Green Lantern Corps (Animated Series)

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.

Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

-- Will we see Guy Gardner? Tune in and see.
-- Will it tie into the rest of the Timm version of the DC universe? Not really, and there won't be much by way of crossovers with characters like Superman and Batman.
-- There will be some characters from the DC universe, but not the ones you'd expect.
-- They're staying away from Sinestro for now because of the movie franchise.
-- Why CGI? Timm says they've been interested for a while in getting into it, and this seemed perfect for the format because of the power ring constructs and the aliens and so on.
-- Expect social justice "up the wazoo," joked Krieg. The episode will have morals to the stories, though don't expect Hal to show up at the end and say things like, "Bullying is bad!"
-- In response to the suggestion that DC has no good villains, Timm joked that they decided to borrow some of Marvel's villains.
-- They're gonna skip over the origin story since they figure everyone will know it by the time the movie comes out. Plus, it's covered in a Gilligan's Island-type theme song.
-- The Black Lanterns might happen… eventually.
-- The voice cast is top secret right now.
-- It's not directly tied into the recent GL direct-to-DVD movie.
-- Chip will probably show up.
-- Each episode is standalone, but there is a "very strong" arc that ties them together.
-- Will Alan Scott show up? No comment.
-- Carol Ferris will be seen a lot even though the show won't spend much time on Earth. You do the math.
-- They expect it will be in a primetime slot.
-- Timm wants to do more CGI shows, but "hopes against hope" that 2D cartoons will continue too.
-- The animation is being done in Taiwan, but there are a lot of Americans handling design and storyboards and the such. "And they're all using the same bathroom."
-- "There are other kinds of Lanterns, and you will love them."

Test footage was then screened, featuring an early Hal Jordan model and some leftover models from Justice League. This was footage used when they were shopping around looking for an animation studio. It features Hal and Kilowog battling some alien soldiers, with Hal saying, "Come on, these guys aren't so bad." And then they open a door and an entire army of aliens are there. Kilowog says, "I'm getting too old for this." No "s#!t," but the Lethal Weapon comparison obviously stands.

Timm noted that they don't want the show to look like Clone Wars. As they were developing the series, they realized the characters looked like toys. And then they realized they liked that look. They want it to look stylized and make-believe -- the idea is not to go for realism and in fact The Incredibles has been one of the inspirations for the show.

By the way, Timm's favorite GL is Kilowog. Volpe likes Guy Gardner, and Krieg likes Chip.

Cartoon Network's animated Green Lantern will debut next year. It looks hot!