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The five lions unite under Amazon as Henry Cavill cast to star in live-action “Voltron”.
Henry cementing geek dominance over at Amazon can only be a good thing
Henry Cavill ongoing operation to conquer geekdom continues as news that the actor has been cast to star in the live-action remake of the one and only Voltron.
THR reports that the Man of Steel and The Witcher star has signed on to play a lead role in Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action Voltron movie.
Cavill joins previously-cast newcomer Daniel Quinn-Toye, who appeared in Badults and served as Tom Holland’s understudy in Romeo & Juliet on the West End this spring. No details on either of their characters have been disclosed, but we assume they will play two of the five Voltron pilots.
The project is being helmed by Red Notice director Rawson Marshall Thurber, and is based on the Japanese sci-fi show Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV. World Events would later edit and dub the series as a syndicated show, naming it Voltron: Defender of the Universe, which ran in the mid ’80s. The property was revived for a new Netflix series titled Voltron: Legendary Defender in 2016.
The IP surround 5 young paladins who pilot the 5 Lions – mechanical beasts that, when combined, for the legendary mech Voltron, defender of the known galaxies.
All this comes off the heels of the successful Netflix revival of the IP via the animated series
More as things develop.
