Thunder Cats are on the mov(i)e! After years of false starts and announcements that didn\u2019t go anywhere, it seems that the beloved \u201880s cartoon has a giant sized champion behind it. Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla vs. Kong, is working on a ThunderCats film that will be a hybrid live action\/CGI movie. Wingard will direct the ThunderCats movie and co-write the script with Simon Barrett.<\/p>\n
This raises a lot of questions about the film, especially considering the recent flux in ThunderCats media. The original ThunderCats was about as perfect an example of \u201880s action adventure cartoon series can be and the early 2010s reboot series took a mostly serious approach to the franchise with a more deeply layered story. Then in 2020 ThunderCats Roar was a huge departure, featuring a much more comedic tone and style than the previous series.<\/p>\n
The versatility of Thundercats makes us wonder what tonal approach the new film will take, and whether it will be geared more towards adults or kids. When we spoke with Wingard about Godzilla vs. Kong he clarified that, \u201cI don\u2019t want [ThunderCats] to be only accessible to kids,\u201d stressing that kids will love it but he wants to make a movie for everybody, especially those who grew up with the original series.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do want this to feel like when you watch it, you\u2019re watching the actual \u201880s cartoon series brought to life,\u201d Wingard tells Den of Geek, teasing that \u201cit\u2019s going to be an adventure movie.\u201d That\u2019s pretty broad but ThunderCats is perfectly suited for an epic adventure.<\/p>\n
When we\u2019re going to see the film is a whole other question. Right now Wingard is working on a Face\/Off sequel and it sounds like that needs to be completed before he can get to work on Lion-O and friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt depends on how quick Face\/Off 2 can happen,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are further along on that, just because the first draft is done on Face\/Off 2, and Simon and I are just getting started on ThunderCats, but you never know how these things go. I\u2019m so excited about both of them, and I just loved the material that Simon and I have been coming up with. The advantage of doing Face\/Off 2 first is that I\u2019ve been making a film for the last few years. Godzilla vs. Kong has taken a large portion of my 30s. And so the idea of doing Face\/Off 2 is pretty appealing just from the perspective that it\u2019s relatively straightforward in terms of filmmaking. The VFX aren\u2019t so crazy in it that it\u2019ll take that long to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, ThunderCats means a lot to him. In fact, it\u2019s been brewing inside him his whole life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a lifelong ambition to do this thing,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s such an insane opportunity for me. And it\u2019s like as soon as that\u2019s ready to go, I\u2019m definitely going to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wingard is clearly passionate about the material and we can\u2019t wait to see what he does with it. From the sound of it this film may be a return to form for ThunderCats after the bold experimentation of ThunderCats Roar.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll have more from Adam Wingard about Godzilla vs. Kong soon!<\/p>\n
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