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Rooster Teeth is here to play. The massive media and entertainment company that launched some of the biggest online series in history just announced a cast addition for its newest series gen:LOCK and it’s news that is sure to give you a straight-up nerdgasm. David Tennant, he of Doctor Who and Jessica Jones fame, has joined the voice cast of the animated series and based on the first look footage that the 2018 Summer Television Critics Association press tour was treated to, he’s having a ton of fun with his new role.
The second anime-style series and the third 3D animated series from Rooster Teeth Animation, the upcoming gen:LOCK tells the story of Earth’s last free society on the losing side of a global war. A diverse team of young pilots is recruited to control the next generation of giant, weaponized robot bodies known as mecha, and these daring recruits will find that their newfound abilities come at a high price.
Tennant will star as the voice for Dr. Rufus Weller, a.k.a. Doc, a lead scientist with the Experimental Science Unit (ESU) and the inventor of the gen:LOCK technology. The footage shown at the press tour revealed that Doc doesn’t play by the rules, and he’s willing to do (and forgive) whatever–even a record of felonies and jail time–to get the best possible fighters on his team. Tennant may at times have made a name for himself playing dark characters, but he’s definitely enjoying playing a lighter, more optimistic and goofy character in gen:LOCK.
With Tennant, gen:LOCK–and Rooster Teeth Animation–is aiming to make an even bigger splash than already expected with its high caliber of voice stars. Tennant joins the previously announced Michael B. Jordan as the main character, Julian Chase; Dakota Fanning as expert mech pilot and Chase’s love interest, Miranda Worth; and Kōichi Yamadera (Ghost in the Shell) as Kazu Iida, one of the new recruits transferring from Japan’s military forces to fight alongside Chase in the gen:LOCK program.
Ever since Rooster Teeth was founded in 2003, the award-winning company has continued to break boundaries with its online programming and massive following, and now with Tennant, Jordan, and Fanning, there’s no telling where this new media group will go next. gen:LOCK will premiere in January 2019 on Rooster Teeth, available for iOS, Android, Xbox One, Apple TV, and at RoosterTeeth.com, with memberships starting at $4.99 a month.
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Rooster Teeth is here to play. The massive media and entertainment company that launched some of the biggest online series in history just announced a cast addition for its newest series gen:LOCK and it’s news that is sure to give you a straight-up nerdgasm. David Tennant, he of Doctor Who and Jessica Jones fame, has joined the voice cast of the animated series and based on the first look footage that the 2018 Summer Television Critics Association press tour was treated to, he’s having a ton of fun with his new role.
The second anime-style series and the third 3D animated series from Rooster Teeth Animation, the upcoming gen:LOCK tells the story of Earth’s last free society on the losing side of a global war. A diverse team of young pilots is recruited to control the next generation of giant, weaponized robot bodies known as mecha, and these daring recruits will find that their newfound abilities come at a high price.
Tennant will star as the voice for Dr. Rufus Weller, a.k.a. Doc, a lead scientist with the Experimental Science Unit (ESU) and the inventor of the gen:LOCK technology. The footage shown at the press tour revealed that Doc doesn’t play by the rules, and he’s willing to do (and forgive) whatever–even a record of felonies and jail time–to get the best possible fighters on his team. Tennant may at times have made a name for himself playing dark characters, but he’s definitely enjoying playing a lighter, more optimistic and goofy character in gen:LOCK.
With Tennant, gen:LOCK–and Rooster Teeth Animation–is aiming to make an even bigger splash than already expected with its high caliber of voice stars. Tennant joins the previously announced Michael B. Jordan as the main character, Julian Chase; Dakota Fanning as expert mech pilot and Chase’s love interest, Miranda Worth; and Kōichi Yamadera (Ghost in the Shell) as Kazu Iida, one of the new recruits transferring from Japan’s military forces to fight alongside Chase in the gen:LOCK program.
Ever since Rooster Teeth was founded in 2003, the award-winning company has continued to break boundaries with its online programming and massive following, and now with Tennant, Jordan, and Fanning, there’s no telling where this new media group will go next. gen:LOCK will premiere in January 2019 on Rooster Teeth, available for iOS, Android, Xbox One, Apple TV, and at RoosterTeeth.com, with memberships starting at $4.99 a month.
Does that sound like something you’d subscribe to? Let us know in comments!
Images: Rooster Teeth
What could be better than having one Josh Brolin in your big-budget superhero movie? Two Josh Brolins. And that’s exactly what Deadpool 3 and/or X-Force might be doing, according to Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld. While appearing on-stage at the Nerdist House at San Diego Comic-Con, Liefeld told host Patrick A. Reed that fans could very likely expect to see another iconic character from Deadpool’s rogues gallery go toe to toe with Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth, Cable, and the remnants of X-Force in Deadpool’s next cinematic outing.
Cable is one of Marvel’s most convoluted characters when it comes to backstory thanks in no small part to all of his body-sliding through space and time. With the arrival of Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2, many fans began feverishly speculating what other characters connected to the time-traveling mutant would work their way on to the big screen. Thankfully, Patrick A. Reed did what few among us have been able to do: asked Liefeld directly.
“Is Stryfe gonna show up?” Reed asked.
“Well, do you really hire Josh Brolin if you don’t want him to play both roles?” Liefeld replied. “We are perfectly assembled for an X-Force movie. And how do you not scratch that Stryfe itch, right?”
That’s right, True Believers: X-Force could very well feature the cinematic debut of Stryfe, which means that Josh Brolin would be pulling double-duty as both antihero and villain. For those of you who don’t know, Stryfe first appeared in New Mutants #100 as the villainous leader of the mutant terrorist group The Mutant Liberation Front. Kidnapped and raised by Apocalypse, Stryfe is Cable’s genetic clone and followed his “brother” back to the twentieth century where he became a constant thorn in the side of Cable and X-Force. From attempting to assassinate Professor X to bringing the deadly Legacy Virus back to present-day Earth, Stryfe is one of the most dangerous foes Cable has ever faced, and he would make an ideal villain for the newly formed big-screen version of X-Force to face.
But like with anything in on the Deadpool side of Fox’s Marvel movies, we’ll have to take this news with a Colossus-sized grain of salt. While the Deadpool films love to introduce classic comic book characters into the mix, many times it’s the set-up for an elaborate and outrageously violent joke. So as to whether or not we’ll get a full movie of Josh Brolin going full-on The Parent Trap remains to be seen, but in the meantime we have a fun little peek into the future of what could be.
What do you think? Should we take Rob Liefeld at his word? Will Stryfe be the big bad in Deadpool 3 and/or X-Force? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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