Real actors will star as the half-cat-half-human superheroes battling the evil Mumm-Ra mummy who lives in a sarcophagus. The television series put out some 130 episodes of 'Thundercats' in 1985 and 1986.

The announcement follows Warner Bros.' recent decision to also make a movie out of the 1980s cartoon series 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'.

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