There have been rumblings of a live-action Voltron movie for years, and it looks like the project is finally moving forward at Amazon MGM Studios.
Today, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Henry Cavill has been cast in the project. Cavill, whose previous credits include playing a grumpy Geralt in Netflix’s The Witcher (pictured above) and Superman in Zack Snyder’s DC-verse, will be the topline star. We don’t have details yet on who exactly Cavill will be playing in the movie, but it could be that he’ll be one of the five Robot Lion space pilots from the popular 1980s animated series who fight together and—when they bring their vehicles together—create a giant robot, Voltron. It also could be that he’s playing some other major character, perhaps even the Big Bad? This is all complete speculation at this point, other than the fact that we’ll likely see Cavill grimacing at least once.
The live-action Voltron adaptation has Dodgeball and Red Notice director Rawson Marshall Thurber on board, as well as actor Daniel Quinn-Toye, a newcomer to Hollywood who previously acted against Tom Holland in a West End production. The script was co-written by Thurber and Ellen Shanman.
We don’t have details on the plot of the movie or when the film will premiere. Production, however, is supposed to start shooting this fall in Australia.
