We’ve received word from a very reliable source that Charlie Wen has been revealed as the concept artist for the upcoming ThunderCats movie. Charlie Wen’s previous works include Visual Development Director to the critically-acclaimed video game God of War II. He was also linked to the project Gatchaman which was being developed by Imagi. Unfortunately, the film changed direction and he decided to move on.
As of April 16, he posted a comment confirming his involvement with the ThunderCats film:[INDENT]
Thundercat’s is another old cartoon that’s making it’s way to film…hoooooooo! hehe—sorry, couldn’t help myself. The show also made an impression on me as a kid, maybe not quite the way Gatchaman did, but none the less, it took a good chunk of my after school hours. Currently, this is keeping me busy, along with some other projects on the side, which I can’t mention yet.
[/INDENT]You can read more about Charlie Wen at his blog: http://charliewen.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Of course, stick with ThunderCats Lair as more news (which we have) leaks out.
This is the only thing i read on the comments…doesnt point at Kevin Munroe doing anything with ThunderCats.
hi Jason,
Thanks for your comments. just wondering where you heard that Kevin Monroe was on Tcats. Actually, the director for Tcats is Jerry O’Flaherty.
Kevin is working on “Dead of Night”—about the adventures of Dylan Dog, some kind og supernatural private eye.
I believe he was with Charlie Wen as a character designer for the new Gatchaman movie but left to do the ThunderCats movie (Kevin was also apart of the TMNT movie)
Moving on to Thundercats sounds sweet indeed. Like what everyone else on here has already commented on, i wouldn’t go for a watered down Gatchaman by the sounds of it neither. And making it akin to the Power Rangers sounds way off.
I’m sad to hear Mr Monroe’s off of Gatchaman ,but pleased thats he’s on Thundercats. Just like many fans, i’ve imagined what kind of updates the T-Cats series would have, but with he news of a new CGI movie based on Thundercats by Warners Brothers and Kevin Monroe jumping on that instead after Gatchaman didn’t pan out, i certainly look forward to seeing what’ll be produced in the months to come from this recent bit of blockbuster news.
I’ve gotta ask though, would Gatchaman and Thundercats have graphically looked anything like the ‘Final Fantasy’ and ‘Appelseed’ animated movies or been more in the vein of CG movies like ‘Dragon Blade’ (2005)?
Anyways love whats on here, the comments by posters the love and general feeling for these new CGI flicks. i’m going to put this place on my favorites folder and check back every now and then.
