After just recently going another round with the king of Skull Island and the king of monsters in the roaring spectacle of kaiju carnage that is “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” Adam Wingard delivered the good news that a draft of his “ThunderCats” script is done and he’s now back into the world of Thundera once again to finally bring a live-action Lion-O to the screen. In an interview with Gizmodo’s io9, Wingard explained, “Simon [Barrett] and I are still actively working on the script. We finished our last draft basically right when I was going into production on this movie, and we just had to put everything on hold. [But] right now we’re actively working on it again.”
The fact that the wheels of the ThunderTank are turning even a little is enough to get fans excited for seeing the ThunderCats on the big screen after all these years. Between this and Netflix working away at a “He-Man” live-action tale to tell, the ’80s might be coming back swinging with swords and carefully managed loincloths to match. The only major concern is, who’d be the perfect pick for the ThunderCats’ cowardly sidekick and comedic relief? After the likes of Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Caesar, could anyone do as good a job in saying, “snarf, snarf, snarf,” repeatedly? We’ll have to wait until Wingard fires up the Eye of Thundera to see.
