Teitler to produce Korea's 'Robot Taekwon V'

May 28, 2008 Veteran Hollywood producer William Teitler has signed on to executive produce South Korea's entry in the giant robot genre, "Robot Taekwon V." Directed by Won Shin-yeon ("A Bloody Aria"), "Taekwon V" will be a live-action film with extensive computer graphics and special effects and will be produced by veteran Korean producer Shin Chul and Robot Taekwon V Co. on a budget of about $20 million. The story of a 184-foot-tall giant fighting robot, "Robot Taekwon V" made its debut in 1976 as an animated feature, directed by Kim Cheong-gi, and was later distributed in the U.S. as "Voltar the Invincible."

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