Sony has taken over the rights for a Robotech live-action movie from Warner Bros. Variety reports that Sony “hopes to move quickly into production” with Gianni Nunnari and 300/The Immortals’ Mark Canton producing and 300/GI Joe screenwriter Michael Gordon writing the script. This comes only a a month and a half after it was reported that Warner Bros would be adapting the anime to the big screen
EW has confirmed that negotiations are underway with James Wan, after Sony acquired the rights a month ago and locked down producers Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton and Michael Gordon (G.I. Joe) to write the script.
Based on the popular ’80s series of the same, Robotech will focus on society’s use of robot technology to fend off an alien invasion. The series was released in the U.S. by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and adapted from three original Japanese television series.
He is currently producing Insidious 3 and will direct The Conjuring 2 this fall.
