Ain't It Cool News reports that Robert Rodriguez has picked up the rights to Ralph Bakshi's 1983 animated feature FIRE AND ICE. The original film was a collaboration between Bakshi and the famed fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta. Written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, the film follows a young warrior named Larn amd his mysterious ally Darkwolf who battle the ice lord Nekron to save the kidnapped virgin princess Teegra. Rodriguez will direct via his Troublemaker Studios.