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Another Marvel hero is returning to the animated frontier. The Kids WB announced it has struck a deal with producer Culver Entertainment to bring everyone’s favorite webslinger back to Saturday mornings.
The series is tentatively titled The Amazing Spider-Man. Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Batman) is supervising producer, Victor Cook (Hellboy: Blood and Iron, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) is producer/supervising director.
“The addition of Spider-Man bolsters a lineup that has proved to be the Saturday morning destination for kids seeking action and adventure in the most amped-up ways,” Betsy McGowen, Kids WB SVP and General Manager said. “We’re ecstatic to welcome Spider-Man to our popular cavalcade of super heroes.”
"Spider-Man is such an important brand for Sony Pictures and we're thrilled to keep the momentum going by taking it back to television with an animated series on Kids’ WB!," Zack Van Amburg, Sony Picture Television Co-President added. "It's also an excellent way to launch Culver Entertainment, our newest television company."
The new animated series picks up the original web-slinger’s mythology at the beginning of his hero’s journey…as a not-so-typical 16-year-old entering his junior year of high school. Having spent the summer engaging common criminals with his new-found powers, Peter Parker must conceal his secret identity while engaging a new level of terror – the multi-leveled pressures of teenage life at home and school while combating bigger, badder super-villains in the real world.
“Our goal is to reinterpret these great characters and concepts for our millennium,” Weisman said. “We’ll have plenty of resonant material for the Spider-Man fan, while engaging the Spider-Man novice with the same thrills we experienced when we were first exposed to the character. Our stories will appeal on multiple levels with plenty of eye-candy, action, humor and colorful characters for the youngest demographic balanced with extensive character development for ‘tweens, teens and adults.”
No announcement has been made regarding voice cast or what type of animation will be employed. Expect more on this story as it breaks.
Basically, they have me at "Greg Weisman". In my opinion, Gargoyles was the best American action/adventure cartoon ever. Yes, including Batman-TAS. I can't wait to see his take on Spider-Man.
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They had me at "Gargoyles," but lost me at "the Batman."
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He only wrote one episode according to the IMDB, so he can hardly be blamed for the overall suckiness of "the Batman"
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Oh, okay. I thought they were saying he was one of the producers of that suckfest.
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Basically, they have me at "Greg Weisman". In my opinion, Gargoyles was the best American action/adventure cartoon ever. Yes, including Batman-TAS. I can't wait to see his take on Spider-Man.
Agreed! I loved Gargoyles too- I have the series on dvd and watched it recently - it was as good as I remembered it. If Weisman only wrote one ep of the sucktacular "The Batman" -as you said- then it don't count. But Gargoyles was brilliant - if he does the same kind of job here, then this version of Spidey will be fantastic.
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I'm curious what animation style will be used for this. The 90's style was great, while the MTV cartoon was just too weird. The 90's Fox cartoon just has to be released on DVD.
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Gargoyles sucks..it's not that good...
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The only downside of this I can see is that this might delay the Gargoyles comic even further.
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they lost me at Quote:
“Our goal is to reinterpret these great characters and concepts for our millennium,” Weisman said.
kind of like The Batman did? which he's listed as a producer of in the first post. . .
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Gargoyles was stupid..it was like star trek-medieval.
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The only downside of this I can see is that this might delay the Gargoyles comic even further.
Blame the artist. IIRC, the scripts are all done but the artist keeps turning in pages that has his artistic liberties in terms of art style and such. Slave Labour can't just hire a freelancer, so they finally booted the artist off the book after #3 and have a new staff artist lined up for #4 and on.
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“Our goal is to reinterpret these great characters and concepts for our millennium,” Weisman said.
kind of like The Batman did? which he's listed as a producer of in the first post. . .
HE WROTE ONE EPISODE OF THE BATMAN! HE WAS NOT A PRODUCER ON THAT SHOW!
Frankly, it's kind of annoying the ay they wrote that in the article as it is very confusing.
Here you go:
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Producer:
2000s
1990s
"W.I.T.C.H." (executive producer) (26 episodes, 2006)
- Z is for Zenith (2006) TV Episode (executive producer)
- Y Is for Yield (2006) TV Episode (executive producer)
- X Is for Xanadu (2006) TV Episode (executive producer)
- V Is for Victory (2006) TV Episode (executive producer)
- U Is for Undivided (2006) TV Episode (executive producer)
(21 more)
"Max Steel" (2001) TV Series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Gargoyles: The Force of Goliath (1998) (V) (co-producer)
Gargoyles: The Hunted (1998) (V) (co-producer)
"Gargoyles" (1994) TV Series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Writer:
"The Batman" (1 episode, 2007)
- Artifacts (2007) TV Episode
"Ben 10" (1 episode, 2007)
- Under Wraps (2007) TV Episode
"Kim Possible" (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Disney's Kim Possible (USA: complete title)
- Queen Bebe (2003) TV Episode (writer)
Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003) (V) (story)
... aka Bionicle: Mask of Light - The Movie (USA: DVD box title)
"Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" (2 episodes, 2000)
- Star Crossed (2000) TV Episode (writer)
- Clone Rangers (2000) TV Episode (writer)
"Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" (1999) TV Series (unknown episodes)
"Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999) TV Series (unknown episodes)
... aka Starship Troopers: The Series (UK)
"Men in Black: The Series" (2 episodes, 1998)
- The Big Bad Bug Syndrome (1998) TV Episode (writer)
- The Big Sleep Syndrome (????) TV Episode (writer)
"Jem" (1 episode, 1988)
... aka Jem and the Holograms (USA)
... aka Jem: The Movie (UK: DVD title)
- Video Wars (1988) TV Episode
Actor:
2000s
1990s
"Ikki tousen" (2003) TV Series (voice: English version) .... Soso Motoku
"Nazca" (1998) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices
"Gargoyles" .... Commando (1 episode, 1994)
- Awakening: Part 2 (1994) TV Episode (voice) .... Commando
Sazan aizu (1991) (V) (voice: English version) .... Hide (Manga Entertainment Version)
... aka 3x3 Eyes (Japan: alternative spelling) (USA)
... aka Sazan Eyes
Miscellaneous Crew:"Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999) TV Series (story editor) (unknown episodes)
... aka Starship Troopers: The Series (UK)
There ya go.
This guy managed to put "Gargoyles" on the Disney Afternoon, so I'm not expecting a clone of "The Batman". Maybe I'm just being too much of an optimist, but I'm expecting an animated version of Ultimate Spider-Man.
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I dunno, dude. there's a lot of crap on that resume. . .
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Dude, he wrote an episode of Jem and that show was outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.
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I dunno, dude. there's a lot of crap on that resume. . .
yup....
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"Gargoyles" (1994) TV Series (producer) (unknown episodes
There, I edited out everything that doesn't matter. This article is even worse. They don't even mention Gargoyles.
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Spiderman and His Amazing Friends... best Spiderman cartoon. Ever.
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There, I edited out everything that doesn't matter. This article is even worse. They don't even mention Gargoyles.
ok, see, here's the thing. I haven't seen Gargoyles. Ever. I know it has a huge cult following that's devoted to it, but personally I have nothing to judge that show by.
but whenever I hear the following:
“Our goal is to reinterpret these great characters,"
that's immediately when I stop reading/listening/caring about whatever's going on. we've been oversaturated with too much crap reinterpretation over the last several years, even if you don't count The Batman. (I know, he only wrote ONE episode, I'm just using it as a recent example).
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OK, then. Don't watch it. I'm just trying to give you the heads up so you'll be ready to watch the greatest show EVER when it starts. It's going to be so great that a puppy that makes you irrestible to women and poops gold and cures all disease with its saliva magically appears in your house while you're watching it. But, don't pay any attention to me. 
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I'll pay attention to you when you start returning comments on teh myspace. 
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I can't get into my myspace. I must've entered my e-mail address wrong when I set it up.
,,,and watch Gargoyles
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First off, NotWedge's avatar is teh AWESOME. Secondly, IMDB doesn't list how Greg Weisman was on staff for a planned series based on Disney's Atlantis, or the intro clip for the spin-off of Gargoyles that unfortunately never got made.
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Weisman also wrote Captain Atom for DC, so yeah, he does have some experience with regular comics.
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I've gone done something baaad...
I've just finished downloading the entire Gargoyles series, since you all say it's so good
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 It's a great show Chant...
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Indeed. Though it's better to buy the dvd, Season One and Season Two Volume One, as that'll show Disney that there's still an audience, and that Gargoyles is still a viable franchise.
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Nice interview at CBR with Greg Weisman. It's mostly about the upcoming Spider-Man show and should reassure the people who are worried about it. He also talks about the Gargoyles comic book and its upcoming spinoff "Bad Guys" (this was originally conceived as a spinoff of the TV show, a team featuring Robin Canmore of the Hunters, Dingo of the Pack, Fang of the Mutates and other villains of the Gargoyles universe). Go read it. Now.
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whatever happened to the Friends of Evil?
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whatever happened to the Friends of Evil?
The title is actually "Forces of Evil" and the next installment is coming soon.
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Nice interview at CBR with Greg Weisman. It's mostly about the upcoming Spider-Man show and should reassure the people who are worried about it. He also talks about the Gargoyles comic book and its upcoming spinoff "Bad Guys" (this was originally conceived as a spinoff of the TV show, a team featuring Robin Canmore of the Hunters, Dingo of the Pack, Fang of the Mutates and other villains of the Gargoyles universe). Go read it. Now.
Excellent interview - thanks for posting it, notwedge.
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In trying to do that, what kind of creative latitude do you have? What things can you change?
We're getting rid of Peter Parker and changing his costume to a light pink bunny suit. But otherwise… [laughs] We're not doing those things. I have sort of my own compass on things and I'm not changing things to change things, but we want to find a way to surprise our audience here and there while also creating something that people can look back at and say, "Wow." That's not about wholesale changes or trying to reinvent the wheel in some way, because it's a pretty great wheel to begin with. I fundamentally come from a place of respecting the material to begin with so I'm not this guy who goes, "Spider-Man sucks, we need to fix it." I don't believe that. This is a show fundamentally about character, human beings and I respect this cast immensely from Peter all the way to Flash Thompson, who's a good guy and will be a war veteran down the line. I respect the character. I respect J Jonah Jameson and I respect the villains. That's the place we're coming from, a place of respect.
Sweet. Clearly, Greg respects the characters and the history of Spidey. I'm looking forward - even more than before - to seeing what he does with this show...
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