Jerry O’Flaherty to Direct Thundercats CG Movie

The Thundercats movie is interesting. When it was first introduced, people were very excited. Later, people started wondering how it would be done, as this is a story about humanoid cat people. Then it was revealed that the entire movie would not be live-action, but instead computer-generated, i.e. CG. That resulted in a lot of disappointment. I don’t know why, to be honest with you, as that seems like the only way a Thundercats movie could really be done. No one was going to buy real people with orange fur walking around with swords, were they? In any case, the project is moving forward at Warner Bros., who has tapped videogame veteran Jerry O’Flaherty (”Gears of War”) to helm the upcoming film.

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O’Flaherty had been looking to make the leap into movies and was considering several projects, even live action.

But the “Thundercats” story appealed to him, as well as the fact that vidgames are increasingly incorporating lavish animated sequences that mimic pics, making a toon a much easier transition.

“It feels like a natural thing for me to step into,” he said. “Games have come so far now. The last four years of my life have been about bringing the energy of filmmaking into the videogame experience.”

O’Flaherty will now work with scribe Paul Sopocy on the script.

The property revolves around a group of humanoid cats who must flee the planet of Thundera, which is destroyed. Once crash-landing on another planet, Third Earth, they must thwart Mumm-Ra, an evil sorcerer bent on killing them off.

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But you know, maybe a live-action version wouldn’t be so bad. Check out what someone did a year ago: