Robotech movie Confirmed.
 

Well now, this is going to be interesting. I guess Spidey's new tag line is "With Giant Mecha comes Giant Responsibility" ;)

Maguire attacking big screen in "Robotech"
Saturday September 8 2:51 PM ET

After slipping on a mask for Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire might be slipping into a giant robot for "Robotech."

After a lengthy negotiation, Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up feature rights to "Robotech," a 1980s Japanese cartoon series with giant robots known as mechas. Maguire is eyeing the lead role, and will serve as a producer.

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

A sprawling sci-fi epic, "Robotech" takes place at a time when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions. The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source known as "protoculture," and the planet's survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots.

Sounds like a bad idea to me. Then again, I thought doing Transformers sounded like a bad idea but it made truckloads of money. I don't think the average moviegoer is a big fan of live action anime, tho. That's kindof what the third Matrix movie was and I haven't seen that much venom for a movie since, well, a Star Wars prequel.

SI

They could make an awesome movie out of Robotech, but sadly I just don't think they will.

Wow. What a blast from the past.

This could be an awesome movie... more likely it will be the suckiest suck that ever sucked a suck.

Big question will be Director + Special Effects company.

Anything less than a Spielberg/ILM combination would be a disappointment.

Suffice to say, I have soiled myself.

Where is my Starblazers feature starring Ashton Kutcher? WHERE?

Toby Maguire is.... RICK HUNTER!

As long as that annoying chick doesn't sing every 20 seconds I'll be fine...

Minmei? How can you have a Robotech movie without Minmei? Pretty easily, I imagine.

A Robotech movie could be pretty sweet if done correctly, but the odds on that are pretty slim.