In depth look at new "Fantastic Four" animated series
by: Average Joe 2 years, 3 months, 3 days, 7 hours, 33 minutes ago 1
Email Article Print ArticleIGN.com takes an in depth look and touches base on what fans can expect when the first family of comics makes it’s return to animated TV.
There’s a great article over at Ign.com that talks about the return of the Fantastic 4 to TV this saturday with the debut of their new animated series on Cartoon Network. Executive Producer Craig Kyle, and lead writer Chris Yost shed some light on a few key things fans can expect with the series:
* Although Cartoon Network originally scheduled “Doomsday” to kick off the series on Saturday, Kyle said the first episode will be “Trial By Fire,” featuring Ronan the Accuser. He said Doctor Doom will be introduced in the second episode.
* Kyle praised the voice work of Paul Dobson, who plays both Doctor Doom and Mole Man.
"You couldn’t have two more different voices in animation,” Kyle said. “His Mole Man sounds like a smoker who smokes five packs a day and can’t laugh without a hacking wheeze.”
* Kyle said the back half of the 26 episodes are especially strong. "The series gets bigger and better with every episode," he said.
* Kyle said there will be an episode where Doom launches the Baxter Building into space. "And Reed says, ‘Thank goodness I prepared for this,’" Kyle said. "It’s so big and so out there."
* Kyle said the cover to Fantastic Four #1, with the FF fighting Giganto, will be replicated in the show. "We want to honor the best of the best," he said.
* Yost said the series will feature “modern interpretations” of the FF lore. "When I grew up reading the FF, I started in the mid-80s with John Byrne’s run," he said. "But we went all the way back to when it started from the ‘60s and up. There are elements we take from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s days all the way up to (Mark) Waid’s days."
* Kyle said that the anime feel of the show, including the spray painted “4” on the Thing’s chest, came from Moonscope, the French animated studio which is producing the series with Marvel.
"It’s a great new look for the series," Kyle said. “I think this series rises above everything that has come before."
The article also features some new artwork from the show. Click the link above to read the full story, or click on the images below to see them full sized.
Fantastic 4 debuts this Saturday at 8pm on Cartoon Network.
This show actually has me pretty pumped. The animation looks great, the characters look great, and for those people who have said Doom looks like a Power Ranger villain...get over it, Doom looks awesome.
This show may be the best interpretation of the F4 we’ve seen but they will be hard pressed to top the original theme song from the 90’s (which I still sing in my head)
“Reed Richards is elastic, Sue can fade from sight, Johnny is the Human Torch, The Thing just loves to fight...call for 4, Fantastic 4..”
Ok enough…