Posts Tagged ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’
Paul Dini Redefines Ultimate Spider-Man
Paul Dini, known and beloved for his extensive work on shows like Batman the Animated Series, is going to work on redefining Peter Parker for the upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man animated series according to MTV. The article does a nice round up of the Ultimate Spider-Man news so far, including an explanation of Man of Action’s (the Generator Rex guys) role on the series.
Here’s a quote from Dini that seems to summarize the entire interview:
You also don’t want to repeat the same old tropes. As much as I love elements of Spider-Man’s past, I don’t really want to go back in and retell the Gwen Stacy and Green Goblin story in animation just so I can do my take on it. I don’t want to redo the first Spider Slayer story. I don’t want to redo some of those classic Lee/Romita and Lee/Ditka stories just for the sake of seeing them rendered in animation. For now, I just want to approach Spider-Man with fresh eyes, taking a few things we know about him and just doing a new spin on the concept. I think old-time fans will find what we’ve done with the character to be pretty good and thoughtful, because we’re not out to junk-up Spider-Man. That’s not our intent.
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Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel’s Newest Cartoon
Wwwyzerd gets a tip of the hat for pointing out news of Marvel’s newest animated series: Ultimate Spider-Man to air on Disney XD. Comic Book Resources have done a little breakdown of the teaser image and point out that ultimate Nick Fury, Nova, Doctor Octopus, Iron Fist and the Green Goblin all have a silhouette, and quote Eric S. Rollman, the President of Marvel Animation as saying Spider-Man “teams up with other fan favorite Marvel Super Heroes”. Marvel Animation Age went straight to the sources for some comments, but came up empty handed, so it looks like the news on this is still pretty slim! Head over to our animation forum to discuss.
