2001 TV News Archives

Justice League: The Animated Series

May 15, 2001: Justice League Animated Series - Update!

The Comics Continuum talked with Shaun McLaughlin, associate producer of the upcoming Justice League animated series on Cartoon Network. He told The Continuum that Superman will be "a little more mature" than he was in "Superman: The Animated Series".

"He's the center of the group, I believe," McLaughlin said. "He's the one that everyone else can connect with because he's Superman.

"He's the first hero, the greatest of them, for want of a better phrase and not to get too fanboy."

In other Justice League news:

  • McLaughlin said that the voice that Phil LaMarr uses for Green Lantern is vastly different than the one he uses as the lead character in Static Shock.

    "It's deeper, it's more authoritative," McLaughlin said. "If you didn't know it was Phil, you wouldn't guess it was Phil. I hesitate to call him a man of a thousand voices, because it takes away from how good an actor he is. He's stunningly talented."

    John Stewart will not wear a mask as Green Lantern.

  • Rich Fogel and Stan Berkowitz are heading up the writers for the show. Others contributing scripts are Paul Dini, Kevin Hopps and Joseph Kuhr.

  • McLaughlin said the look of Aquaman for his guest spot in Justice League will be different than he looked in the Superman episode. "It's closer to his current look in the comics," said McLaughlin, a former Aquaman comics writer.

  • Don't look for lots of guest heroes in the first season of Justice League. "One of the things Rich is aiming for is that he wants each one of the seven has their moment before bringing anybody else in - with the exception being Aquaman," McLaughlin said.

  • Michael Rosenbaum, who provides the voice of Flash, is also playing Lex Luthor in the Smallville live-action series that is expected to be part of WB's lineup next season. He is currently filming Dog Catcher, a movie from Disney.



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