A still from the THUNDERCATS animated series.
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THUNDERCATS Grabs a Director
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Source: Variety
First order of business is to clarify something about this THUNDERCATS movie. Contrary to some previous reports, this adaptation of the popular 80's toon will in fact be a CG-animated film. Not a live action film. Variety is also reporting that Jerry O'Flaherty-- a video game vet who worked on Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 & Command and Conquer-- will be making his directorial debut for Warner Bros in this big screen adaptation. O'Flaherty will work alongside screenwriter Paul Sopocy in fleshing out the script for this CG story while Paula Weinstein, Dick Robertson and Lew Korman are set to produce.
Plot Concept: This film will expand on the major heroes and villains from the animated series with the plot focusing on Lion-O coming of age as the leader of the Thundercats. The property itself revolves around a group of humanoid cats who must flee the planet of Thundera, which is destroyed. Once crash-landing on another planet, Third Earth, they must thwart Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer bent on killing them off.
