'Voltron' Movie in Legal Hell I just wish they would really just get this movie made. Enough messing around make this movie happen soon. Before it gets lost in Development hell. Japanese animation property " Voltron : Defender of the Universe" has become the subject of a legal battle between a group of indie producers and a family company that controls the property. In a suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, indie producers James Young, Ford Oelman and Mark Costa of banners Animus Films and NHO Entertainment allege that St. Louis-based World Events, which holds rights to the television property, and its partner Kickstart Prods. negotiated illegally with other producers during what the producers say was an exclusive period. "World Events secretly conspired with Jason Netter and Kickstart Entertainment to find investors and make the movie without NHO and Animus during the terms of the exclusive deal," the suit says. The plaintiffs are suing for breach of c