5 November 2009 9:18 AM, PST | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Director J.J. "Star Trek" Abrams is interested in producing a film adaptation of the Japanese action figure line 'Micronauts', recently acquired by toy maker Hasbro. Debuting in Japan in 1974, the plastic/metal 'Micronaut' 3.75 inch action figures were released in North America by the Mego Corporation. Pallisades Toys picked up the toy line in 2002, following a succession of Micronauts comic books published by Marvel, Image and Devil's Due Publishing. According to the first Marvel comic book, the Micronauts originate in the 'Microverse, a microscopic series of habitats linked together in the fashion of molecule chains. The original team comes together in response to the threat posed by former academic and now dictator, 'Baron Karza'. 'Commander Arcturus Rann' (returning from a thousand-year deep space voyage in suspended animation) and 'Biotron', his robot co-pilot, land on the 'Hms' (Homeworld Micro Ship) "Endeavor," to discover Karza has removed the royal family, who are Rann's parents. »

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