A concept trailer for a live-action ThunderCats movie stars several major actors. ThunderCats was a television series that followed the adventures of a group of humanoid cats who have to flee their home planet of Thundera after it met its end. The original ThunderCats series ran for four seasons from 1985 to 1989, and featured leading characters including Snarf, Pantho, Lion-O, Tygra, and Jackalman. Since the release of the original series, ThunderCats 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 A.I.-crafted trailer’s lead actors, Henry Cavill. In addition to Cavill, some of the other actors placed in ThunderCats roles include Willem Dafoe, Alexandra Daddario, Terry Crews, Naomi Scott, Nick Frost, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Mamoa, Liam Neeson, Raegan Revord, Iain Armitage, Michael Rooker, Paul Rudd, Sebastian Stan, Alan Ritchson, Andy Serkis, and Alan Tudyk.
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 world of live-action ThunderCats, the A.I. concept trailer does very little by way of revealing what any actual scenes of this movie 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 in this concept version is Terry Crews, whose visage in the trailer is shown to be just a slightly exaggerated version of himself, with makeup to support the feline look.
Othey key ThunderCats roles include Tygra, Cheetara, Snarf, and Jackalman. In the trailer, these roles are played by Stan, Scott, Tudyk, and Rudd, respectively. Other supporting cast members 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 plays He-Man, and Serkis plays Skeletor.
What An Actual ThunderCats Live-Action Casting Might Look Like
There Is A ThunderCats Live-Action Version In Development
As it stands, 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 as well, but not only in the part of Jaga, for Neeson as Claudus has also been pictured. The ThunderCats live-action film will likely look different from this concept trailer, but some casting choices may overlap.
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