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DC’s “Deathstroke” Gets His Own Animated Series at CW Seed; ‘Saw’ Producers Make “The Pledge”
CW has their own digital platform now and it’s called CW Seed.
Deadline reports that, during the CW upfront presentation, the network’s President Mark Pedowitz unveiled two upcoming series for CW Seed, animated series “Deathstroke”, centered on the DC superhero, and “The Pledge”, which comes from the producers of the SAW horror franchise.
The announcement of the “Deathstroke” animated series follows the introduction of the character, the fan-favorite assassin and archenemy of “Teen Titans” leader Dick Grayson, on the live-action DC Universe series Titans, where he is played by Esai Morales.
The character is well known to fans of the popular “Teen Titans” animated series from Cartoon Network as well as the show’s 2018 tie-in feature film “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies”. Deathstroke has also been portrayed by Manu Bennett in 36 episodes of The CW series “Arrow” while Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) appeared as the assassin in the 2017 feature film Justice League but only with an uncredited cameo.
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‘Blade Runner 2099’ Teaser Puts Michelle Yeoh & Hunter Schafer at Center of Human vs Replicant War
Welcome to a future we no longer control. Prime Video has unveiled the first teaser for the upcoming series Blade Runner 2099, set in a world where humans are now secondary to replicants.
Blade Runner 2099 will premiere on Prime Video on November 25.
The new series is set 50 years after the events of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 and stars Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo) as partners Olwen and Cora, respectively.
Like Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Olwen is a replicant at the end of her life cycle. Her partner, Cora, is a human passing herself off as a replicant.
In the trailer below, Olwen and Cora team up in the war between replicants and humans as they pursue rogue replicants.
Blade Runner 2099 comes from Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Amazon Studios. Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) is writing, showrunning, and executive producing.
Jonathan van Tulleken (“Shōgun”) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes.
Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy), Katelyn Rose Downey (The Nun II), and Daniel Rigby (Renegade Nell) also star in the upcoming series. Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow), Amy Lennox (Only Child), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), and Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon) join as recurring guest stars.