Black Panther animated series coming

[Raph's Girl]

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/04/17/black-panther-animated-series-leaping-to-bet/
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984203.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562

Marvel Comics has signed a deal to turn one of its superheroes, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series for BET, starting early next year.

BET made the announcement at its upfront presentation in New York as the highlight of a batch of new series being readied for the 2008-09 season, under the supervision of Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment for BET.

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Black Panther first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966). As most readers of superhero comics probably know, he’s T’Challa, the king of the technologically advanced African kingdom of Wakanda who fights crime on the side.

Reginald Huldin, BET’s president of entertainment, currently writes the Black Panther comic series.

No other details about the animated series have been announced.

With the "Wolverine and the X-men" series coming out next year as well there had better be crossovers. Or at least cameo appearances by Storm.

[Ninjinister]

Looks like I have something other than repeats of What's Happening to watch on BET :D

[AquaParade]

SO excited for this...I wonder what kinda tone it'll have. Kinda weird having a cartoon made specifically for BET...I hate BET...and no, I am the farthest thing from racest, but that channel does nothing but separate us more. Sorry, thats for another thread, another day.

[ZariusTwo]

Hudlin is producing this?

I'm not sold, his run on Black Panther is a commerical and critical flop

[Drtooth]

Okay... I read Black Panther and thought the wrong thing. No, not that Pink guy. That hate group.

[GK Punk]

That hate group.

Or maybe the comic book character.

[Raph's Girl]

Okay... I read Black Panther and thought the wrong thing. No, not that Pink guy. That hate group.

Hate group?? Not nessisarily. They started out as a Civil Rights group, just some members went other directions.

And incidentally they were actually featured in a recent issue of the Black Panther comic...course they were Skrulls...but they were good Skrulls who lived on a planet based on earth history (kinda like that one ep of TOS called A Piece of the Action). There was even a Malcom X and MLK Skrull. :lol:

[DrSpengler]

If it isn't just half an hour of "DAMN CRACKAZ!!" and not all the villains are white, I'll give it a try.

But this is BET we're talking about, so I don't have my hopes up.

$10 bucks says LeSean is involved in some way.

[Raph's Girl]

If it isn't just half an hour of "DAMN CRACKAZ!!" and not all the villains are white, I'll give it a try.

But this is BET we're talking about, so I don't have my hopes up.

$10 bucks says LeSean is involved in some way.

No.. most of BP's enemies are black...there ARE some white ones....but they're mostly black or anthro folks (like Solomon Prey who kinda resembled Man Bat or Black Dragon...who's litterally a dragon).

Also most of his enemies are political. Hate groups, racists, ect.

Except for when he's teaming up with the X-Men (he's married to Storm in the comics), Avengers (he's a member), Fantastic Four (He lead it recently while Reed and Sue were off on a second honeymoon on some moon of saturn).

Now the question is how they're gonna do all this and who'll be BP?? Will it be T'Chaka or T'Challa?? Will they show Wakandan history??

But Politics will be involved since T'Challa is the king of Wakanda. I mean heck Pres Bush and Fidel Castro both attended T'Challa and Storm's wedding! Course so did Oprah...

[ToTheNines]

Couple points to make.

1. As far as black Marvel superhero's go, give me Luke Cage or Blade over the BP any day.

2. If such an obscure character as the Black Panther can get his own show, where's Green Lantern: TAS, or one for The Flash (who has an extremly under-rated rouge's gallery) for god's sakes. I know they're assuming that anything with "Marvel" attached to it is gonna sell and that UA 2 gave him some popularity... but not in the mainstream, no one know's who he is and he's basically an African Batman anyways.

[cqb101]

BET? This is going to be horrible.

[Spike Spiegel]

Couple points to make.

1. As far as black Marvel superhero's go, give me Luke Cage or Blade over the BP any day.

2. If such an obscure character as the Black Panther can get his own show, where's Green Lantern: TAS, or one for The Flash (who has an extremly under-rated rouge's gallery) for god's sakes. I know they're assuming that anything with "Marvel" attached to it is gonna sell and that UA 2 gave him some popularity... but not in the mainstream, no one know's who he is and he's basically an African Batman anyways.


I kind of feel the same way...I really think the Flash needed his own show, especially after the successful interpretations of him in the Justice League shows.

I myself am African American, but I also feel that there are better channels than BET to choose from. What about SPIKE or Sci-Fi? BET has the tendency to turn some the best material into crap that makes those certain stereotypes appear more true than false, which is the opposite of what they are supposedly trying to do in the first place...

[Raph's Girl]

Trailer's up for the Black Panther series premiering in 09. It's um...er...interesting....

http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video_sdcc.php?videoRef=NA_080725_black_panther2

[Ninjinister]

Okay, I've lost my interest.

[KROW]

Trailer's up for the Black Panther series premiering in 09. It's um...er...interesting....

http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video_sdcc.php?videoRef=NA_080725_black_panther2

Is that Romita, Jr.'s artwork? If so, that brings to mind the old Captain America cartoon where the animation looked like cardboard. Weird.

[cqb101]

Is that Romita, Jr.'s artwork? If so, that brings to mind the old Captain America cartoon where the animation looked like cardboard. Weird.

Yes it is.

And that show looks absolutely horendous, as I was expecting. What is Marvel thinking?

[ZariusTwo]

An absolute embarrasment for the company in light of their big projects like Spidey and X-Men

[AquaParade]

Seriously, what the hell was that? It might be an almost interesting direction if that animation was so...damn...cheap looking. I'll probably still give it a try, I am interested in the character and there is still potential, if that trailer isn't a final representation.

[ToTheNines]

Trailer's up for the Black Panther series premiering in 09. It's um...er...interesting....

http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video_sdcc.php?videoRef=NA_080725_black_panther2

I just wiped my ass with that trailer.

[Spike Spiegel]

It's like a badly done flash cartoon, or something you'd see on Newgrounds.

I always liked JRJR's art style, but seriously, that looks like crap.

[Raph's Girl]

African Model/Actor Djimon Hounsou has been cast to voice the lead (Prince/King T'Challa) in this series:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0811/10/index.htm

[Drtooth]

An absolute embarrasment for the company in light of their big projects like Spidey and X-Men

Agreed... Spdiey and X may not look like Disney movies, but they don't look like some promotional DVD you get out of a cereal box. And at points, this one looked like a Super Nintendo video game cutscene...This seriously would have the potential to be a good animated programming if they paid for animation.


Man, am I ever sick of flash animation on television. I miss people actually drawing frames and not just slapping in motion tweens. Are the Korean slave animators getting too pricey or something, they have to make shows on a laptop now?


And if everyone absolutely insists on using Flash, check out a PBS show called Martha Speaks. They'll show you how Flash animation is done... drawn frame by frame with limited tweening so it looks like something you don't see on the internet.

[VaughnMichael]

Well, this looks as if it will fit right in with the rest of the stuff on B.E.T.:lol:
Anyway all joking aside, I agree with Zarius 100% what an embarrasment.:roll:

[Raph's Girl]

Casting News! Joining Dijimon is:

Stan "The Man" Lee as Gen. Wallace
Kerry Washington as Princess Shuri
Alfre Woodard as Dondi Reese (a queen)
Carl Lumbly as Uncle S'Yan

Carl Lumbly voiced Martian Manhunter in JLA/U

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0902/05/index.htm

[Ninjinister]

Casting News! Joining Dijimon is:


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000056BS8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Raph's Girl]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000056BS8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

*lol* That's what I think of whenever I hear his name. :lol: Apperantly tho his name is pronounced Jie-mon but everyone seems to pronounce it Digimon.

[Ryona]

Ewww... Dingi-men. One of the worst anime ever. The theme song made me want to implode.

[Cure]

Hell no, Digimon is the only anime that DIDN'T suck. Guilmon will kill all of you.

[The Terror of Death]

Hell no, Digimon is the only anime that DIDN'T suck.

If you think that then you haven't seen any of the other good ones.

[cqb101]

*lol* That's what I think of whenever I hear his name. :lol: Apperantly tho his name is pronounced Jie-mon but everyone seems to pronounce it Digimon.

The fact that you spelled his name wrong might have something to do with the mis-pronunciation. It's Djimon.

[Raph's Girl]

Welp over the weekend the series premiered in Australia on ABC3. You can watch it on the network's website (if you live in Australia). But of course there's..also now other ways. So much for it being a BET exclusive.

Anyways. 2 episodes aired. The animation is so so but it kinda grows on ya... theme song is catchy and the cast is awesome (Heck they got Nolan North to voice Cyclops. He voices him in Wolverine and the X-Men)....storywise...well it's from the comics but not directly. There's plenty of guest appearances just in the first 2 episodes alone.

My main issue tho is Captain America. He sounds more like Wolverine, which I found odd. :ohwell: