A man of steel is joining the cast of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming live-action feature film adaption of Voltron.
Henry Cavill, the longtime Superman star, signed on to the film that already features unknown star Daniel Quinn-Toye, and Rawson Marshall Thurber as the director, who will be working from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ellen Shanman.
Voltron is based on the 1980s animated TV series that followed a team of space explorers who pilot a giant super robot known as Voltron, and was adapted from several Japanese anime TV series by Toei Animation.
The details of the plot are still unclear, as the cast, crew, and Amazon studio have all remained tight-lipped about how the storyline plays out.
According to Deadline, Amazon went into a bidding war with Universal and Warner Bros. in 2022 in order to secure the right to the production.
Henry Cavill, 41, has signed on to join the cast of the live-action film adaption of Voltron
After winning the bidding war to secure the rights in August, Amazon took about three months to reveal Quinn-Toye had been cast in a lead role in early October.
The premise for Voltron centers on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form the mega-robot.
Of course, most people know Cavill for playing the role of Superman/Clark Kent in the DC Extended Universe, including: Man Of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021), along with cameos in Black Adam (2022), The Flash (2023), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
The British actor has also had success in non-superhero roles in both film and television such as Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), Stardust (2007), Immortals (2011), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Enola Holmes (2020), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024).
On the small screen side his resume features main roles in the hit series The Tudors (2007-2010), which ran on Showtime for four seasons, and The Witcher (2019-2023), following its three season run on Netflix.
Looking forward in his career, Cavill is currently in the gym training for the lead role in upcoming reboot of Highlander, which will be directed by Chad Stahelski, who’s best known for his work as director of John Wick (2014), and the three sequels that followed: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).
Cavill, 41, has appeared in two spy-action comedies this year. Matthew Vaughn’s Argyle features a star-studded ensemble cast such as Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson
The premise for Voltron centers on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form the mega-robot
Cavill is best known to many fans for his role as Superman/Clark Kent in Man Of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021), as well as two uncredited cameos in Black Adam (2022) and The Flash (2023)
Rawson Marshall Thurber, 49, is directing Voltron, and will work from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ellen Shanman; the filmmaker is seen in NYC in July 2018
The other is Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare that also has ensemble cast including the likes of Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, Henry Golding, and Cary Elwes.
For his most current role, Cavill reunited with Ritchie for In The Grey, which will also star Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza Gonzalez, and Rosamund Pike.
The action thriller film slated to premiere in the U.S. on January 17, 2025.
As for Thurber, 49, fans know him for writing and directing such films as the comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, the buddy action comedy Central Intelligence (2017), the action thriller Skyscraper (2018), as well as director of the hit comedy film We’re The Millers (2013).