Screenwriter Lawrence "Body Heat" Kasdan has been hired to write "Robotech," Warner Bros.' adaptation of the anime classic."Robotech" was a 1980s cartoon series from Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Prods. It was re-edited and re-dialogued to combine three Japanese anime series to give the producers enough episodes to air as a daily syndicated series.
Premise is set when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three waves of alien invasions.
Kasdan wrote screenplays for "The Empire Strikes Back," "Return of the Jedi" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...
"Spider-Man" star, actor Tobey Maguire will produce through his Maguire Entertainment with plans to star in a possible franchise of films.
"We are very excited to bring 'Robotech' to the big screen," Maguire said.
"There is a rich mythology that will be a great foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film."
