Sylvain White Interested in ROBOTECH Adaptation

I faintly recall first hearing Tobey Maguire’s name attached to the project as a producer. Bringing the popular ROBOTECH universe to the big screen as a live-action adaptation is a bold endeavor, but it seems like its been eons since then. Fear not, fans of the franchise, because the project apparently survives.

The big news currently, dug up by IESB while at WonderCon, is that Sylvain White is interested in directing the film. Best known for directing STOMP THE YARD, Sylvain White is fast becoming a renewed and hot commodity. His next film due out in theaters is THE LOSERS, a film based upon a DC graphic novel that looks, well… totally bad-ass! White is also apparently being rumored as a possible director for Frank Miller’s RONIN.

But I digress… ROBOTECH (the movie) will apparently be based upon the first generation of the Macross Saga. Sylvain White is a fan who grew up watching the series as a boy in France. According to IESB, White seems excited to be considered for the project, having received a draft of the script, but admits nothing is official and the film itself is not yet greenlit.

Source: IESB.net