SFX are reporting – via toy company Hasbro’s latest financial call – that a “Micronauts” movie is proceeding through development channels at Paramount Pictures, with geek auteur J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company overseeing matters.
I have fond memories of the Marvel comic and I remember owning some of the action figures – the redoubtable hive mind of Wikipedia informs me that the Marvel comic material ran as a back-up strip in the UK “Star Wars” comic books, which seems about right to me.
Writing duties are to be undertaken by the nice fellows who brought you “Zombieland” and the limitless possibilities for some awesome sci-fi action with this universe are not to be underestimated.
Insert ‘Little People, Big World’ joke here.