A concept trailer for a live-action ThunderCats series ran for four seasons from 1985 to 1989 and featured leading characters including Snarf, Pantho, Lion-O, Tygra, and Jackalman. Since then, the series has gotten multiple other iterations, including a comic series, video games, and additional TV shows.
Now, ThunderCats is imagined in live-action in a new video from @stryderHD. The trailer opens to the tune of a dramatic version of "California Dreaming" while a look at the planet is given. The camera pans around to reveal one of the trailer's lead actors, Henry Cavill. Some of the other actors placed in ThunderCats roles include Willem Dafoe, Alexandra Daddario, Terry Crews, Naomi Scott, Nick Frost, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Momoa, Liam Neeson, Raegan Revord, Iain Armitage, Michael Rooker, Paul Rudd, Sebastian Stan, Alan Ritchson, Andy Serkis, and Alan Tudyk. Check it out below:
What Roles The Actors Play In The ThunderCats Concept Trailer
The Cast Is Led By Cavill, Stan, Scott, Tudyk, and Rudd.
Besides the opening reveal of the live-action ThunderCats, the concept trailer does very little to reveal what any actual movie scenes would look like. Instead, it focuses on the casting of the main characters. Cavill would be the lead role in this imagined version of ThunderCats, playing Lion-O. Stepping in for Panthro is Terry Crews, whose visage in the trailer is shown to be just a slightly exaggerated version of himself, with makeup to the feline look.
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Other key ThunderCats roles include Tygra, Cheetara, Snarf, and Jackalman. In the trailer, these roles are played by Stan, Scott, Tudyk, and Rudd, respectively. Other ing cast include Daddario as Pumyra, Revord and Armitage as WillyKit and WillyKat, respectively, Kinnaman as Vultureman, Momoa as Grune the Destroyer, and Neeson as Jaga. Rooker plays Lynx-O, Ritchson portrays He-Man, and Serkis is cast as Skeletor.
What An Actual ThunderCats Live-Action Casting Might Look Like
There Is A ThunderCats Live-Action Version In Development
There is currently a live-action ThunderCats movie in development. While the film has not announced its leading cast, fan castings of ThunderCats have positioned Crews as Panthro. Other actors floated include Chris Hemsworth as Lion-O, although I think either he or Cavill could give equally strong performances as the buff super-cat. Neeson's name has also been floated, not only in the part of Jaga but also as Claudus. The ThunderCats live-action film will likely look different from this concept trailer, but some casting choices may overlap.
Source: @stryderHD
ThunderCats
- Release Date
- 1985 - 1989-00-00
Cast
Bob McFadden-
Larry Kenney
WHERE TO WATCH
ThunderCats is an animated television series that premiered in 1985 and follows a group of cat-like humanoid aliens from the planet Thundera. They seek safety on Third Earth after their home is destroyed. Led by the young Lord Lion-O, the ThunderCats must defend themselves from various villains, especially the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, while striving to uphold justice and honor in their new world.
- Seasons
- 4
- Main Genre
- Animation
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