Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpiredirectorAdam Wingardbelieves that his highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the beloved 1980s cartoon,ThunderCats, “could be” his next project. Speaking withColliderduring a press tour for his new MonsterVerse movie, Wingard also revealed that his plan for theThunderCatsmovie is to “stay as true to the source material as possible.” See what Wingard had to say about the live-action adaptation below…
“Well, I think you have to have a little bit of both. You gotta take it seriously. In the cartoon, even though it was definitely for kids, the characters were in a fair amount of danger. I’m definitely still scarred from that one episode where Lion-O’s getting wrapped up in the mummy, the rope, and he’s in the temple. That really messed me up as a kid. But yeah, I think any good adaptation these days is you’ve got to stay as true to the source material as possible. That’s what people really want, and that’s sort of our goal. I mean, if you’re doing something that’s beyond being a kid’s cartoon, obviously you have to raise the stakes. So, yeah, it’s got a little bit of both of that.”
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This latest update on theThunderCatsmovie comes quickly following the filmmaker saying it isone of his “top priorities.”Something which should excite fans of Lion-O and his family of cat-like humanoid aliens. Continuing, Wingard revealed that he “was just talking with Simon [Barrett, screenwriter] about the script,” and that he and Barrett are “actively working on a draft right now, and it’s cruising forward. It’s super awesome. I’m really excited about it."
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In the past, Wingard has explained how his work on movies inthe MonsterVerse will influence his plansfor bringing theThunderCatsinto live-action. Wingard first joined the franchise with 2021’sGodzilla vs. Kong, and the director has since revealed how the introduction and visuals of the Hollow Earth provide the biggest clues for how hisThunderCatsmovie will look when it hits the silver screen.
“The ThunderCats thing is interesting, because I’d kind of written it off for so long. Because, like I said, as a kid, it just seemed like it was impossible. And so, it was only really actually during the pandemic - and I would say during the late phases of the Godzilla vs. Kong post - when I started getting shots in from the Hollow Earth scene. I started looking at it and, honestly, this is how it started. It was literally I was looking at shots of Hollow Earth and I thought, god, this is exactly what a ThunderCats movie should look like. And then I thought, wait a minute, I could make the ThunderCats movie!”
While we await the long-awaited arrival of the live-actionThunderCats, Adam Wingard will next helmGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire follows the legendary monsters as they unite against a mysterious Hollow Earth threat.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empireis scheduled to be released in the United States on March 29 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
