Amazon Studios greenlights Invincible from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman

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Didn’t see this posted but I’m very excited about this.
AMAZON STUDIOS GREENLIGHTS INVINCIBLE FROM THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN
Series to premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories



SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 19, 2018 – Amazon Studios today announced it has greenlit the hour-long animated series Invincible from acclaimed writer Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Oblivion Song) co-creator Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley. Based on the popular comic book series of the same name, the eight-episode series will premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories.

“Robert has an uncanny talent to predict the zeitgeist, and we are incredibly excited to see him break boundaries in an animated one-hour format,” said Sharon Yguado, Head of Scripted Genre Programming, Amazon Studios. “In a world saturated with superhero fare, we trust Robert to subvert expectations while encapsulating a story filled with heart and adrenaline. We love his ambitious plan for the show and believe it will look like nothing else on television.”

Robert Kirkman commented, “I couldn’t be more proud of the series Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley and I did together for over 15 years. To know our characters will live on in multiple iterations in other media is almost too exciting to bear! What Amazon is allowing us to do in animated form is nothing short of ground-breaking, and I can’t wait for our rabid fan base to experience it!”

About Invincible
From Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker and based on the Skybound / Image comic of the same name, Invincible is an adult animated superhero show that revolves around Mark Grayson, a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage. The series is suspenseful, action-filled, and emotion-packed, yet builds upon poignant and heartwarming moments of love, friendship, and humanity.

Invincible is produced by Skybound, with Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) serving as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead), Catherine Winder (The Angry Birds Movie, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) with Supervising Directors Justin & Chris Copeland (Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man). Invincible, Kirkman’s second-longest comic-book series, concluded in February 2018 after a 15-year run. The full series is available across 23 countries and in eight languages and is also currently in development separately as a feature-length movie.

About Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios creates original television series which premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video which is available globally in over 200 countries and territories. This year, Prime Video will premiere a number of original series, including the highly anticipated Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan starring John Krasinski, Homecoming from creator Sam Esmail and starring Julia Roberts and Bobby Cannavale, the legal drama Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton, and a third season of The Man in the High Castle.
Read the first few trades few years ago and loved it. With this announcement I might go buy the others now that the comic is over.
 
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I know their making a movie but I think they can really only do it justice in an animated form so again excited about this.
 
I wonder if the film is still being planned.
 
One thing about the movie that I hope is that it’s Rated R because Amazon already gets it. So I hope that Universal does too but with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg directing and writing it there’s a good chance it will be. I kinda am optimistic about the movie because of their work on Preacher. We know they can do comedy obviously but it shows that they can do drama and action as well. At least from the two episodes they directed.
 
REPORT: Amazon's Invincible Enlists Walking Dead, Deadpool Stars
Steven Yeun and Khary Payton, who also starred in the adaptation of Kirkman's acclaimed survival horror series The Walking Dead, have been cast in Amazon's adaptation of Invincible in currently undisclosed roles. They join an all-star cast including Zazie Beetz, Zachary Quinto, Clancy Brown, Jason Mantzoukas, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells and Chris Diamantopoulos.
 
Wow that’s crazy good talent.
 
It's official now...

Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, Mark Hamill Lead Voice Cast for Robert Kirkman's 'Invincible'
Steven Yeun, who played Glenn Rhee for seven seasons on the AMC zombie drama, will topline the voice cast of Invincible. The star-studded cast also includes J.K. Simmons (Counterpart), awards season darling Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Seth Rogen (who is attached to the feature film take on Invincible), Gillian Jacobs (Love), Andrew Rannells (Black Monday), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Walton Goggins (Justified), Jason Mantzoukas (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Mae Whitman (Good Girls), Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley), Melise (The Flash), Kevin Michael Richardson (The Simpsons), Grey Griffin (Avengers Assemble) and Max Burkholder (Parenthood).

The eight-episode hourlong animated take on Invincible, based on Kirkman's recently concluded comic book of the same name revolves around Mark Grayson (Yeun), who is just like every other guy his age — except that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man (Simmons). But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers that his father’s legacy may not be as heroic as it seems. Invincible will premiere in 2020 on Amazon. Additional details about which actors will voice other characters was not immediately available.

The series is produced by Kirkman's Skybound, with Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) set as showrunner. Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) are attached to executive produce. Justin and Chris Copeland (Ultimate Spider-Man) will serve as supervising directors.
 
That is an amazing voice cast.

Also, hour long animated episodes? Color me intrigued...
 
‘Invincible’: ‘Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan, More Join Voice Cast – Deadline

Amazon has drawn on six current or former cast members of The Walking Deadfranchise to voice the iconic Guardians of the Globe in Invincible, the series based on Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series.

Lauren Cohan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Chad Coleman, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James and Ross Marquand have joined the cast of the hourlong animated series from Kirkman, Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley. Kirkman revealed the new castings today during his Comic-Con@Home virtual panel.

Cohan will voice War Woman, Coleman is Martian Man, Cudlitz portrays Red Rush, James is Darkwing, Marquand voices The Immortal & Aquarius and Martin-Green is Green Ghost.
 
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Footage!!!!! Please.
 
I love some of the character names Rex Splode Dupli Kate I wonder what their abilities are he he
 
Looks pretty sick! I’ll check it out but the animation leaves a little to be desired(it’s no One-Punch Man) I like what I’m seeing so far.
 
I think the teaser was great and from what I know of the comic that glimpse of the violence in the battles ain’t nothing compared to what comes later. Some crazy **** goes down.
 
Still think this show should've been live action but thats just me. This could've rivaled The Boys or TWD if it were.
 
I love seeing comic **** in live action as much as anyone else, but I don’t see animation as a step down. It’s the most authentic way to translate comic visuals to the screen, tbh.
 

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