Tobey Maguire To Star In Live-Action 'Robotech' Movie

Our resident Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire, will be bringing 'Robotech' to the big screen.

Warner Bros. and Tobey Maguire's production company have picked up rights to bring the giant robots from the 1980s Japanese cartoon series to Hollywood.

Maguire will serve as a producer and also plans to star in the lead role of Rick Hunter.

"We are very excited to bring 'Robotech' to the big screen," Maguire says. "There is a rich mythology that will be a great foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film."

In 'Robotech', Earth has developed giant robots from technology discovered on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific island.

This technology is used to fend off three successive extraterrestrial invasions.

Warner Bros. worked very hard to obtain the rights to 'Robotech' and are looking at this as a possible franchise so you can bet that they will not screw it up.

A battle sequence from the 'Robotech' cartoon series:

September 7, 2007 |