16 November 2008 10:20 PM, PST | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have signed on to write the script for Robotech, the forthcoming adaptation of an 80s anime that might well become a vehicle for Tobey Maguire.Certainly, Maguire is on board as a producer, along with Chuck Roven, Drew Crevello and Akiva Goldsman, and there could be a role in there that may well be perfect for him.For the sci-fi epic is set in the future, at a time when Earth has developed a series of giant robots, using technology from an alien spacecraft that crashed in the South Pacific. When an alien civilisation attempts to invade Earth, the fightback centres around two young pilots, who must harness the technology and save the world. If we were a gambling website, we'd say that Maguire could play one of the pilots. He's just not right for the role of Giant Robot.Although you might be concerned
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