The subsequent chapter of the Tomorrowverse is lastly right here, with Legion of Tremendous-Heroes following after final yr’s Aldis Hodge-led Inexperienced Lantern: Beware My Energy. The most recent of the animated DC films sees Meg Donnelly’s Supergirl touring to the thirty first century to attend Legion Academy, and amongst her classmates is the Daxamite often known as Mon-El, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who’s no stranger to this DC Comics superhero staff. Lowenthal, who additionally voices He-Man lately, beforehand lent his vocals to the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated collection that aired from 2006 to 2008, and the actor went over with CinemaBlend how engaged on the Legion’s new film in comparison with his time on the present.
Yuri Lowenthal starred within the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated collection each as each Superman and Kell-El, a.okay.a. Superman-X, a clone of the Kryptonian made within the forty first century who was partially impressed by the Mon-El from the comics. A decade and a half after the present ended, Lowenthal is now attending to voice Mon-El correct on this Warner Bros. Dwelling Leisure launch, and once I requested what it was like attending to return to the Legion after so lengthy away, he answered:
That was the one the place I actually fell in love with the Legion. I wasn’t vastly versed within the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes once I first began that present years in the past, however it was very nice to return again as a result of I fell in love with… lengthy stay the Legion! And it was good to return again and see it from a distinct angle, and it jogged my memory of all the nice occasions from that first present, which I nonetheless carry a white-hot burning torch for and I imagine was forward of its time and nonetheless love watching. It’s nice to return again as a result of with Legion tales, there’s so many characters to attract from that you just at all times get one thing completely different and one thing cool and particular. So it was very nice to return again. In fact, probably the most thrilling factor at all times about coming again right into a Legion story, particularly for me now, is which Legionaries are they going to go together with?Who’re we going to get to see? Which bizarre powers?… Every time it’s a distinct chemistry, so I used to be actually excited to return again.
This Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated film follows a couple of years after the staff was spotlighted in Justice League vs. The Deadly 5, however this time round, the Legion as a complete has a much bigger position to play, with one of many different notable members together with Brainiac 5, voiced by Harry Shum Jr. (who’s seeking to play a villain in a live-action superhero film subsequent). And like a lot of the flicks from the DC Universe Animated Authentic Motion pictures line, Legion of Tremendous-Heroes falls into PG-13 territory, whereas the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated collection was clearly geared in the direction of youthful viewers as a Children’ WB providing. As such, I used to be interested in how Yuri Lowenthal felt about taking part in a Legion venture that dealt with these characters with a extra mature hand. Right here’s what he needed to say:
Yeah, though I’d say that in going again to even that earlier present that was ‘for youths,’ they had been already dealing on a a lot greater degree, I believed then. However yeah, positively this new one is geared toward a distinct viewers, though I believe it could possibly hit a pair. It’s at all times good to inform highly effective tales, tales that can attraction to each youngsters and adults. I’ll simply say, Mon-El will get a line in right here that I used to be very proud to say. I used to be very proud to be the one character, the one hero who acquired this kind of line, however I don’t need to spoil something as a result of it’s a pleasant second. Let’s simply say I’d not have gotten a line like that on a child’s present.
Regardless of the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated collection’ Superman-X not being a direct adaptation of Mon-El, I used to be interested in if Yuri Lowenthal pulled from that efficiency in any respect when he was employed to play Mon-El within the Legion of Tremendous-Heroes animated film. The actor defined why he selected not to take action with the next:
I positively steered clear as a result of I introduced type of what I carry naturally and what I acquired from studying the script, I introduced that into the room. After which it was a joint effort to create the Mon-El that this story wanted. So yeah, whereas Kell-El was impressed by Mon-El, he positively had extra of an angle and a a lot darker tone. And the Mon-El that this story wanted was in no way that. He’s the massive man on campus, he’s an enormous Superman Household fanboy, in all probability a bit over-effusive to satisfy Supergirl. And I believe it was a really completely different power he was bringing in, and that got here from the script and dealing with the voice director, Wes Gleason, and all people on the staff, to seek out the Mon-El that they wanted.
You’ll have to look at Legion of Tremendous-Heroes for your self to see how Mon-El particularly matches into the image, although like with Superman-X, there are some darker parts to the character. Legion of Tremendous-Heroes was directed by Jeff Wamester, who was notably “excited” to sort out this staff, and Josie Campbell, who wrote the script, already has a good suggestion on what she’d prefer to see from a live-action Legion of Tremendous-Heroes film. The solid additionally contains Darren Criss, Matt Bomer, Jensen Ackles, Cynthia Hamidi, Gideon Adlon, Ely Henry, Robbie Daymond, Yuri Lowenthal, Eric Lopez, Darin De Pau, Benjamin Diskin, Victoria Grace, Jennifer Hale, Daisy Lightfoot, and Zeno Robinson.
Legion of Tremendous-Heroes is now obtainable to personal Digitally and on 4K Extremely HD, Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray. After you’re finished watching it, get away your HBO Max subscription to take a look at the previous Tomorrowverse installments and loads of different DC content material.
