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This week's episode of Inside the Bucket is online! Revel in the digital mastery! On this hippity-hoppity edition of Inside the Bucket, Matt is rejoined by Sandwich John and Brandon to give you all this week's movie and television news and reviews from our website SANDWICHJOHNFILMS.COM . Already dripping with SJF ballsy grease, the boys endeavor to discuss several items of supposed importance. This week, they turn their attention to mostly movie news, as they discuss the first image from the solo Wonder Woman movie, as well as news of Harrison Ford returning to the Indiana Jones universe. Then it's on to this week's box office report, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice blasts into theaters, while Alleigant takes a stunning fall from grace. The boys also discuss movies and television shows hitting Blu-ray this week. After a short break to discuss Brandon's plantar fasciitis, it's on to Rants and Raves, where the boys bitch and gripe about al...

Relativity Media ’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley announced today the studio has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron ™ from World Event Productions, and will adapt the live-action big screen version from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe ™. The project was brought to Relativity through their deal with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, whose company will shepherd the project. In Voltron ™, an elite battle force defends the fate of mankind in the spectacular action adventure. Five young warriors are responsible for the future of the galaxy when they become pilots of a battalion of ultra-high-tech Robot Lions, powerful vessels with the ability to join together to form a fearsome mega-weapon known as “Voltron”. The original series, based on the Japanese anime properties Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, aired in the United States for two years and has been described as an “internatio...

ICONIC FRANCHISE VOLTRON ® TO HOLD ITS FIRST-EVER PANEL PRESENTATION AT COMIC-CON CARRIE KEAGAN OF VH1, NO GOOD TV & G4 WILL MODERATE THE EVENT WITH PANELISTS FROM THQ, WORLD EVENTS PRODUCTIONS, NICKTOONS, MATTEL AND MORE WHAT: Voltron® , the franchise that began when the 1980s robot-themed television action series Voltron: Defender of the Universe® launched, will make its first-ever panel presentation at Comic-Con International. The panel will feature all-new and classic Voltron content including original graphic novels, the Voltron video game, Nicktoons’ Voltron Force™ television series, toys and merchandise, as well as exclusive sneak previews, never-before-seen material and big surprises for attendees. Carrie Keagan, current host of VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live, lead anchor on No Good TV and known for her appearances on G4’s Attack of the Show, will moderate the hour-long event, which includes artists, producers and designers from the entire Voltron univers...

Attention, robot nostalgists: Your dreams of a big-screen adaptation of the 1984 animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe are one step closer to becoming CGI reality! Vulture hears that a bidding war has broken out to finance a Transformers-size blockbuster retelling of the legend of the iconic robotic lions and their human pilots; Ryan Kavanaugh's deep-pocketed Relativity Media is one of the very interested parties trying to sell itself to World Events Productions , the St. Louis–based company behind the original show. Atlas Entertainment producers Charles Roven ( The Dark Knight Rises ) and Richard Suckle had been developing a script with screenwriters Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (who wrote the upcoming Conan the Barbarian reboo t), and concept art had leaked last fall. But considering how long this project has been rumored, rudimentary-anime fetishists dared not raise their hopes. Now, news of the eager big-money suitors means this could finally actually ...

Voltron Movie Concept Art Richard Suckle and Ted Koplar producers for the upcoming Voltron film have stated that the film is alive and it is slated for a summer 2013 release. Last I reported the film was in movie hell. Turns out I was wrong. Joblo got their hands on what appears to look like concept art for the Atlas entertainment project. Check out another picture after the Jump.. Please Leave A Comment- Source- JoBlo

'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...

With all the talk about a Voltron movie in the works. And Thanks Stroker Joe for the tip on this Video. I haven't seen this in years. Pretty much forgot about this one.The dance off is the shit!! Don't for get the Adult swim panels at Comic Con this year. Thursday July 23th 3:00-4:00 Robot Chicken with Titan Maximum— Seth Green (co-creator, Robot Chicken and Titan Maximum), Matthew Senreich (co-creator, Robot Chicken and Titan Maximum), Tom Root (head writer, Robot Chicken/co-creator, Titan Maximum) and Doug Goldstein (head writer, Robot Chicken) with Chris McKay, Breckin Meyer, Kevin Shinick, Mike Fasolo, and Dan Milano discuss the popular Adult Swim series Robot Chicken. They will also discuss the upcoming new stop-motion animated series Titan Maximum, slated to premiere on Adult Swim this fall. Join this meet-up of show creators, writers and voice actors for a Q&A, moderated by Keith Crofford, vice president of Adult Swim production. Room 6A Saturday July 25th 6:00-7:...

Now something I can get pumped about. Looks like the Voltron Movie is back in the loop. As a kid who grew up in Japan I loved Voltron Even more then Transformers. I Remember playing with them all day with Friends in the front yard. Dam I getting wood just thinking that some day soon in the near future there could be a movie. More toys to buy also. Dam there goes the Kids college fund. Let's get the buzz started on this one. Also if your heading to the San Diego Comic Con make sure you stop by the Toynami booth For their Volron Exclusives this year. This vinyl version of the classic This super-exclusive vinyl version of the classic Voltron stands 9 inches in height and features an all new paint scheme, and is limited in production to 300 pieces. This vinyl version of the classic Voltron stands 9 inches in height, and is limited in production to 1,000 pieces.