'My Adventures With Superman' Season 3 Renewal Confirmed At Adult Swim With More Series Pickups
Adult Swim is permitting more flight sessions with Superman, and bringing a different kind of DC adaptation with it
Adult Swim is permitting more flight sessions with Superman. My Adventures with Superman showrunner Jake Wyatt previously confirmed in an interview with the podcast The Showrunner Whisperer that he and executive producer Brendan Clogher had not only “written outlines for [Seasons] 3 and 4” but also that “they have been creatively approved.” At the time, he could not discuss whether they’d been greenlit. Probably still can’t on the latter. But at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, season 3 was confirmed, with revealed fellow comics adaptations from DC and Vertigo and Regular Show creator J.G. Quintel coming too.
My Adventures with Superman wrapped its 10-episode second season shortly before San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, with Superman, voiced by Jack Quaid, finally breaking through to Supergirl, voiced by Kiana Madeira joining forces to defeat the being that controlled her, Brainiac once and for all, with extra power thanks to the yellow sun. Lois, voiced by Alice Lee, turned down a high-profile job offer from Vicki Vale, while Kara is staying around too, developing her blossoming relationship with Jimmy, voiced by Ishmel Sahid. At SDCC, it was revealed the crew learned of Season 3’s greenlight around February, the actors in March. At the time of the panel, the season’s first episode was already being recorded, while the rest were still in the writing stage. In a very The Batman way, another member of the Superman family will make their debut in season 3, Superboy. No voice actor has been revealed, but his look was. Got quite the jacket. In addition, Lex Luthor, voiced by Max Mittelman, will finally adopt his signature bald look. By source’s account, this seems to be an intentional choice.
Two series orders were also revealed at Annecy. The first is Get Jiro!, based on the DC/Vertigo graphic novels written by the late Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose with illustrations by Langdon Foss and Alé Garza, which began in 2012. Set in the near future in a Los Angeles where customers will murder for coveted restaurant reservation, Get Jiro! is about, well, Jiro, a mysterious, revenge-focused sushi chef. Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, producers on NBC’s comedy series Superstore, are credited as creators. I have phrased it in such a way because adaptations usually position what would be creators on an original concept as developers. The duo also co-wrote the film Sharper, released last year by A24 starring Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan.
Regular Show and Close Enough creator J.G. Quintel enters Adult Swim space for the first time with Cartoon Network Studios, co-creating Super Mutant Magic Academy with Jillian Tamaki. Based on her comic series, it’s a surreal comedy about Marsha, a sarcastic transfer student with her own curious past who lands at a high school that includes mutants and human students attempting to juggle friendships, relationships and their ever-growing powers.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, TVLine, The Showrunner Whisperer via Multiverse of Color