Batwheels Announces Expanded Cast
The kid-oriented Batwheels series is casting up. Warner Bros. Discovery announced today the villain cast for the series, which shows young viewers the interior lives of Team Batman's vehicles.
Joining the voice cast as villains are Gina Rodriguez as Catwoman, Mick Wingert as The Joker, Chandni Parekh as Harley Quinn, SungWon Cho as The Riddler, Jess Harnell as The Penguin, Regi Davis as Mr. Freeze and James Arnold Taylor as Toyman.
More important than the villains are the villain vehicles, known collectively as The Legion of Zoom. They are Griffin Burns as The Joker's ride, Prank, Alexandra Novelle as Harley's ATV Jetstah, Josey Montana McCoy as The Riddler's helicopter Quizz, Ariyan Kassam as the Penguin's duck boat, Ducky, Xolo Maridueña as Mr. Freeze's snowcrawler, Snowy, Tom Kenny as Crash, the crash test dummy, and Cho pulling double-duty as Badcomputer, the mastermind behind the legion.
The join an already-impressive voice cast that has Ethan Hawke as Batman and Jacob Bertrand as the Batmobile.
The series is set to debut on the Cartoonito block on HBO Max this fall.
Hulu Developing A Calculated Man
Deadline reports that Hulu is in the early stages of development a TV series adaptation of the Aftershock Comics title A Calculated Man. Peter Calloway, who previously worked on Cloak & Dagger and Legion, is on board to write and co-executive produce. He'll also serve as showrunner if the series goes.
Writer Paul Tobin and artest Alberto J. Albuquerque created the comic, which is pitched as John Wick meets A Beautiful Mind. The story focuses on a former mob accountant (and math genius) named Jack Beans who is now hiding in the witness protection system. When his former employers learn of his whereabouts, Beans' mental skills translate all too readily into deadly survival skills.
Baymax! Gets New Poster
Hot on the heels of yesterday's leaked announcement of the release date, the social campaign for Disney+ has released new key art for Baymax! The image features our loveable healthcare balloon bot surrounded by his fellow cast members. Among them are familiar faces like Hiro Hamada and his aunt Cass, as well as some new faces from the city of San Fransokyo. The show debuts on the streamer June 26.
