DC’s upcoming animated series Mister Miracle will star Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games, Five Nights at Freddy’s) as Scott Free and Mackenzie Davis (Speak No Evil, Terminator: Dark Fate) as Big Barda. The news comes via DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran himself, speaking with IGN in an interview published earlier today.
Safran also noted showrunner Tom King has written all eight episodes of the series himself. King, a prolific DC author, created the 12-issue, Eisner Award-winning 2017 Mister Miracle series alongside artist Mitch Gerads. That comic forms the basis for this upcoming animated series.
“I think that Tom King really learned a lot in his season of co-creating and executive producing Lanterns and he adapted his book Mister Miracle fully on his own, wrote all eight episodes and I think it’s just dynamite,” said Safran. “Josh Hutcherson as Scott Free and Mackenzie Davis as Big Barda. And I just think it’s a book that I’ve always loved and I remember Tom telling us early on that, every convention he goes to, at least a couple people come up to him and say this book saved my life and I love that we got to tell that story over eight episodes.”
A network or arrival date for Mister Miracle is yet to be discussed.
For its part, it’s not yet confirmed whether Lanterns is a lock for a second season, but Safran confirmed that a potential future for that series is currently being hashed out, depending on whether they can find a story worthy of following up the first season.
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