Marvel/ DC Comics Animation News Round-Up: “The Mask” ; “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom” ; “Superman: Red Son” ; “What If?”

We’ve got so much news going on in comic book animation, so we put it all into one place. We’ve got news, video, premiere dates, and even some juicy rumors! Enjoy!

Season three of the web-slinging Emmy^® Award-nominated “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom” debuts with a one-hour special on SUNDAY, APRIL 19 (9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT) on Disney XD and DisneyNOW. Comprised of six one-hour specials and featuring appearances by favorite Marvel characters including Captain Marvel, Groot, Dr. Strange and Star-Lord, the new season follows Spider-Man as he is pushed to his breaking point after Venom summons an earth-shattering threat from its home planet. 

The guest voice cast for season three includes Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”) as Head Administrator, Sofia Wylie (Disney+’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”) as Ironheart/Riri Williams, and Disney Channel’s “ZOMBIES 2” stars Meg Donnelly, Kylee Russell and Carla Jeffery as Symbiote Sisters Scream, Scorn and Mania, respectively.

Felicia Day (“The Guild”) joins the “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom” cast as Mary Jane Watson, who makes her debut appearance in the new season. The series stars Robbie Daymond (“Costume Quest”) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Ben Pronsky (“Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures”) as Venom, Fred Tatasciore (“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble”) as Max Modell, Nadji Jeter (Disney Channel’s “Jessie”) as Miles Morales, Melanie Minichino (“Blaze and the Monster Machine”) as Anya Corazon/Spider-Girl, Laura Bailey (“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble”) as Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider, Scott Menville (“The 7D”) as Grady Scraps, Max Mittelman (“Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir”) as Harry Osborn/Hobgoblin, Yuri Lowenthal (“Ben 10: Omniverse”) as Curt Connors and Nancy Linari (“The Addams Family “) as Aunt May.

 

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Entertainment giant Marvel Studios announced today that Squeeze, the Québec City-based animation studio, has been given the nod to create five episodes of What If…?, a brand-new animated series. Scheduled for exclusive release on the Disney+ platform in summer 2021, What If…? is the first animated series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Re-imaging various key moments in MCU’s history, What If…? uses dramatic twists to take viewers into uncharted territory.

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We Got This Covered is hearing of an adult animated series revival of The Mask with Jim Carrey reprising his role as the green-faced comic book character for HBO MAX.

For those that don’t know, The Mask  stars Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, an unfortunate bank clerk who finds a magical mask that transforms him into a mischievous gangster with superpowers.

 

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Warner Home Video has released a clip in anticipation of their St. Patrick’s Day home release of Superman: Red Son and you can watch it below.

What if the Man of Steel was raised behind the Iron Curtain? So begins DC’s acclaimed Elseworlds story, Superman: Red Son, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. In this all-new clip, Batman takes on a squadron of helicopters attempting to capture/kill him.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the feature-length animated film is now available on Digital, and arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack on March 17, 2020.

Based on DC’s famed Elseworlds tale from 2003, Superman: Red Son takes place in an alternate reality where the spaceship bearing the last survivor of Krypton crash lands – not in rural Kansas, but in Stalinist Russia. Can this Cold War-era Earth survive the coming of a Soviet Superman?