Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and the rest of the DC Comics universe is receiving the Robot Chicken treatment this fall, with a special announced today set for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. The stop-motion sketch comedy show will do to DC’s superheroes what it did with George Lucas with its cult-hit Star Wars specials, which garnered three Emmy noms. This time around, the voice cast includes Robot co-creator Seth Green as Batman, Robin and Aquaman; Paul Reubens as The Riddler; Neil Patrick Harris as Two-Face; Alfred Molina as Lex Luthor; Nathan Fillion as the Green Lantern; Megan Fox as Lois Lane; and Breckin Meyer as Superman. ”Having been raised on DC Comics and the Super Friends vs. Legion of Doom, it’s exciting to tell a whole Robot Chicken story within this awesome universe,” Green said. Added Robot co-creator Matthew Senreich: “We’ve been working with (DC Entertainment chief creative officer) Geoff Johns for over 15 years, so playing together on this special only made it more fun to work in the worlds we all love so dearly.” The special came about thanks to a deal between Robot producer Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and DC Entertainment and Warner Bros Animation. It’s Stoopid Buddy’s first new project since the animation studio was formed in December.


No way. They’ve been working with Geoff Johns for 12, 13 years tops.
sounds great but im a little surprised they’re not roasting Marvel’s Avengers, given the timing.
im digging that graphic. (‘robot chicken’ logo over old-school ‘super powers’ logo)
Enh. Close enough. (shrug)
Wait a minute.
There’s a kid out there who is an internet sensation on YouTube, called It’s Just Some Random Guy:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy?ob=0&feature=results_main
For the past several years, he’s been doing spot-on, absolute hysterical, beautifully faithful Marvel and DC pastiches, with writing and voice work that often eclipses “Robot Chicken”. The guy has even been hired several times by some of the big Comic Book conventions to do official TV and web spots for them.
How is this any different to what this guy’s been doing? Did Seth Green just steal the idea from YoutUbe and pitch it to Warners with the legitimacy of the Robot Chicken stamped on it?
This stinks.
Robot Chicken has always made fun of comic book heroes. They’ve made fun of Batman, Superman, etc. Plus, making fun of DC comic characters is not breaking any new ground. And Robot Chicken has been around for years, if anything this guy you’re linking to is stealing ideas.
One other thing… from what I can find, the guy you’re linking to started posting these videos 5 years ago, which is 2007. Robot Chicken has been around since 2005.
I think the fact that they are taking on DC has something to do with the rights and that the Cartoon Network is owned by Time Warner which owns DC.
Sounds boring and not funny. RC has never made me laugh.
Hey Brooke – then why do you keep watching it?