Voltron

Interesting facts

• Based on: Voltron
• Filmed in: Gold Coast and Village Roadshow Studios

Voltron is an upcoming American science fiction action film serving as a live-action adaptation of the 1980s animated television series of the same name. It is directed and co-written by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who produced with Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, and Bob Koplar for Amazon MGM Studios. It stars newcomer Daniel Quinn-Toye in his feature film debut, alongside Rita Ora, John Harlan Kim, Alba Baptista, Samson Kayo, Sterling K. Brown, and Henry Cavill.

Production

In July 2005, producer Mark Gordon, together with Ted Koplar, announced plans to create a live-action film adaptation of the Voltron franchise in collaboration with producers Mark Costa and Ford Oelman. Pharrell Williams was also reportedly attached to compose the musical score for the film. The project's development was funded by Jim Young's Animus Films.

In August 2007, New Regency entered negotiations with World Events and The Mark Gordon Company to adapt Voltron, with Justin Marks writing a new script. Interest in the property heightened after the box office success of Transformers (2007), another film involving shape-changing robots.

On August 17, 2008, Relativity Media entered negotiations with New Regency to finance and produce the film, at the time titled Voltron: Defender of the Universe, though on a more moderate budget. In 2009, World Events partnered with Atlas Entertainment to develop and secure financing for the film, with Chuck Roven, Richard Suckle, Steve Alexander, and Jason Netter to produce.

In 2011, Relativity Media entered into an option agreement with Atlas and World Events to finance and produce the film, but the option later expired, and in 2015, Relativity filed for bankruptcy. World Events subsequently granted an option to produce the feature film to DreamWorks Animation, with whom it had partnered with for the animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender.

In March 2022, it was announced that a live-action adaptation was officially back in development, based on a story by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Thurber planned to direct and co-write the screenplay with Ellen Shanman, and Thurber, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, and Bob Koplar would produce. In April 2022, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it was in negotiations for the distribution rights of the film.

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