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10 October 2007
Thundercats Says Ho To O'Flaherty
But not in a prostitutey way
Source: Variety

Thundercats Says Ho To O'Flaherty
Thundercats, the CG-animated movie based on the Y-front sporting anthropomorphic felines who rocked many a world in the '80s, has found a director. When you hear who it is, or rather what he does now, you're probably going to roll your eyes and possibly tut in an audible fashion, but let's consider all he's done first. The man to bring Lion-O and Co to screen will be Jerry O'Flaherty, who's made his living up until now as...an art director of video games.

Now, hold your horses there. Let's look at the video games he's had a hand in. The top of his list are Gears of War and Unreal Tournament. Online Editor James is the only one in our office who's played Unreal Tournament, but he makes a happy face (or maybe it's wind?) when you mention it, so let's assume that's good. But Gears of War is actually a very very well directed little piece. The spooky mood is dead on, many of the shot choices are emminently cinematic and there's decent character work, y'know, for a video game. And, really, is the gap between high-end video games and movies now really so huge? This guy could do something interesting.

O'Flaherty will work on the script with Paul Sopocy. The story is set to focus on the coming of age of Lion-O, who flees the dying planet Thundera with a collection of other furry friends and lands on Third Earth, where he does battle with Mumm-Ra (The. Evaaaah. LIIIIIVVVVIIIINNNNG!).

Say thee HOOOOO or NOOOOO?
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'm twenty four and i love the thundercats, and would like it to be live action rather than a CGI version. It can be done, if hellboy can be done so can thundercats it's not really that much had with prothestics these days. And a bravestar movie would make me really happy if done well and it keeps to the mystical indian theme and the western type setting. ... Read More

anakin solo About me

10:11, 31 October 2007 | Report This Post
The Thundercats was awesome when I was five. BUT ONLY THEN. ... Read More

Masked Dave About me

21:44, 12 October 2007 | Report This Post
Voice of reason
Hate to give the fanboys (and girls) a reality check but, this is going to be shit. You're living in hope that this movie is somehow going to transport you to your youth and the golden era of kids TV. Sadly, the idea is going to be put through so many focus groups and product placement meetings that it will ammount to little more than a 90 minute toy/junk food ad (which, of course, was the point of the original tv series). Save yourselves the cash and park your middle aged arses in front of Boom... Read More

Bushman About me

18:22, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
i cant wait. i hope they do it justice. if it has sh*t hot graphics, good direction and a quality story it could be brilliant. hope they dont get too bogged down with what hot shots going to do the voice. get the original voice artist back! ... Read More

drutt66 About me

14:17, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
thundercats, and the rest...............?
sounds good, now wheres the gi joe film? and bravestarr, you gotta have a bravestarr movie! ... Read More

spartan 117 About me

11:21, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
Feel the magic! Hear the roar!
Thundercats are loose! HOOOOOOOOO ... Read More

Bubba76 About me

10:28, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
Andrew Lloyd Webber ....
live action wouldn't work cgi is the only way to go i mean look at cats ! is that what you really want uuuuummmmmmmm..... i wonder if webber is looking fir a job.... lets just hope its not TMNT and more Heavenly Sword ... Read More

Tim_Bisley About me

08:46, 11 October 2007 | Report This Post
RE: Thundercats Says Ho To O'Flaherty
nbsp;noooooooo.or=#990066]I dont like CGI movies.or=#990066]But even in CGI  I will watcha cats.. ... Read More

Anglachel About me

21:40, 10 October 2007 | Report This Post
Still don't know why they havent made Centurions yet.
It would be totally awesome and really prevalent after 911 to have soldiers teleported to trouble spots on earth with super hi tech armour and weaponry. Come on!!!! Gotta be better than this. ... Read More

coomi01 About me

19:26, 10 October 2007 | Report This Post
RE: THUNDERCATS IS GONNA BE CG
I think a live action real life looking thundercats would look really camp maybe cgi is the way to go. ... Read More

Highcontrast About me

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