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The classic ’80s animated sci-fi adventure Voltron made a successful return to screens this year, in the shape of the Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender. It has now been reported that a live-action Voltron movie is also in development.

According to Deadline, a Voltron movie had been in the works for some time at DreamWorks Animation. Following a deal earlier this year between that studio and Universal, the latter has inherited the project and is now moving forward with it.

Deadline reports that David Hayter, who previously wrote Watchmen and the first two X-Men movies, is working on the script that was started at DreamWorks Animation. Hayter is also known for his voicework for a variety of video games, most notably as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid series.

As the site notes, no further details on a Voltron movie are known, and Universal has not commented on it.

Voltron: Legendary Defender was also one of the properties acquired by Universal. The first season premiered on Netflix in June, and season 2 is due to hit the streaming service on January 20, 2017. A first trailer was revealed in October.

The original Voltron was a Japanese and American co-production that ran for three seasons between 1984 and 1986. The show was created from two Japanese shows–Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV–with new dialogue and storylines created for the American market. It proved hugely popular, spawning spinoff shows, comic books, and games.

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Each week we search and gather up the coolest comic book art you won’t see in actual comics. The reason you won’t is because professional artists often draw sketches for fun or commissions and post them on their websites, blogs, and Tumblrs. Some artists even arrange commissions through their sites so be sure to check them out. This is a way to see the artists working on one book draw characters from other comics or publishers.

We recently did another Mystery Art Challenge at Long Beach Comic Con to celebrate the release of Doctor Strange in theaters. The challenge is for artists to draw a certain character with a random object. The artist don’t get any advanced time to prepare and have to come up with an idea on the spot. Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen, Joel Gomez, Peter Nguyen, and Todd Nauck each took the challenge of drawing Doctor Strange and an apple.

You can check out scans of their work above.

Michael Walsh posted more Inktober sketches on his Instagram.

Paolo Rivera posted two more commissions from New York Comic Con on his blog.

Marco Rudy posted a sketch of Mr. Sinister on his Instagram.

Philip Tan posted some recent commissions on his Facebook page.

Mahmud Asrar posted pre-show commissions from New York Comic Con on his Tumblr.

Rod Reis also posted commissions from NYCC on his Instagram.

Mike Maihack posted a Kiki drawing on his Tumblr.

Marcio Takara posted some commissions on his Tumblr. He’s closing his list soon. You can email him for more information at mtakara7@gmail.com.

Chris Giarrusso posted more sketch cards on his website.

Tom Raney posted commissions from Alamo City Comic Con on his Twitter.

Marcus To posted commissions from Paris Comic Con on his Instagram.

Joel Gomez posted a Westworld sketch on his Tumblr.

Agnes Garbowska was in Dubai and posted a couple commissions on her Tumblr.

Ron Salas posted some new art on his Tumblr.

Mike McKone posted a couple commissions on his Twitter page.

Mike Henderson posted new art on his Instagram.

Todd Nauck posted a couple new sketches on his Tumblr.

Jim Cheung posted some commissions on his Instagram.

That’s it for this week. We’ll have more awesome art next time.

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According to a new report, Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones, Munich) will play the evil Steppenwolf in the upcoming DC Comics movie Justice League.

Steppenwolf is a motion-capture character, not unlike Thanos (played by Josh Brolin) in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. Sources told The Wrap that “Steppenwolf’s look will be upgraded” from the first time we saw the character in a Batman v Superman deleted scene.

Justice League, which is directed by Zack Snyder, comes to theaters in November 2017. Read The Wrap’s full report for a detailed breakdown of Hinds’ involvement and the Steppenwolf character.

Hinds played Albus Dumbledore’s brother, Aberforth, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

Justice League also stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as Flash, Amber Heard as Mera, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and Henry Cavill as Superman.

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