Gatchaman is an upcoming CGI feature film by Imagi Animation Studios in association with Tatsunoko Production, based on the anime series of the same name and an original story by Jinzo Toriumi. Announced in 2006, it was at first to be written by Paul Dini and Kevin Munroe, with Munroe co-directing with Jun Falkenstein. After initial scriptwork, both Dini and Munroe left the project, with Munroe going to direct Dylan Dog. Robert Mark Kamen was brought in to complete the project. Funding difficulties resulted in numerous missed release dates. The film is currently scheduled for release in 2011.
Imagi began development of the project in 2004. Producer Tom Gray shared that the Imagi release will have a PG-13 rating, possibly pushing toward R.
When plans for a Gatchaman film were first announced in February 2006, it was with an expected 2008 release. Kevin Munroe (TMNT) was scheduled to write and direct, with Lynne Southerland (co-director of Mulan 2) as producer, and had begun initial treatment, however, in 2008 Munroe was taken off the project to direct Dylan Dog. Early script treatments were written by Paul Dini, but in the Fall of 2007 he was released from the project. In June 2007
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