Robotech Gets A Pair of Writers

The Hollywood Reporter has a story up concerning the long-in-development big-screen version of Robotech, the popular anime series from the 80's. Looks like the project has hired Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to pen a new version of the script. Gough and Millar are better known for their work as creators and former showrunners on The CW's Smallville, but have also worked on features such as the Shanghai Noon/Knights movies and Spider-Man 2. A former draft of the Robotech script was written by acclaimed filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan.

To be honest, I didn't really follow the series growing up, so I'm not particularly attached to the project. The hiring of Gough and Millar is a bit of a mixed bag, though. They've done some good work in the past, but also some questionable stuff as well (the last Mummy movie the most recent example). We'll see how their version of Robotech turns out.