Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion in JLU Cartoon/Legion Series...Official Thread

Comics Continuum says Supergirl and the Legion will be in an episode of Justice League Unlimited.

www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0601/02/index.htm

no air date listed tho

We've been discussing it here .

So this subject doesn't get lost I hope that Petgoat doesn't mind me making this the official thread for the Legion appearance in JLU.

We have a few months to go before we see any more new episodes but the news of the Legion one has been slowly leaking out lately. Both myself and Michael Grabois have been posting about the news at our sites.

The latest to come out is that Paul Dini is writing the episode, the only JLU one he is doing this season. And they've cast the voice actor to play Bouncing Boy who is said to have a major role in the cartoon. On his blog Michael was even able to dig up another blog by a guy who claims to have auditioned for a role on the cartoon and has a callback tomorrow.

Okay, my bad on the guy auditioning. He is actually auditioning for the WB Legion series! He does still have a callback for tomorrow but this is more confirmation of them moving forward with at least a pilot for a Legion series. And the guy, Shawn, confirmed today that the role he is up for is that of Timber Wolf.

Cool!

Wait a minute, I'm not going to get to watch that. Good cartoons are only on cable/satelite around here.

Just read the comments on that audition and have one slight concern over the Timber Wolf connection.

"CLAWS! CLAWS??"

I think the quote is "2, yes these claws are real" or some such thing.

I really really hope they are not planning on turning TW into a Wolverine type, or even worse a Furball

It's worse than just "CLAWS CLAWS??"

Here's the entire quote from Michael Grabois\'s blog ..."There are three things you need to know about me. One, I'm not a pet. Two, yes, these claws are real. Three, I hear one single flea joke and I'll refer you back to item number two. Now, if you want to be in the Legend [sic], you gotta get through me. So let's see what you got! Bring it."

That sure sounds like Brin will be depicted as Furball or at the very least as wolf boy.

Well, it would make him stand out from the others..

In spite of the claws, I rather like the speech. It sounds, I don't know, confident? Prepared? Well thought out?

It can't be as bad as Furball, anyway; Furball couldn't speak.

Shawn posted his experiences with the audition on his blog today. He said he was given another character in addition to Timber Wolf to read for but doesn't say who. He was also given full color art of Brin to look at while reading...the Legion Pledge.

From Comics Continuum:

Matt Czuchry is providing the voice of Brainiac 5 in "Far From Home," an upcoming episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited that will feature Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Brainiac 5, along with Bouncing Boy, will have one of the larger roles among the 20 or so Legion members featured in the episode, which was written by Paul Dini.

*drool*

damn...i really hope that they do better with Timber Wolf since they did pretty good with Cheshire in Teen Titans Go....she's realy cool - better and more deadlier than the comic book's Cheshire.

Tangentially related:
(From All The Rage)

World Without A Justice League

For a while now, rumors have been swirling that the current season of Justice League Unlimited would be the last. However, a post made earlier this week strongly suggests that the end is near. While the author of the post has remained anonymous, several sources have privately confirmed that JLU is shutting down production and the show’s staff has shrunk to a skeleton crew. Cartoon Network’s official position is that the show’s future is “undecided”, but many suspect that it won’t announce the cancellation until after the final episodes air later this year, if they even decide to announce it at all. Further, it is still heavily rumored that Bruce Timm will be leaving Warner Brothers Animation following the completion of the current season. It’s unclear if Dwayne McDuffie will also be leaving or if he will stay on. Some of the JLU staff members are said to have already been shifted over to the new Legion of Superheroes cartoon. With that in mind, the future of JLU looks pretty bleak at the moment. If Cartoon Network were to order more episodes, there’s no guarantee that the same creative team would be brought back together.

A letter writing campaign has already been started to help save the show, but it looks to be an uphill battle. Given the way Cartoon Network canceled Teen Titans, it’s hard to hold out much hope here. I’m told that the JLU creators considered the current season a major boon from CN, and arranged the final episodes to be a proper finale for the series. If this really is the end of the Dini/Timm era, at least they will have the chance to go out in style.

This Has A “Who Blew Up The Watchtower?” Factor of Six Out of Ten
(read more rumours at: All The Rage at SBC )

While mentioning the upcoming JLU episode with the Legion, a Newsarama article continued with the rumor of a new WB Legion series. Only they called it Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Could we have Supergirl heading up more than just the current title?

Could just be a cross rumor mixup since Supergirl is going to be the character who visits from the current "JLU" series.

I guess it must not have been Cartoon Network endorsed, but they did say in San Diego that this was the last season of "JLU" and that the new "Legion" series was in the works but would be unrelated to the "Superman" and "JLU" appearances.

JLU Season 5 has been showing in the UK. So our lucky British friends will probably be seeing "Far From Home" within the next two weeks...

Season 5 finally returns to Cartoon Network starting on Saturday Feb. 11, at 10:30 p.m....

Mike Grabois' Adventure 247 blog is saying that the Legion episode is reportedly airing next week on SKY in the UK. And if they keep they established episode line-up and weekly schedule then the Legion episode will be airing on March 11 here in the US.

Oh, and a bit of a spoiler as to who was seen in the preview for the episode.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Validus, Persuader and Emerald Empress as members of the Fatal Five and Blok as a Legionnaire.</span></span>

I will be posting pictures soon but I have a full list of confirmed Legionnaires from what I've seen.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">
*Shadow Lass
*Ultra Boy
*Colossal Boy
*Cosmic Boy
*Saturn Girl
*Lightning Lad
*Brainiac 5
*Phantom Girl
*Chameleon Boy
*Blok
*Wildfire
*Timber Wolf
*Bouncing Boy
</span></span>

And the following villains:

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">
*Validus
*Tharok
*Persuader
*Mano
*Emerald Empress
</span></span>

Okay, here go the screen caps.

yeeeahhhhh baby -- WILDFIRE! Brin in his best outfit! The Fatal Five look awesome! Is it me or does Jo look like Elvis?

In going over the screen caps I made of the closing credits it looks like we may have another week to wait for the Legion. According to the episode guide at the World's Finest, the Legion episode is #36 while The Great Brain Robbery (the ep I took the captures from) is only #34. #35 is supposed to be Grudge Match and while looking at the images there are a number that don't feature the Legion or JLAers I would expect in the Legion show. Black Canary and Hawkgirl are heavily featured along with a coule of people I don't recognize. I think they were showing the next two week's worth of shows in the closing credits.

So I think that the Legion episode won't be airing on SKY until 2/8. But I'll definitely be looking for it starting next Wednesday just in case.