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  • Wee67
    Museum Correspondent
    • Apr 2, 2002
    • 10603

    DC Nation

    Anyone know anything more about the new show 'DC Nation'? Its mentioned in this announcement regarding Cartoon Network's upfront. (the upfront is where a network presents its new shows to advertisers)

    Upfront: Cartoon Net Preps Bugs, Bats Refresh

    Upfront: Cartoon Net Preps Bugs, Bats Refresh
    March 23, 2011

    -By Anthony Crupi

    What’s old is new again at Cartoon Network, as the kid-targeted Turner property in the coming months plans to reintroduce a host of familiar animated franchises.

    As was originally announced during last year’s upfront presentation, Cartoon Net is updating the Bugs Bunny brand with an all-new Looney Tunes Show set to bow May 3. Joining the wiseacre rabbit are exasperated frenemy Daffy Duck, the perpetually underdressed Porky Pig, barnyard blowhard Foghorn Leghorn and (in CGI form) Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner.

    The framing device for this latest Looney Tunes refresh is a Desperate Housewives/Odd Couple mashup. Per cartoon logic. Bugs and Daffy are roommates; the rest of the gang are scattered around the same suburban cul-de-sac.

    Also in the works is a remake of the mid-‘80s Rankin-Bass strip ThunderCats, which looks to introduce a new generation of kids to the weird feline/humanoid alien warriors of Thundera. Cartoon Net did not offer a premiere date for the new show.

    Thanks to a partnership with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment, Cartoon Net will put a 21st century gloss on the caped and cowled superheroes of yesteryear. Set to launch in 2012, DC Nation is a multiplatform programming block featuring characters based on the classic DC Comics library, including Batman, Superman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman.

    The first crime-fighter set to take a bow is Green Lantern, who will appear in an all-new animated series next year. Synergy and timing seem to have determined the DC Nation batting order; the live-action Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively Green Lantern theatrical premieres June 17, 2011.

    A franchise of far more recent vintage is getting the basic cable treatment, as DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO and co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg talked up a weekly animated show based on the 2010 3-D theatrical How to Train Your Dragon. Originally announced in October, the series follows TV spinoffs of DreamWorks titles Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda––both of which have found a home at Cartoon Net rival Nickelodeon.
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.
  • thunderbolt
    Hi Ernie!!!
    • Feb 15, 2004
    • 34211

    #2
    sounds like its going to be a programming block with old and new DC cartoons.
    You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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    • Wee67
      Museum Correspondent
      • Apr 2, 2002
      • 10603

      #3
      Hadn't heard about DC Nation, yet. I'm usually late to the game so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about that one.
      WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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      • Earth 2 Chris
        Verbose Member
        • Mar 7, 2004
        • 32979

        #4
        I think it is a programming block. They really don't go into specifics. Sounds like a lot of corporate-blah-blah-blah to me.

        A while back, Mattel and DC were supposed to be setting up "DCU botiques" in retail chains like TRU. I never really saw that happen.

        I've always wondered why in the world Boomerang (or CN) doesn't just have whole blocks of old DC related toons on, every day. That would reinforce the brand very well. They'd rather show Swat Cats.

        Oh, and I have to add that this makes me kind of angry:

        Cartoon Net will put a 21st century gloss on the caped and cowled superheroes of yesteryear.
        Yesteryear? Since when are the DC heroes passe? They've been in continuous publication for 70 years. On TV and in movies constantly. It's not like they're reviving The Spider for Pete's Sake! It's the same bone-headed thinking that makes me wince every time Zack Snyder or someone talks about the challenge of making Superman relevant. HELL-OOO?!? When did Superman go away?

        Chris
        Last edited by Earth 2 Chris; Mar 24, '11, 1:31 PM.
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        • madmarva
          Talkative Member
          • Jul 7, 2007
          • 6445

          #5
          the press release could have been more artfully written, but I'm guessing the material in the block will be from yesteryear. Probably Timmverse stuff, possibly Super Friends and even the DC filmation material from 60s.

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          • The Toyroom
            The Packaging King
            • Dec 31, 2004
            • 16653

            #6
            Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris
            I've always wondered why in the world Boomerang (or CN) doesn't just have whole blocks of old DC related toons on, every day. That would reinforce the brand very well. They'd rather show Swat Cats.
            Freakin' Swat Kats
            Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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