Warner Bros Animation is resurrecting ThunderCats with a new animated series that will air on Cartoon Network. ThunderCats Roar is, as just announced by Warner Bros Animation, currently in production.
The sci-fi action comedy will feature “fresh and vibrant character designs” that will bring the beloved characters back to life on the small screen. Victor Courtright (Pickle and Peanut, Yo Gabba Gabba!) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Right Now Kapow, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!) are on board as producers. Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!, Batman: The Killing Joke) is executive producing.
The ThunderCats Roar voice cast includes Max Mittelman (Justice League Action, Transformers: Rescue Bots) as Lion-O and Wilykat, Erica Lindbeck (DC Super Hero Girls, Avengers Assemble) as Cheetara and Wilykit, Patrick Seitz (Justice League Action, B: The Beginning) as Tygra and Mumm-Ra, and Chris Jai Alex (Star Wars: Battlefront II, Steven Universe) as Panthro.
In an interview with EW, producer Victor Courtright said, “Every step we take towards comedy, we take two more towards really cool action scenes and explosions and lasers and actions effects.”
ThunderCats Roar is set to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2019.
The Plot: Staying true to the premise of the original series, Lion-O and the ThunderCats — Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat and Wilykit — barely escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home. A bizarre host of creatures and villains stand in their way, including the evil Mumm-Ra, Third Earth’s wicked ruler who will let nothing, including the ThunderCats, stop his tyrannical reign over the planet.
