Nic Mathieu To Direct Warner Bros. ‘Robotech’ Adaptation

Warner Bros. has tapped commercial director Nic Mathieu to direct their upcoming live action adaptation of the mecha-centered Japanese series Robotech. The modern approach the 80’s series, which is being produced by Akiva Goldsman and Tobey Maquire, has been in production for quite some time. Ever since 2007 to be specific. There’s been quite a few writers that have worked on the screenplay for the adaptation of the series but this is the first time a director has been attached.

The series is described as follows:

Robotech takes place at a time when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific island. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions. The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship’s energy source known as “protoculture,” and the planet’s survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots.

No release date or other details have been revealed.

Source: THR