Rumor: Leonardo DiCaprio Wants To Do Live-Action "Robotech" Film

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby) reportedly interested to pursue a role in an adaptation of classic 80's anime "Robotech". Is the live-action adaptation finally gaining traction? Rumor has it that Leonardo DiCaprio has been approached about starring in Warner Bros. long-gestating Robotech movie.

What lends some credence to the rumor is that DiCaprio is old pals with Tobey Maguire, who is producing the Robotech movie and starred opposite Leo in The Great Gatsby.

Latino-Review claims Leo "wants to do" Robotech enough that he turned down a role in Star Wars: Episode VII to pursue it. Nick Mathieu was hired earlier this year to direct Robotech.

Robotech is based on the popular 1980s anime series. "Robotechnology" refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific island. Using this technology, Earth constructs huge transformable mechs to battle three successive alien invasions.

Back in January, newcomer Nic Mathieu was hired by Warner Bros. to direct the picture so it appears that development on the film is highly active. Back in 2007, actor Tobey Maguire, at the height of his "Spider-Man" fame tried to get a live-action Robotech film off the ground but it sputtered and flamed out before it could take off. British television writer and novelist Tom Rob Smith (Child 44) was the last person on a long list of writer to take a shot at the script. 

Did Leonardo DiCaprio pass On 'STAR WARS: EPISODE VII' For 'ROBOTECH' ? Ryan Gosling and Zac Effron are still in the running. More on that story HERE.

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