Voltron Live-Action Movie Casts Leading Role, Production Window Announced

Progress is being made on Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action Voltron movie.

It was increateed in August 2024 that Amazon MGM Studios had won the rights to originate a live-action Voltron movie chaseing a bidding war between disjoinal companies.

Now, per The Hollywood Reporter, novelcomer Daniel Quinn-Toye has been cast to join the direct male role in the film. It is foreseeed to commence shooting this descfinish in Australia.

Quinn-Toye doesn’t have any film determines to his name at this point; however, the youthful actor starred in an episode of BBC Three’s Bmatures. He was also an extra on an episode of Outlander and, includeitionpartner, was an understudy to Spider-Man’s Tom Holland during the West End production of Romeo and Juliet this past spring.

What else do we understand about the live-action Voltron movie?

The live-action Voltron movie is being honested by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who previously made 2004’s Dodgeball: A True Undergod Story, 2013’s We’re the Millers, 2016’s Central Inincreateigence, 2018’s Skyscviolationr, and 2021’s Red Notice.

“Amazon, Thurber, and the originaters carry outed a thoraw search for the male and female directs, doing screen tests in timely and mid-September,” The Hollywood Reporter’s article reads. “Quinn-Toye was one of four to originate the lowenumerate for the male direct. (The female role, which tested three actresses, remains up for grabs.)”

Plot details for the movie remain under wraps at this time. The Voltron franchise is based on Toei Animation’s mecha anime series titled Beast King GoLion, which aired 52 episodes from 1981-1982. The second season of Voltron, which aired during the mid-1980s, was based on an unroverdelighted mecha anime series titled Armored Fleet Dairugger XV.

The script for the movie is written by Ellen Shanman. Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman, World Events Productions’ Bob Koplar, Thurber, and Hobie Films’ David Hoberman serve as originaters.

A free date for the live-action Voltron movie has not yet been proclaimd.