Voltron is Reforming. Can it get done?

[JarrodSarafin]

From Mania:

It seems that Voltron is in the process of getting rebuilt for a possible feature film once again within Hollywood. Anytime we see this property return to the spotlight, the automatic $64,000 question would be whether this latest production effort will come to fruition or whether it fall to pieces (development hell) like it has been doing over the past decade. Well, the latter scenario won't take place if producer Charles Roven has a say in it.

HR's Risky Biz Blog is reporting that producer Roven (The Dark Knight) and his team over at Atlas Entertainment have acquired the rights to make a live-action feature based on the robot-lion property, pushing the project forward after several years in development with the Mark Gordon Company.

Roven and his partners acquired rights to the Japanese title from World Events Prods., a St. Louis-based company that has held those rights for more than two decades. Wanted producer Jason Netter of Kickstart Entertainment and World Events’ Ted Koplar are joining the Atlas trio in producing.

Plot Concept: "Voltron," a television hit in the 1980’s that has retained a loyal fan following, features a “Transformers"-like conceit, in which a band of five robot-lions combine to form one super lion. A group of five pilots control the lions, which are charged with defending the planet Arus from villain King Zarkon, who dispatches evil creatures called Robobeats to fight the Voltron robots.

What do you Maniacs think? Can it be done or is it destined to remain in dev. hell?