Things have been very quiet on theThunderCatsfront for some time, but many fans are holding out hope that the movie will happen some day. As it turns out, quite a few actors and actresses are hoping that it happens as well, because they want to take part in it. The latest actress to throw her hat in the ring isMilla Jovovich, who apparently has some interest in playing Cheetara.
TheResident Evilstar recently spoke withWe Got This Coveredin order to promote her latest movie,Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.Milla Jovovichwas asked what superhero she would maybe like to play since her big franchise is coming to a close. Though she momentarily forgot Cheetara’s name, she expressed interest in being in theThunderCats movie. Here is what she had to say about it.
“You know, I’ve always lovedThundercatsand I don’t know, I heard they were making a movie and then they weren’t making a movie, and I’m probably getting way too old to play Catra anyway. No! Cheetara! Cheetara. I think my time as Cheetara is probably done.”
Milla Jovovich’s confusion about what is going on with the live-actionThunderCatsmovie mirrors everyone’s at the moment, because the project seems to be in development hell. Way back in 2007 it was announced that aCGI animated moviewas going to get made, but that was eventually scrapped and was apparently never even formally greenlit by the studio. At one point, some alleged test footage from the project leaked online, but that wasn’t quite enough to kickstart the movie. Still, rumors continue to persist about Hollywood taking a stab atThunderCats, but at the moment, theThunderCatsare not go.
For those who may not know,ThunderCatswas a very popular animated show from the late 1980s. The original run featured a very impressive 130 episodes and ran from 1986 to 1989. That is a lot of episodes in a relatively short period of time. The show centered on a group ofcat-like alienswho have to leave their planet of Thundera and eventually make their way to a planet called Third Earth. They then became known as theThunderCatsand defended the planet from the evil Mumm-Ra and his random gang of mutants. It is no question a bizarre concept and in order for a movie to work, it would either have to be updated a bit or truly embrace the weird. Maybe ifPower Rangerswinds up crushing it at the box office someone still step up and finally get this thing done.
Most recently,TransformersdirectorMichael Bayreportedly signed on as a producer forThunderCats, but there hasn’t been any real, official movement on the project. In addition toMilla Jovovich, actors likeJames McAvoyandEd Skreinhave also expressed desire to appear in the movie, so finding talent probably wouldn’t be an issue. Even ifMilla Jovovichthinks she is too old, all of that cat makeup would probably make it pretty difficult to tell how old anyone was, so there is still a chance she could wind up playing Cheetara. You can check out the full interview clip for yourself below.
