There’s very little we can tell you about Max Makowski (apart from the fact that he's got a rather cool private eye-ish name) but he’s the man tapped to direct the long-gestating Voltron movie. What-tron? Well, we’re not sure either but according to the (ahem!) journalistic resource that is Wikipedia, it’s a big-screen adaptation of an 80s Japanese cartoon series about a bunch of robot lions that combine to make an even bigger robot - with a lion’s mouth for a fist - and fight all sorts of evil and stuff. Sounds a bit mental if you ask us, but in the wake of Transformers’ huge success there’s certainly an audience for heavy metal mayhem and production company Relativity is going ahead with plans to make a movie with a “more moderate budget, utilizing the type of cost-effective technology employed in films including 300.” Makowski, who helmed the little seen Harvey Keitel flick One Last Dance and is attached to the mooted revamp of 70s TV show Kung Fu, has yet to release any cast, plot or release date details yet but the idea of a metal mash-up done on the cheap has piqued our B-movie-loving interest.   We’ll give you more info as we get it.

Glen Ferris

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I used to love it when i was kid!!!!
Hello Empire, they used to show this cartoon in Italy when i was a kid, i used to have all the action figures of the lions of different colours and they connected to make the robot, i used to love it!!! Only if i remember right i think that in Italy it was called "Vultus 5" and not Voltron. I thought it was known in Great Britain too but as it appears no one has heard about it. With the visual effects of today's age i'm shure it will be a very spectacular movie like Transformers ... Read More Tinman84 About me
00:04, 01 September 2008 | Report This Post
MAKOWSKI!!!!!
YOU'RE A MAVERICK MAKOWSKI!! YOU THINK YOU'RE ABOVE THE LAW!! YOU DON'T DO THINGS BY THE BOOK!!! BUT GODDAMMIT YOU GET RESULTS, GOOD JOB MAX, YOU'RE THE BEST COP IN THIS PRECINCT. ...and robot lions sound cool. ... Read More chompem About me
18:11, 30 August 2008 | Report This Post
If it lives up to this script review
Check out this script review for the Voltron movie on the link below:- http://www.latinoreview.com/script-reviews/6 5 ... Read More Johnh1978 About me
13:52, 30 August 2008 | Report This Post
Super Bad Ass
For a minute there I got really excited. Thought maybe someone was making a bizarre spin-off of the simply outstanding Hot Rod featuring Dave on acid. "Why'd you call yourself Voltron?" "I don't know, maybe cause it's super bad ass." ... Read More muchobenny About me
19:50, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
I'm sure I had a toy of this when I was a kid. ... Read More Adrian About me
16:19, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
Somebody took a dump…
…and out came: Voltron. ... Read More RoboMan24 About me
15:12, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Voltron!
So Transformers gets Michael Bay, Voltron gets.....who?? ... Read More hobx About me
14:43, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
RE: Voltron!
L: The_Hat Coming straight to a DVD near you! oming to the cover of Empire soon! ... Read More Rumbaabaa About me
14:40, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
RE: So...
It's basically what Power ranges ripped off but it was a cartoon and less of the non robot fighting ... Read More bronco3114 About me
14:32, 29 August 2008 | Report This Post
Wow, making movies must be cheap right now, with all these bad ideas going into production lately. ... Read More Bluehawk About me
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