The Robotech live-action movie being developed by Sony with an eye toward launching a franchise, has reportedly landed IT helmer Andres Muschietti to direct.
Warner Bros. first acquired the rights to Robotech in 2007 and considered making a live-action film with Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire in the lead role.
Efforts to bring Robotech to the big screen have been on-going since at least 2007, when Tobey Maguire was interested in appearing in the film.
With Robotech still very early in the development process, it seems that Muschietti could direct the IT sequel and still hang around to bring the anime property to the screen.