th, 2008
11:45:16 AM
Lisa = Jennifer Anniston.
by Kraken
Jun 13th, 2008
11:52:13 AM
reverse engineering
by jambone
Jun 13th, 2008
11:54:52 AM
Pondscum meet Axebox...
by Pvt. Noguchi
Jun 13th, 2008
12:10:26 PM
Too bad Battlestar Galactica beat them to the punch...
by sapno_krei
Jun 13th, 2008
12:17:30 PM
Wachowski,Wachowski,Wachowski
by g-ride9000
Jun 13th, 2008
12:17:55 PM
Good Director?
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
12:21:39 PM
Please God, no Minmei . . . .
by One-Eyed Willy
Jun 13th, 2008
12:22:16 PM
Please, PLEASE!!
by mvckalel
Jun 13th, 2008
12:27:24 PM
Casting?
by One-Eyed Willy
Jun 13th, 2008
12:38:24 PM
Please Toby...
by smackfu
Jun 13th, 2008
01:12:07 PM
Yeah but will SHARON APPLE be in it?
by Shigeru
Jun 13th, 2008
01:18:50 PM
"No mention of MACROSS?"
by smackfu
Jun 13th, 2008
01:22:42 PM
Axebox, and Macross fans
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
01:23:22 PM
No, the Wachowskis should not do Robotech!
by Johnno
Jun 13th, 2008
01:25:19 PM
Please don't fuck this up!
by otm shank
Jun 13th, 2008
01:31:56 PM
Axebox the Robotech story works fine as a trilogy
by smackfu
Jun 13th, 2008
01:36:15 PM
So wait...
by Kurutteru Yatsu
Jun 13th, 2008
01:56:14 PM
CecilBenedict
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
01:58:12 PM
Kurutteru Yatsu
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:06:37 PM
HG blocking Macross
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:12:14 PM
HG blocking Macross
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:12:16 PM
Oh, I thought you were stupid.
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:21:43 PM
Original Macross series was awesome
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
02:33:20 PM
Here come the idiots
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
02:33:26 PM
Robotech: Shadow Chronicles - SUCKED
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
02:38:48 PM
Macross Frontier
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:41:08 PM
Robotech Trilogy thoughts...
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
02:41:54 PM
More Harmony Gold Bullshit
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
02:42:19 PM
oh man, i just want to close my eyes and wince, but there might
by MurderMostFowl
Jun 13th, 2008
02:42:35 PM
Re: Macross Frontier
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
02:43:41 PM
murdermostfowl
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
02:52:11 PM
MACROSS: DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE?
by LaserPants
Jun 13th, 2008
02:53:34 PM
I wish I was
by Colonel Activity
Jun 13th, 2008
02:57:08 PM
More HG BS
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
02:57:17 PM
Geez
by Jokerisdaking
Jun 13th, 2008
03:03:24 PM
Actually, Robotech and Macross are VERY VERY similar
by AxeBox
Jun 13th, 2008
03:18:23 PM
You crack me up, Cecil
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
03:18:37 PM
Ew! Kyle is Minmei's cousin!
by Raymar
Jun 13th, 2008
03:22:32 PM
crappy ending
by sokitome
Jun 13th, 2008
04:59:18 PM
brattain
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
05:20:40 PM
Correct, Goodguy
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
05:36:33 PM
legal
by goodguy
Jun 13th, 2008
05:51:41 PM
legal or not
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
06:56:47 PM
Kasdan is GREAT news
by chewyou812
Jun 13th, 2008
07:25:23 PM
I can see Maguire playing Max Sterling, but not Rick Hunter
by Monkey_King
Jun 13th, 2008
07:31:58 PM
For the 5,000th time, this CAN NOT be a Macross Movie
by GodMars
Jun 13th, 2008
08:17:05 PM
Summertime, and the trollin' is easy...
by Kurutteru Yatsu
Jun 13th, 2008
08:24:23 PM
Leigh Brackett Was Empire's Main Writer, Not Kasdan!!!
by Media Messiah
Jun 13th, 2008
08:40:51 PM
re: Macross
by ScottGreen
Jun 13th, 2008
08:53:04 PM
Omar Shariff as Captain Gloval!!!
by Prometeo
Jun 13th, 2008
08:58:15 PM
Actually, Leelee Sobieski is just the right age to play Lisa
by Prometeo
Jun 13th, 2008
09:24:18 PM
ScottGreen
by brattain
Jun 13th, 2008
10:39:23 PM
I just want someone to get off their asses...
by Johnno
Jun 13th, 2008
11:34:37 PM
Prometeo: Rick's age
by MurderMostFowl
Jun 13th, 2008
11:45:07 PM
Sadly, I Think It Will Bomb Too
by LaserPants
Jun 14th, 2008
02:39:58 AM
Robotech is way more popular than Speed Racer
by Johnno
Jun 14th, 2008
03:33:39 AM
Anyway just finished watching ep 10 of Frontier
by Johnno
Jun 14th, 2008
03:35:29 AM
Paul Walker for Roy Fokker, Maggie Q for Minmei/Minmay
by Monkey_King
Jun 14th, 2008
04:06:18 AM
it's called M-A-C-R-O-S-S !!!
by cloudrider`
Jun 14th, 2008
06:17:56 AM
and we already have a cool macross movie
by cloudrider`
Jun 14th, 2008
06:24:41 AM
Nostalgia
by Nonononstop
Jun 14th, 2008
10:24:52 AM
cloudrider
by INWOsuxRED
Jun 14th, 2008
10:35:02 AM
Robotech more popular than Speed Racer?
by Kurutteru Yatsu
Jun 14th, 2008
11:33:24 AM
Mediafire Kasdan wrote the final draft
by Tacom
Jun 14th, 2008
12:36:23 PM
ScottGreen
by goodguy
Jun 14th, 2008
04:48:05 PM
Maybe this'll polish the turd.
by Baked
Jun 14th, 2008
06:02:13 PM
re: Harmony Gold and DYRL
by ScottGreen
Jun 14th, 2008
06:09:44 PM
I doubt that very much
by brattain
Jun 14th, 2008
06:47:58 PM
always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission
by INWOsuxRED
Jun 14th, 2008
11:07:50 PM
GIVE IT TO BAY
by Pixelsmack
Jun 15th, 2008
04:57:28 AM
huh?
by goodguy
Jun 15th, 2008
11:18:28 AM
Macross rights, as we unsterstand them
by GodMars
Jun 15th, 2008
12:22:38 PM
GOODGUY, First English Adaption was not Robotech.
by Pixelsmack
Jun 15th, 2008
04:41:52 PM
Pixelsmack
by goodguy
Jun 15th, 2008
05:05:40 PM

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