Saint Walker & Manhunters to Have Prevalent Roles in GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
A few more details have emerged for the Cartoon Network series from DC Entertainment and executive producer Bruce Timm.
"[The animated series] doesn't follow the direct continuity of the [live-action] movie or 'First Flight' or anything that we've done before, but it doesn't contradict them either. They're all pretty consistent in terms of Hal Jordan being the Green Lantern and so forth, so hopefully by the time our show comes on, people will have seen the 'Green Lantern' movie — several times, hopefully — and they'll know the backstory, so we can go off from there."
So says Bruce Timm, the producer behind the windfall of animated films and cartoon series featuring characters from DC Comics. Though not many details have been revealed regarding the CG series (Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund is voicing one of the villains), ComicsContinuum.com have managed to uncover a few interesting tidbits:
- The Manhunters will play a significant role in the second half of the first season.
- Although episodes are individual in nature, there will be larger arcs to the show.
- The CG look of the show will be sylized, rather than a realistic approach of humans.
- Look for the show to open with a two-part episode.
- Saint Walker will appear in the first season. Sinestro likely will not appear, especially not as a villain.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series is set to debut on Cartoon Network in 2011, to coincide with the live-action film starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong and Black Lively.
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Interesting John
Web Developer
Looking forward to this, glad I have a DVR now
SLCpunk801
Sounds delicious! I will have to look up the "Manhunters" in my DC encyclopedia
Interesting John
Web Developer
Manhunters were android precursors to the GLC, they were designed by the Guardians to operate without any emotions, however, they glitched and massacred a whole sector, the Guardians hid this secret and decided that sentient beings were necessary since they could rationalize their actions.
SLCpunk801
Manhunters were android precursors to the GLC, they were designed by the Guardians to operate without any emotions, however, they glitched and massacred a whole sector, the Guardians hid this secret and decided that sentient beings were necessary since they could rationalize their actions.
So they are all gone now? Comic universe wise?
Interesting John
Web Developer
Manhunters were android precursors to the GLC, they were designed by the Guardians to operate without any emotions, however, they glitched and massacred a whole sector, the Guardians hid this secret and decided that sentient beings were necessary since they could rationalize their actions.
So they are all gone now? Comic universe wise?
Not quite, they were in the service of Hank Henshaw (Cyborg Superman) for quite a while.
Keven
Music Editor
Poor Sector 666.
Atrocitus is such a badass though.
Interesting John
Web Developer
Poor Sector 666.
Atrocitus is such a badass though.
He really is. He's also kind of sympathetic, you can almost empathize with his loss and his rage.
Keven
Music Editor
I know I did. Plus he's a red lantern and that's what I wanna be when I grow up. it only makes sense in a stereotypical kind of way
theguilty1
I got goose bumps when Guy Gardner became a Red Lantern. One of the coolest moments I had seen in a comic in quite a while.
Upupandaway
Sounds like they're not going to cover the origin story much and are going to jump right into the action. That's great! Looks like the CG is going to be stylized in the old Batman: TAS and JLU. With Bruce Timm, we can definitely expect some great storytelling.
CrossTheGrigori
I remember the human Manhunters. I thought they were cool with their batons and masks. Didn't care for the poofy shoulders though. But I thought they looked better than the originals.
I think I'm more excited about the animated series than the movie now. This IS going to be good.
Alex
I'm so not going to watch this..they're only adding in the different colored lanterns because they want to ride the temporary popularity that BN caused.