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\u201cRed Notice\u201d and \u201cSkyscraper\u201d director Rawson Marshall Thurber is attached to co-write and direct a live-action feature based on the classic 1980s \u201cVoltron\u201d animated series and toyline.<\/p>\n

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A bidding war has reportedly erupted with Warners, Universal and Amazon among the half-dozen or so studios and streamers in the mix to land the package.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One who is not is Netflix, despite the streamer being the home to the 2016 \u201cVoltron: Legendary Defender\u201d animated series reboot. Thurber created the new film\u2019s story and will co-write the script with Ellen Shanman.<\/p>\n

The original cartoon centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega robot known as Voltron.<\/p>\n

Bob Koplar, Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman will produce.<\/p>\n

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Source: Thurber To Direct Live-Action “Voltron” – Dark Horizons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRed Notice\u201d and \u201cSkyscraper\u201d director Rawson Marshall Thurber is attached to co-write and direct a live-action feature based on the classic 1980s \u201cVoltron\u201d animated series and toyline. A bidding war has reportedly erupted with Warners, Universal and Amazon among the half-dozen or so studios and streamers in the mix to land the package. 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