J.J. Abrams to Produce 'Micronauts' Movie?
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Newsstand
By: John Gholson
Hasbro continues their steamrolling of Hollywood with the announcement that J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) is in negotiations to produce a film based on their Micronauts property. The Japanese science-fiction action figure line from Takara was brought to the States in the 1970's by Mego (with some items replicated for the collector's market in 2002 by Palisades), but has kept a pretty low profile since the line's cancellation in 1980.
Most fans are familiar with The Micronauts from the officially licensed Marvel Comic series, which ran throughout the 1980's, long after the toys had vanished from shelves. Image Comics and Devil's Due Publishing both tried their hand at a Micronauts comic book revival during the last decade, but were met with little success.
The original Micronauts figures were an odd-looking assortment of strange heroes and bizarre aliens, and many of the toys featured interchangeable parts. While no over-arching story was created for the toys upon release (marking it as one of the few action figure assortment at the time with no built-in storyline), the comic versions of the Micronauts have positioned the characters as defenders of a microscopic universe, attempting to overthrow the evil Baron Karza.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-06-2009 @ 12:52AM
Andy said...
What in the holy hell!!! You seriously could not make this shit up.
I'm one of probably 12 people who owned a couple of these fey, skinny action figures, and I could not care less to see a movie about them. Why would anyone else?
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12-09-2009 @ 12:09AM
Argonaut X said...
The Micronauts toy photo you see in this article was taken by me back on 09/29/2007. To see more of my Micronauts toy collection, check out my Micronauts Toy Flickr Photostream:
Here's a direct link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14238360@N03/2854342311/
- Argonaut X.
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12-09-2009 @ 3:32AM
SpaceGlider said...
"I'm one of probably 12 people who owned a couple of these fey, skinny action figures, and I could not care less to see a movie about them. Why would anyone else?"
What a ridiculous and fallacious argument from self incredulity. Try checking online about a subject before you make an idiot out of yourself next time, and see just how "little" anyone else cares or how "few" fans there really are.
For your homework:
http://www.innerspaceonline.com
http://www.microforever.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronauts_%28comic_book%29
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