James Wan Now In Talks To Direct Robotech

He's considering Sony's anime adaptation

With Fast & Furious 7 effortlessly hurtling past the magic billion-dollar box-office mark, director James Wan is, shall we say, these days rather in demand. His name has already been mentioned in connection with Warner/DC's Aquaman, but his latest suitors are Sony, who are courting him to man the cameras for Robotech.

The project is based on the 1980s Japanese anime, bought by Harmony Gold USA and Japan’s Tatsunoko Productions, which re-edited and redubbed three different series to make into a daily syndicated ‘toon for audiences in the US and elsewhere.

In the series, mankind builds machines using technology developed from a crashed alien spaceship to fend off three different alien invasions, including one race of huge warriors none too happy about us pinching their tech and power source.

Sony picked up the Robotech rights when Warner Bros. dropped them last month. The former studio had been developing the project since 2007 (Tobey Maguire and Akiva Goldsman were involved at that point).

Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari (300, Immortals) are among the producers, with Michael Gordon (300, G.I. Joe) writing the screenplay. Whether Wan signs on the dotted line remains to be seen, although Deadline seem confident that he'll take this over Aquaman. He's also developing a movie based on his own Malignant Man comics with Fox, while juggling a producing slate at New Line.

Wan's immediate next directing gig is, however, a return to his horror roots. He starts shooting The Conjuring 2 in the autumn.

from Empire News