Robotech Film Lands Director?


The upcoming film adaption of the Robotech anime franchise, after years of laying dormant, might finally be moving forward, starting with news of a possible director!

Warner Bros. is in negotiations to have Nic Mathieu to direct the Robotech movie. Mathieu has, so far, only directed CGI-heavy commercials, but I guess that would seemingly make him a perfect fit for this film.

The Robotech film already has a long line of producers – Tobey Maguire, Akiva Goldman, Matthew Plouffe, Joby Harold, and Tory Tunnell – but Nic Mathieu is the first director signed on to the project.

The Robotech anime, which aired in North America in the 80s, is actually a spliced dub of three Japanese mecha shows: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. The shows were spliced together to raise the episode count, and because of edits for content.

The franchise already has an animated film, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, which was released on DVD February 6, 2007, and the film got a limited theatrical release. The series also has some video games released in the States. The franchise revolves around military fighters who pilot mechas to combat aliens.

I think the film, if done right, could be epic. At the very least, I hope it isn’t a repeat of Transformers. This film should follow its own path.

Source(s): ANN and CBM