"Tokyo" heads for Canada! (also: Wizard mag on "Judas Contract" DTV, and Cyborg "appears" in Legion) Posted by Butch on December 10, 2006 @ 11:10 pm EST
Finally! The Teen Titans "Trouble in Tokyo" movie is at last scheduled for Canadian fans! ToonZone has a press release from Corus Kids Television, which details their January 2007 programming plans for YTV. "Trouble in Tokyo" is in the line-up, and will air on Saturday, January 27th at 10:00 am on YTV:
TEEN TITANS: TROUBLE IN TOKYO: On Saturday, January 27 CRUNCH is host to a brand new movie, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo. When a high-tech ninja attacks, the Teen Titans spring into action! Robin finds out the ninja was sent by a mysterious and menacing Japanese criminal known as Brushogun, and the Teen Titans travel to Tokyo to track the villain down and serve justice. Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo premieres Saturday, January 27 at 10 a.m.
Click here for Corus' January '07 press release, which lists a trove of other movies, specials, and series premieres.
George-Perez.com posted an excerpt from Wizard magazine's "Wizard 2007 Movie Spectacular" issue (released earlier this week), that touches on the upcoming Teen Titans "The Judas Contract" animated DTV to be released next year as a joint effort between DC and Warner Bros. Unfortunately, the article doesn't contain any new info on the project, but provides a good rundown. Click the link below to read the excerpt from Wizard:
To rebrief on this new project (and to rid confusion), this DTV release will be an adaption of the classic Teen Titans comic story of the same name, by "The New Teen Titans" co-creators Marv Wolfman and George Perez. For those unfamiliar with "The Judas Contract", it is a milestone NTT story arc in which Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) sends Terra to infiltrate the Titans as part of his plot to destroy them from the inside. While the Teen Titans animated series adapted the story for Season 2, this new DTV is not related to the show in any way aside from the basic story.
We'll soon see Cyborg, at least in spirit, showing up in "Legion of Super Heroes". Kids' WB has been airing promo spots for a new Legion episode, titled "Lightning Storm", which is unscheduled but most likely airing later this month. This episode will feature the Legion of Super Villains team, which includes founder Lightning Lord (Lightning Lad's evil brother) and Tyr, a character voiced by Khary Payton (Cyborg from Teen Titans, of course).
An interesting thing to note about Tyr's character is that he has a large gun in place of one of his arms. How's that for another nod to Cyborg? Comics Continuum has screenshots from the "Lightning Storm" promo clip, click here to check em out.