Solid your thoughts again to mid-2021, and also you bear in mind the announcement of a brand new DC Comics present known as My Friend Superman. With how quiet it’s been since that preliminary reveal, you wouldn’t be incorrect in considering that it received quietly canceled, particularly in gentle of Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest scuttling (or reshuffling) of animated collection, DC or in any other case, within the final a number of months. And it doesn’t assist that there’s been just one picture of the present to go off of, as seen above.
However the present undoubtedly nonetheless exists. Earlier within the week alongside the grand reveal of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Unicorn: Warriors Eternal (set to premiere on Might 4), Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed My Buddy Superman would air on Grownup Swim after Unicorn completes its run in the course of the spring and presumably summer season. After hitting Cartoon Community’s extra adult-focused airing block, episodes will encore throughout Saturday nights over on the Toonami sub-block. It’ll additionally hit HBO Max, however at time of writing, it’s not clear what launch schedule (or methodology) the present will run on for the streaming service.
The elevator pitch for My Buddy Superman is that focuses on Man of Metal’s early days as a vigilante who additionally moonlights as a reporter for the Each day Planet. With Superman voiced by Jack Quaid (Star Trek: Decrease Decks), the collection hones in on the interpersonal relationships between him, Lois Lane (Alice Lee), and Jimmy Olsen (voice actor TBA). “All of the whereas,” learn the preliminary announcement, “Clark and Lois are falling in love, sharing adventures, taking down unhealthy guys, stumbling over secrets and techniques, and discovering what it means to be Superman and Lois Lane.”
Up to now, DC exhibits like Beware the Batman and Harley Quinn have aired on Grownup Swim, however solely after initially airing elsewhere. Whereas it doubtless hasn’t resulted in a change to the present’s content material/target market, that My Buddy Superman is hitting Grownup Swim possibly offers it a greater probability to carve out its personal area of interest because the DC panorama continues to get extra sophisticated.
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