Swinging from his role as Peter Parker, Tobey Maguire is set to play one of the main characters in the upcoming live action version of Robotech. Now hold it right there. Tobey Maguire as Rick Hunter (Ichijyo Hikaru in the Japanese Macross version)? I make this assumption as Maguire can’t possibly portray Roy Fokker or Admiral Gloval.
I don’t know. The movie reeks too much of Hollywood to me. The fact that they’re using Robotech as the title and not The Super Dimensional Fortress: Macross (the original Japanese title from 1983) is already … err … never mind.
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空è¦å¡žãƒžã‚¯ãƒã‚¹, ChÅjikÅ« YÅsai Makurosu) is among the many 80s ‘space opera’ anime series produced in Japan. It was broadcast between October 3, 1982 and June 26, 1983 on the Mainichi Broadcast System, and produced by Big West, Studio Nue, and Tatsunoko Production Company, Ltd. North Americans may have already come to know the thirty-six episode saga as the first part of Carl Macek’s Robotech (1985). Driven by music from Haneda Kentarou and Iijima Mari, populated by mecha designs from the famous Kawamori Shoji, and developed by Studio Nue, Macross has become one of the most recognizable brands to this day. It was most certainly one of the leading series of the transformable-robot genre, thanks in no small part to Kawamori’s excellent Valkyrie designs.
But really, I don’t know. If I were them, I’d actually consider remaking Do You Remember Love? which was the title of the 2 hour movie finale which was actually a compression of the entire 36 episodes that aired in 1984.
7 replies on “Tobey Maguire as Rick Hunter? Oh no.”
Movie adaptations are fickle beasts. Sabagay, adaptations are di ba? For myself I am curios how the film adaptation of Watchmen will turn out.
I wonder what a Giant Robo or Astro Boy movie adaptation will turn out. On second thought never mind. I like them as they are 🙂
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No. Freaking. Way. Rick Hunter is not a whiner.
Robotech is the only anime series I followed…I actually had a crush on Rick Hunter! And, no, Tobey Maguire does not resemble him in any way. Maybe they should get an Asian actor…Leehom Wang or Daniel Wu.
I think Tobey is better suited to play Max Sterling. But will he dye his hair blue? Hehe.
NO, NO, NO, AND NO!!! TOBEY DOESN´T LOOK GOOD AS RICK HUNTER…PLASE TOBEY…DON´T BE CRUEL!!!
I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT TOM WELLING FOR THIS ROLE…TOM LOOKS LIKE RICK, HE LL BE PERFECT!!! I PREFER TOM OVER TOBEY…
I’ve read the synopsis of the upcoming film and Hollywood wants to “re-imagine” Robotech by introducing new mechas and new characters…basically means that Macross/Robotech fans will not be very pleased. Certain changes like what they did in Transformers is forgivable…but the fact that the studio will not cast ANY Asians in lead roles due to marketing conflicts (Hollywood will not cast an Asian as a lead because the film they feel will not be marketable, which is why Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies always star an A-list celebrity to ensure ticket sales) is beyond reasonable. We also have to keep in mind, at the beginning of the series Rick Hunter is 16 years old…Tobey is about 34!
COME ON WE NEED A YUNG GUY, NOT AN OLD MAN, RICK WAS 17 YEARS OLD, WHY DO YOU WANTO TO DESTROY OUR FAVORITE TV SERIE WITH TOBBY???? HE SHOULD BE HENRY GLOVAL……JAJAJAJ
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