Editing Robotech (section)

====Warner Bros.====
On September 7, 2007, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the film rights to ''Robotech'', with [[Tobey Maguire]] producing and pursuing the lead role.<ref name="HR">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1f2de64a1d24bd55d67832dedc4bd442 |title=Maguire, WB attack the big screen with 'Robotech' |access-date=2007-09-12 |date=2007-09-07 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=dead |first=Borys |last=Kit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910185747/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1f2de64a1d24bd55d67832dedc4bd442 |archive-date=September 10, 2007 }}</ref> A Harmony Gold representative stated that the company had been approached by WB and would have "a say" in the film's creative direction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5988/TS-43975.mp3 |title=Live-Action Movie Talk with Kevin McKeever |date=2007-09-09 |last=Meadows |first=Chris |access-date=2007-09-12 |format=mp3 |work=talkshoe.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926015309/http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5988/TS-43975.mp3 |archive-date=2007-09-26 }}</ref> Though [[S. Craig Zahler]] was initially announced to be writing the script,<ref name="HR"/> many other writers would be attached to the project across the following years: [[Lawrence Kasdan]] in June 2008,<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905201721/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia3b683089f36e7ebb3a620eb11dacda3|archive-date=September 5, 2008|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia3b683089f36e7ebb3a620eb11dacda3|title=Lawrence Kasdan to pen 'Robotech' | work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=2008-06-15|access-date=2015-11-15}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]] in November 2008,<ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Spider-Man-Writers-Hired-For-Robotech-10902.html Spider-Man & Smallville Writers for Robotech] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815194918/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Spider-Man-Writers-Hired-For-Robotech-10902.html |date=2011-08-15 }}, CinemaBlend.com</ref> [[Tom Rob Smith]] in June 2009,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-24/proposed-robotech-film-reportedly-gets-another-new-writer | title = Proposed Robotech Film Reportedly Gets Another New Writer | date = 2009-06-24 | work = Anime News Network | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090627042227/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-24/proposed-robotech-film-reportedly-gets-another-new-writer | archive-date = 2009-06-27 }}</ref> and [[Michael B. Gordon]] in February 2015.<ref name="deadline">{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/robotech-movie-hollywood-gang-1201364914/|title=Robotech Movie Back With Hollywood Gang, '300' Scribe Michael Gordon|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=February 4, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720231142/http://deadline.com/2015/02/robotech-movie-hollywood-gang-1201364914/|archive-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> A screenplay draft from March 2008 demonstrated a plot very loosely based on the ''Macross Saga'' portion of ''Robotech''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-06-08 |title=Screenplay Review – Robotech |url=https://scriptshadow.net/screenplay-review-robotech/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=ScriptShadow |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Nic Mathieu]] had been announced as director in early 2013.<ref>{{cite news| title= Warner Bros. Chooses 'Robotech' Director (Exclusive)| last= Borys| first= Kit| work= The Hollywood Reporter| url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-chooses-robotech-director-415144| date= January 24, 2013| access-date= September 21, 2013| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130904213405/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-chooses-robotech-director-415144| archive-date= September 4, 2013}}</ref>