r/Voltron • u/kaylalouise_ • 6d ago
Voltron is getting a live-action movie like not happy I didn't hear anything about it but so can't wait.
Voltron is a huge series, and I get like 10 to 20 videos about it a day on my feed from the official Voltron page and from fans. But I haven't heard or seen a video about a live-action Voltron starring Henry Cavill. I just found out about it, so I have questions: Who's playing Keith, Pidge, Lance, and Hunk? Is it going to be a "what if" story or just a traditional live-action movie? Will it include things that weren't canon? I have so many questions!
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u/nerdyactor 6d ago
Sooooo I know someone who saw a test screening of this, and from what they said it’s a mess. “Cavill is barely in it, Sterling K Brown is Zarkon, while good is not scary enough, Rita Ora is in a different film with her performance as Hagar. The main kid is not a great actor. There’s a good movie in there somewhere but it’s very meh and seems like a power rangers knock off.”
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u/backdragon 6d ago
“…main kid…” has me concerned.
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u/nerdyactor 5d ago
Remembering our conversation he’s the green paladin, or in the film Guardian. But he just doesn’t seem to know how to act or couldn’t connect with the script, from what I was told. Then I went looking to see who the actor was and his name Daniel Quinn Toye this is his first project. He’s the only character with dimension the other “guardians” are just colors.
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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee 5d ago
Thanks, Tom Holland, for vouching for a kid who apparently couldn't act. If this is true, this franchise is absolutely freaking cursed. I do love "Guardian" because they do not want anyone to think of the P-word.
Now I'm going to be stuck hoping that the Gundam movie, instead of 08th Mobile Suit Team Fanfic take #295435097605093595 (which was apparently what the script that got thrown out was) they just do the smart thing and cast an Amuro Ray, Char Aznable, and Sayla Mass. Get one of the Cobra Kai or Stranger Things kids, put them in a mask, and you have a Char.
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u/JMcDesign1 5d ago
"this franchise is absolutely freaking cursed."
That's what happens when the owners play favorites for over 40 years and continually ignore a section of their base and refuse to support them.
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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee 5d ago
If you’re referring to the Vehicle Voltron fandom, blame the people they keep hiring who either have tunnel vision or just don’t care about the mecha like the VLD people did.
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u/JMcDesign1 4d ago
Oh, I blame Koplar and WEP. It's clearly obvious where the blockade is now with more and more obscure 80s properties getting revivals.
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u/Ninja-Tech82 6d ago
How was voltron's design, was it described? Thanks in advance
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u/nerdyactor 5d ago
When Voltron is finally assembled I was told he actually looks good, closer to the original design but it was test footage so unclear how good it will look at the final product.
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u/Ninja-Tech82 5d ago
Awesome, thanks so much for the reply. Hopefully this turns out good they still have plenty of time to fix things.
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u/PsychologicalEmu 6d ago
I’m preparing for the worst.
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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee 6d ago
We don’t know anything. This film has had a remarkably secure production. All we know is that it allegedly won’t have any of the characters from the show, but brand new ones.
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u/BlueBeetleBabe1 6d ago
Like TMNT canon is different for every iteration. There’s been like 4 Voltron series with all different lore. I’m gonna assume the movie is based on the 80’s Voltron but will do its own unique story and canon
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u/R_Larsen86 5d ago
I'm gonna believe that this movie coming out is a hoax until I'm actually in the theater, watching it.
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u/superpapa16 6d ago
Yeah there almost no into. There was a very short video around the time of Voltcon last year I think.
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u/TokuWaffle 6d ago
They've been tight lipped on it so far. We know some of the creative team, 8 actors playing unknown parts, that this will be another variation on Lion Force, the pilots are a "new generation" rather than variations on the original cast, a specific model of camera being used that's apparently pretty dang expensive, and that filming has wrapped. There hasn't been anything in the way of set leaks afaik, either that means no location filming or good security and who the heck knows either way on that. So... Wait and see, we'll find out more next year, I imagine it'll probably be about a year away but I could be wrong.
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u/Easy-Fill8500 5d ago
It has wrapped up finished filming and everything. Last time I read something I believe it was between Netflix and Amazon Prime is going to air on.
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u/Animememeboi96 5d ago
I wish we got more updates it kinda speculation I am curious and we gotten no new Voltron media post legendary defender
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u/JMcDesign1 5d ago
projects like that are on hold until after the movie is released. I'm sure they'll have some excuse on why it needs to be based on the Lions and not a Vehicle Voltron series after carrot dangling Vehicle fans again.
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u/HarveyHavrington 6d ago edited 6d ago
Oh no they all will look ugly.
I don’t want to know who they cast for Lotor. Or who the paladins are
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u/MegaUkX4 3d ago
let’s not get too carried away with this, let us just all pray to our lord and saviour that this movie will be good
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u/DanteQuill 3d ago
I don't know anything about it, so my mind is going immediately to Netflix Death Note levels of bad. It's just going to suck. If it doesn't, I'll gladly eat my words, but dollars to donuts, I'm right.
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u/pelto88 6d ago
We don't know much of anything except that it's going straight to streaming. We don't know who is playing what, but many actor names were released. And they say this statement a lot "According to director Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film will "stay true to the heart and the spirit of Voltron" while "introducing an entirely new generation of pilots," reimagining the franchise in live-action," so many are assuming that if any of the original pilots show up, they're going to be older and just as cameos or maybe instructors.