Toon Zone Talkback - Frederator Films Launches; "Samurai Jack" Feature In the Works

I was about to post this...you beat me.


Frederator.....and Warner Bros.........and Cartoon Network working again?

OOOOOH! This will be interesting!!
 
If they're finally going to finish the Samurai Jack story with this new movie, then all the power to them. I hope the new voice of Aku is good. :sweat:
 
Actually, SpumCo Did Some Of The World Premiere Toons for CN, then WAC Came In, Oh, Yeah! Did Nick (FairlyOdd, Teenage Robot, Danny Phantom, among others that didn't make it).
Samurai Jack Movie You Say, Ima Intrested!
Keep Me Updated!
 
ONLY 9 POSTS???!?!??? C'mon, I don't even like Samurai Jack, yet I know half the board has been doubled over in anticipation for years for this to happen.
 
I Think The Samurai Jack Movie Has A Chance to be really good, espically with Genndy attached to write and direct it. I'm sure he wants it to have a pretty similar look to the series and knows the animators that will allow him to achieve it so it will look good (I mean Freadator does good work. "My Life As A Teenage Robot" was nicley directed, even if not as streamlined as Samurai Jack. Though that may have more to do with creative/writing differences then artisitc ones). Yeah finding someone to replace the late great Mako will be hard since I doubt Gred Baldwin (who is replacing Mako as Uncle Iroh in Avatar) would be able to do a proper angry villian voice that Aku has. I'm sure they'll find someone suitable.

I also like how Fredator is trying to bring back the dying 2D Animated Movie, which only seemed like it was going on DTVs or have to be attached to a series to play on the big screen. Don' know how "The Neverhood" or "The Seven Deadly Sins" will turn out, but it's sure to be a lot better then random CGI Animal Movie 58.
 
Words cannot express just how awesome this is. ^_____^

I'm sure they'll find a great VA for Aku, but I'm just freaking excited it's actually in the works. Finally!
 
The hell are you talking about?

There had been no on-air World Premiere Toons/What A Cartoons from Spumco. The John K. shorts were initially online-only and came after the first generation of Web Premiere Toons, years after the What A Cartoon project began.

I'm sick of folks giving John K. credit rightfully earned by Fred Seibert, the most underappreciated force in animation today (I personally rank him higher than Lassetter myself, but that's another conversation).
 
The only WPT/WAC shorts that even come close are "Tales of the Paranoia Worm" and "Lucky Lydia" which were made by former Spumco employees (Eddie Fitzgerald and Bob Camp, respectively), but that's it. The name "Spumco" was never part of those shorts.
 
I guess you could add David Feiss to that as well due to his Spumco connection (He worked on Big House Blues and some of the early Ren and Stimpy episodes).

But otherwise you both are absolutely right.
 
They'll probably make Aku silent for the whole movie, which would be better than getting a different VA honestly.

Anyway, this news is just insanely amazing. I'm really looking forward to getting a real ending, and it'll be nice for Cartoon Network to have a third big-screen feature. I can't see it doing very well in theatres, but it does sound great.
 
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