Lawrence Kasdan writing ‘Robotech’ script

Writer-director Lawrence Kasdan has been brought on to write the script for the live-action feature adaptation of the Robotech anime series. You may recognize this name as the writer and director of the best Star Wars episode The Empire Strikes Back. Kasdan also wrote the screenplays for Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Warner Bros and Maguire Entertainment, Tobey Maguire’s production company, are working to bring this animated favorite from the 80’s to life. With Kasdan’s well-versed pen in hand, I feel we may just have a really cool movie in the works. Maguire is only rumored to be starring, but with him in a producer role, I’m sure he’ll get first dibs.

[ 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 centers on a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship’s energy source known as “protoculture,” and the planet’s hope for survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots.] — The Hollywood Reporter