Robotech, The Movie

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**Jihadin**

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Disney and Lucasfilm have been going after big name actors to star in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII. We recently learned that Ryan Gosling and Zac Efron are being considered for parts, but they aren't the only ones the studio has sought.

According to Latino-Review, the studio also wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to star in the film. He turned it down so that he could focus his attention on Robotech instead! I've been waiting for a live-action Robotech movie for years! The last thing we heard was that commercial director Nic Mathieu would be developing it with producers Akiva Goldsman and Tobey Maguire.

If he turned down Star Wars for Robotech, then I assume he's already committed to the big screen adaption of the classic '80s anime series. It makes sense that he would choose this over Star Wars. It just »

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni55966506/

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/24/leonardo-dicaprio-interested-in-robotech-movie

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http://moviepilot.com/posts/2013/07/25/leonardo-dicaprio-ditched-star-wars-for-robotech-1057477?lt_source=external,manual[/url]

Anyone else tracking this?

**insaniak**

Ambivalent about DiCaprio being in it, but the prospect of a live-action Robotech is kind of awesome.

**DarkTraveler777**

With Pacific Rim making mecha look realistic and awesome on the big screen I am pretty excited for the possibility of a Robotech movie (even though it is a stinky Robotech movie and not the more superior Battletech movie I have always wanted

).

**Jihadin**

Damn FASA for losing the lawsuit

**DarkTraveler777**

Jihadin wrote:
Damn FASA for losing the lawsuit

And Harmony Gold and Playmates too! May they all burn.

**Captain Fantastic**

god, not another crappy western liveaction anime adaptation.

Edited by RiTides - Be polite, please

**Miguelsan**

Jihadin wrote:Damn FASA for losing the lawsuit

DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
Damn FASA for losing the lawsuit

And Harmony Gold and Playmates too! May they all burn.

You two want to make me cry right? Digging my old mechs from storage and painting them has made an imposible task avoiding completing the ranks to full batallion.

M.

**BlaxicanX**

Captain Fantastic wrote:
god, not another crappy western liveaction anime adaptation.

lol

"muh japanese"

**Platuan4th**

Captain Fantastic wrote:
god, not another crappy western liveaction anime adaptation.

Yeah, we get enough crappy live action anime adaptations out of Japan, America doesn't need to add to it.

**Aesop the God Awful**

This made me very excited, until I realized the title said "Robotech" and not "Battletech".

I don't even know what Robotech is.

**Jehan-reznor**

Aesop the God Awful wrote:
This made me very excited, until I realized the title said "Robotech" and not "Battletech".

I don't even know what Robotech is.

Robotech was an 3 anime's cut together Macross, Mospeada and Southern Cross.
I would be interested if they have a good script and director. I have seen too many western versions of eastern animation or manga's that were horrendous.

**Aesop the God Awful**

Yeah, I figured from the thread that it's an anime, which would explain why I'm not familiar with it

**Ahtman**

Aesop the God Awful wrote:
Yeah, I figured from the thread that it's an anime, which would explain why I'm not familiar with it

It was one of the first animes to make it over to broadcast TV and so a lot of kids grew up with it during the 80's, like Transformers and GI Joe. The big thing (initially) are the Veritech Fighters, which were planes that could become robots, or something in between.

Spoiler:

**Jehan-reznor**

Gerwalk!

**Frazzled**

Jehan-reznor wrote:
Gerwalk!

Yes! I want that! and Zentraedi battlepods! and millions of ships nuking planets!

**gorgon**

Jehan-reznor wrote:
Gerwalk!

How bada** would it be to see THAT on the big screen?

But those articles are from more than a year ago, right? Let's see if it actually happens.

And what character would Leo be playing? Roy Fokker, perhaps?

**squidhills**

gorgon wrote:

And what character would Leo be playing? Roy Fokker, perhaps?

Can't be Fokker... DiCaprios too short. Max, maybe?

**gorgon**

squidhills wrote:
gorgon wrote:

And what character would Leo be playing? Roy Fokker, perhaps?

Can't be Fokker... DiCaprios too short. Max, maybe?

Um...he's 6 feet tall, making him practically a giant in Hollywood. He's also about 40 years old. He wouldn't be Rick or Max simply based on age, unless those characters dramatically changed. And he'd be a much better Rick than Max even if that was the case.

Seriously, have you seen him in anything since Titanic?

**Frazzled**

He would be a good Fokker. He's pushing age enough to be a good Admiral Gloval.

Alternatively - Khyron.

**Necros**

I bet the movie will come out before I get my game from the kickstarter

**gorgon**

Frazzled wrote:
He would be a good Fokker. He's pushing age enough to be a good Admiral Gloval.

Alternatively - Khyron.

That's a good call too.

**Soladrin**

I am all for this. Love me some battletech.

**squidhills**

gorgon wrote:

Um...he's 6 feet tall, making him practically a giant in Hollywood. He's also about 40 years old. He wouldn't be Rick or Max simply based on age, unless those characters dramatically changed. And he'd be a much better Rick than Max even if that was the case.

Seriously, have you seen him in anything since Titanic?

Seen him in quite a few things, actually. I still say he's too short for Roy. Roy was over 6' tall (as was Gloval) and was a hair taller than Ben Dixon (who was far from a midget). Even when he was playing a South African mercenary, I didn't get the feeling DiCaprio was the tallest guy in the room. As for age, when has anyone in Hollywood been cast age-appropriately? We have people in their mid 20s playing 16 year olds and people in their 40s playing people in their 20s.

....though he might make a pretty decent Khyron, as somebody suggested.

**gorgon**

squidhills wrote:
gorgon wrote:

Um...he's 6 feet tall, making him practically a giant in Hollywood. He's also about 40 years old. He wouldn't be Rick or Max simply based on age, unless those characters dramatically changed. And he'd be a much better Rick than Max even if that was the case.

Seriously, have you seen him in anything since Titanic?

Seen him in quite a few things, actually. I still say he's too short for Roy. Roy was over 6' tall (as was Gloval) and was a hair taller than Ben Dixon (who was far from a midget). Even when he was playing a South African mercenary, I didn't get the feeling DiCaprio was the tallest guy in the room. As for age, when has anyone in Hollywood been cast age-appropriately? We have people in their mid 20s playing 16 year olds and people in their 40s playing people in their 20s.

Hollywood magic can make you 2 or 3 inches taller. Tom Cruise is 5'7. Daniel Radcliffe is 5'5. Elijah Wood is 5'6. James McAvoy 5'7. Al Pacino 5'7. Danny Trejo 5'6. The 'short actor' list goes on and on.

DiCaprio is pretty tall for an actor, and 'tall' is hardly the most important criteria in what you're looking for in a Roy Fokker anyway. You need someone who could pull off a dashing flying ace, which he could do. He could also be bad-a** enough to pull off a Khyron.

He's about 15-20 years too old for a traditional Rick or Max -- it's not like a 25 year old playing an 18 year old.

**Easy E**

Necros wrote:
I bet the movie will come out before I get my game from the kickstarter

Nicely done.

As for the OP, I am excited and terrified at the same time.

**Ahtman**

gorgon wrote:
squidhills wrote:
gorgon wrote:

Um...he's 6 feet tall, making him practically a giant in Hollywood. He's also about 40 years old. He wouldn't be Rick or Max simply based on age, unless those characters dramatically changed. And he'd be a much better Rick than Max even if that was the case.

Seriously, have you seen him in anything since Titanic?

Seen him in quite a few things, actually. I still say he's too short for Roy. Roy was over 6' tall (as was Gloval) and was a hair taller than Ben Dixon (who was far from a midget). Even when he was playing a South African mercenary, I didn't get the feeling DiCaprio was the tallest guy in the room. As for age, when has anyone in Hollywood been cast age-appropriately? We have people in their mid 20s playing 16 year olds and people in their 40s playing people in their 20s.

Hollywood magic can make you 2 or 3 inches taller. Tom Cruise is 5'7. Daniel Radcliffe is 5'5. Elijah Wood is 5'6. James McAvoy 5'7. Al Pacino 5'7. Danny Trejo 5'6. The 'short actor' list goes on and on.

DiCaprio is pretty tall for an actor, and 'tall' is hardly the most important criteria in what you're looking for in a Roy Fokker anyway. You need someone who could pull off a dashing flying ace, which he could do. He could also be bad-a** enough to pull off a Khyron.

He's about 15-20 years too old for a traditional Rick or Max -- it's not like a 25 year old playing an 18 year old.

Making someone look taller/shorter is what they do. Tom Hardy isn't all that tall but if you only go by Bane in Dark Knight Rises you'd think he was quite large. The SDF-1 probably won't be real either, which is a shame.

**gorgon**

Put the old James Cameron on the job and you never know. Alas, he's Mr. CGI these days.

**Ahtman**

gorgon wrote:
Put the old James Cameron on the job and you never know. Alas, he's Mr. CGI these days.

Can you imagine an SDF-1 set like that Titanic set they built? /faints

**gorgon**

That's what I was thinking.

Don't forget about him filling a reactor cooling tower with 7 million gallons of water to film the The Abyss. Cameron understood scale.

**Soladrin**

So.... am I the only one who's hoping this is more mechwarrior then Macross.