Henry Cavill to Star in ‘Voltron’ Movie

The former Superman and ‘Witcher’ star will have a main role in the live-action movie based on the classic anime series about the Robot Lions.

(Left) Henry Cavill in 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'. Photo: Daniel Smith (Right) 'Voltron: Legendary Defender.' Photo: Netflix.

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Henry Cavill will star in the ‘Voltron’ live-action movie.
‘Red Notice’s Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing.
It’ll adapt the iconic anime series.

We all know The Witcher’ for three seasons.

And in his off-screen life, he’s into plenty of geek-tastic pursuits, including video games and table-top gaming.

It’s not all that surprising, then, to learn that he’s landed a major role in ‘Amazon MGM Studios.

Details on Cavill’s role in the movie are unknown for now, but we can imagine him either playing a heroic mentor, or, to change things up, a scheming villain.

What’s the story of ‘Voltron’?

'Voltron: Legendary Defender.' Photo: Netflix.

‘Voltron’ has its roots in the Japanese sci-fi series ‘Beast King GoLion’ and ‘Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV’.

American production World Events bought the rights for the States, then edited and dubbed the series as a syndicated show, titling it ‘Voltron: Defender of the Universe’, which ran in the mid-1980s.

The premise focused on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that merge to form a mega robot known as Voltron and take on a variety of enemies.

The show in animated form has already been rebooted twice, once for the NickToon channel in 2011, while the current version is on Netflix.

Voltron: Legendary Defender

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It's a compelling concept (one that has been referenced and parodied endlessly since its heyday) and a-live action version has been in development at different since the early 2000s.

The plot for the new movie, which Thurber wrote with Ellen Shanman, is a mystery for now, but we can expect a fair amount of giant robot combat. The director has been developing this one since at least 2022.

Who else will appear in ‘Voltron’?

'Voltron: Legendary Defender.' Photo: Netflix.

Cavill is not the first person cast in the new movie. He s Badults’ that ran in 2013 and 2014.

But Quinn-Toye has one other job that caught the eye of Thurber and Amazon MGM studios: the 21-year old actor, who attended London’s Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts as well as the Dance School of Scotland, was the understudy to Spider-Man’ actor’s big return to the theater world this past spring in the West End production of ‘Romeo & Juliet.’ He also had small roles in the play itself.

When will ‘Voltron’ be on screens?

Amazon MGM Studios has yet to confirm a release date for the movie, though Thurber will kick off production this fall in Australia, so it could conceivably be with us next year. Given the likely post-production/effects workload, however, 2026 would be a more sensible target.