Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard says the live-action adaptation of the beloved ’80s animated series Thundercats is roaring ahead in the script stage.
“Simon [Barrett] and I are still actively working on the script,” Wingard said to i09 (per Gizmodo). “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. So whether that means that’s the next thing I do or [not], I’m not sure. But it’s definitely one of the top priorities I have right now in terms of working on a script.”
How was Adam Wingard hired to direct Thundercats?
Wingard was announced as the Thundercats director in 2021 before the release of Godzilla vs. Kong. While previous attempts at a Thundercats movie had stalled before that time, Wingard’s attachment to the project is unique in that the director was a fan of the property since childhood and actively pursued the movie when it became available at Warner Bros.
“I heard there was a Thundercats script out there and it happened to be set up with some of my producers on Death Note,” Wingard said to Deadline in 2021. “I asked them, I want to rewrite this script with my friend Simon Barrett. This is a huge passion thing for me. Nobody on this planet knows or has thought as much about Thundercats as I have. They gave me the reins. I saw this as an opportunity to do a new type of fantasy sci-fi spectacle film that people have never seen before. It’s got a rich mythology; the characters are fantastic.”
Thundercats does not have a release date. Meanwhile, Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire hits theaters on March 29th.
