Gotta get back -Back to the past- SAMURAI JACK- Whachow

Taleran

Fred Seibert, Kevin Kolde and Eric Gardner have joined forces to launch Frederator Films. They aim to produce 2-D animated movies budgeted at under $20 million. Currently the new studio has three projects in the works including Samurai Jack. C_reator Genndy Tartakovsky is attached to write and direct._

Kevin Kolde spent over a decade running Spumco while Eric Gardner heads the talent management and production company Panacea Entertaiment. Fred Seibert is the former president of Hanna-Barbera and longtime producer at Frederator Studios. All three people will serve as producers on Frederator Films projects.

[Source: Variety ]

this is some awesome news

come on actual ending!

Tsuchirinhon

Nice to see that Tartakovsky has delivered on his implications of a Samurai Jack motion picture. Now, he just needs to finish off the series, which he has implied will happen sometime in the future.

Samurai Jack is a work of genius. It focuses on a lack of dialogue, which is what makes it truly interesting.

Mr. All Sunday

Second only in levels of epic win to Wii Katamari.

Really looking forward to this, it'll be nice to see a nice 2D animated film with all of the CG trash floating around these days as well.

tonitonichopper

OH YEAH! Finally! I remember hearing about it but I thought it was just a rumor, This is gonna be sweet!

Ral

Nice, I also thought about Samurai Jack earlier today for some reason.

Caracal

I was disappointed when I learnt the series just ended, so I really hope this movie finish the story off, or maybe even pave the way for another batch of episodes.

GearSecond

Too bad the voice actor for Aku died.

Samurai Jack is a true work of genius. The sad part is, the best shows are often canceled because they don't tend to pick up in popularity really quickly, as opposed to the trash on TV which gets ratings, but then dies.

I'd certainly like to see an ending. I managed to follow the series for a few episodes but after about 10 I couldn't watch it as often, which often sucked for me since I loved the idea.

Yoska

I have usully watched the show from TV if I have been given a chance to do so. Well, I could watch it anytime off the internet but that requires me to type a web address –- too bothersome. The idea of making a movie has a great echo, though. But it needs to be a bit more than just an extended episode with slighty better animation.

GearSecond

I prefer consistency. Same Animation, with a plotline that advances the overall story. Movies are better not as an episode or group of episodes who's script was redone to work as a movie, and be scrunched or extended. A movie should have a plotline worth 2 hours in a dark room, sitting next to strangers who cough on you and steal your popcorn. If you took your favorite TV series, and took your favorite episode from that series, and you took the plot points and spread them out more, with greater detail and better animation, it would absolutely suck.

I'll definitely go see it if it's completed, but I'll have to download all the episodes so I can catch up first, or buy the DVDs.

HEATXZ

Wohoo!a Samurai Jack movie!,Too bad Mako died maybe they would get that guy who sounds like Mako

Senshi Mizaka

Samurai Jack was one of the best shows on CN! It's nice to hear that it'll be a movie. Though I wonder who should play Aku?

Buuhan1

Oh God, it has been too long. Definitely looking forward to this.

EDIT: Crap, didn't know Aku's voice actor died. I honestly can't see another voice for him…that's gonna be tough.

FINALLY~!! God this is going to be awesome, maybe things can all be explained in this movie too.

dragonfrost

the crators also said this in a interview yup i just burst you bubble

GENNDY: They just couldn't get the script right. I wasn't writing it. The people who were writing the script and the studios just couldn't come up with something they liked.

UGO: Any chance of a live-action Samurai Jack movie?

GENNDY: For right now, no.

UGO: Have you ever done anything live-action?

GENNDY: I messed around with it in college a little bit, but nothing official.

UGO: Are you interested in it?

GENNDY: Yeah, but for me I think it's more important to do an animated feature. To really bring our sensibility to the big screen. If you saw a Jack episode on the big-screen, it would be so much more powerful because the images are huge, but also the sound is so much more compelling and interesting.
genndytartakovsky

UGO: Do you direct the show as if it's really people?

GENNDY: I direct the shows the same way we did Dexter's Laboratory. We do an outline, I supervise and sometimes draw the storyboards, I'll do most of the timing and the postproduction.

UGO: What is the most difficult?

GENNDY: The animation and storyboarding are the most difficult parts. To convey a lot of emotion and character without dialogue is very difficult.

UGO: What is your favorite episode from the first season?

GENNDY: Definitely Chapter Seven [with the three blind archers]. The animation was really strong and it was one of the ideas I had as soon as I came up with the concept.
genndytartakovsky

UGO: Are they planning to collect the Star Wars shorts on DVD?

GENNDY: I'm sure they will.

UGO: How different is doing Samurai Jack from the Star Wars shorts?

GENNDY: It's very different because obviously Star Wars isn't my idea, so I don't have as much freedom with the characters. With Jack, if we want a different take to experiment we just do it, but on Star Wars, Anakin is who he is and you can't change him. We have to keep true to the personality of who he is.

UGO: If you could change Anakin, what would you do?

GENNDY: Probably make him darker, quieter and more demented.

guitaguar

@GearSecond:

Too bad the voice actor for Aku died.

when did he die? i never knew that

this movie sounds cool. any release dates announced?

Taleran

@dragonfrost:

the crators also said this in a interview yup i just burst you bubble

GENNDY: They just couldn't get the script right. I wasn't writing it. The people who were writing the script and the studios just couldn't come up with something they liked.

UGO: Any chance of a live-action Samurai Jack movie?

GENNDY: For right now, no.

UGO: Have you ever done anything live-action?

GENNDY: I messed around with it in college a little bit, but nothing official.

UGO: Are you interested in it?

GENNDY: Yeah, but for me I think it's more important to do an animated feature. To really bring our sensibility to the big screen. If you saw a Jack episode on the big-screen, it would be so much more powerful because the images are huge, but also the sound is so much more compelling and interesting.
genndytartakovsky

UGO: Do you direct the show as if it's really people?

GENNDY: I direct the shows the same way we did Dexter's Laboratory. We do an outline, I supervise and sometimes draw the storyboards, I'll do most of the timing and the postproduction.

UGO: What is the most difficult?

GENNDY: The animation and storyboarding are the most difficult parts. To convey a lot of emotion and character without dialogue is very difficult.

UGO: What is your favorite episode from the first season?

GENNDY: Definitely Chapter Seven [with the three blind archers]. The animation was really strong and it was one of the ideas I had as soon as I came up with the concept.
genndytartakovsky

UGO: Are they planning to collect the Star Wars shorts on DVD?

GENNDY: I'm sure they will.

UGO: How different is doing Samurai Jack from the Star Wars shorts?

GENNDY: It's very different because obviously Star Wars isn't my idea, so I don't have as much freedom with the characters. With Jack, if we want a different take to experiment we just do it, but on Star Wars, Anakin is who he is and you can't change him. We have to keep true to the personality of who he is.

UGO: If you could change Anakin, what would you do?

GENNDY: Probably make him darker, quieter and more demented.

How does this burst any bubbles?

oh and for people wondering about Aku's VA, he didn't actually do all the episodes and the guy they got as his replacement was so close it was scary

Malintex_Terek

Nice job Slowpokes, make a Samurai Jack movie a YEAR AFTER MAKO DIED.

I won't watch it - the show isn't the same without Mako. =_=

Cap'n Carter

Too bad Samurai Jack was pretty boring and crappy.

Mrs.RoronoaZoro

I can't wait. I should go buy the dvds…I haven't seen that show in so long. And I thought it was awesome...cuz...Jack's just awesome...XD and he was so cute as a little boy...sorry...that was a bit random.

I didn't even know that guy died...O.o

taboo

@Cap'n:

Too bad Samurai Jack was pretty boring and crappy.

just because it didn't have any shiney pidgeys

Buuhan1

@Malintex_Terek:

Nice job Slowpokes, make a Samurai Jack movie a YEAR AFTER MAKO DIED.

I won't watch it - the show isn't the same without Mako. =_=

The fact that this is under the post above it is funny. Apparently, according to what Tal said, you HAVE watched it without Mako and never even knew.

Mr. All Sunday

@taboo:

just because it didn't have any pudgy pidgeys

Corrected.

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KrnxAJa

Hurrray for Phil Lamaar!!!

gaara d. lucci

Sweet, nice to see one of the last great American cartoons return. Hope it gets an ending too. I'm there as soon as the movie hits.

Now, all I need is a JLU movie, and I can die a happy man.

Senshi Mizaka

@taboo:

just because it didn't have any shiney pidgeys

Meh, to each their own. I personally thought Samurai Jack was a cartoon that you could tell alot effort was put into each episode. Whether it was the fight scenes, scenery, or story it was clear that everything was put into them to make it a quality show.

As for how Makoto Iwamatsu died, it was either cancer or a heart-attack last August. His latest role was Uncle Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender. And he did such a good job at portraying the easy-going, but wise old man.

Cap'n Carter

Samurai Jack always bored me to tears. It was just so… linear and dull.

It's like Tartakovsky put a huge emphasis on artwork (I don't really care for his style in the first place) and forgot to put everything else in.

But I'll admit there's a handful of episodes I really enjoyed, but mainly because they were exceptions and broke away from the normal "same ol' Jack killin' 50000000 robots" routine.

Mr. All Sunday

I found a few of the episodes to be relatively boring, but episodes like the one with the "I AM THE SAMOORAI" guy made up for those few.

Tsuchirinhon

Samurai Jack has a fat Scottish brawler with an automatic firearm for a leg.

It doesn't get much better than that.

guitaguar

@Cyringohn:

Samurai Jack has a fat Scottish brawler with an automatic firearm for a leg.

It doesn't get much better than that.

didn't he have a fat chick for a wife? i forgot.

supaluigi

@Cyringohn:

Samurai Jack has a fat Scottish brawler with an automatic firearm for a leg.

It doesn't get much better than that.

The Scotsman made the entire series better for me. The fact that there was a "movie" dedicated to him was amazing. You know, that "Scotsman saves Jack" thing.

tony-kun

@Cap'n:

Samurai Jack always bored me to tears. It was just so… linear and dull.

It's like Tartakovsky put a huge emphasis on artwork (I don't really care for his style in the first place) and forgot to put everything else in.

But I'll admit there's a handful of episodes I really enjoyed, but mainly because they were exceptions and broke away from the normal "same ol' Jack killin' 50000000 robots" routine.

haha, I thought I was just weird.

Remember watching the premiere and thinking I had just wasted 3 hours of my life.

It was the lord of the rings movies all over again!

an ending would be nice to see tho. When the show was good, it was good. Most of the time I fell asleep to it tho.

taboo

Meh, to each their own. I personally thought Samurai Jack was a cartoon that you could tell alot effort was put into each episode. Whether it was the fight scenes, scenery, or story it was clear that everything was put into them to make it a quality show.

I saw the premiere or the teaser or whatever when it first came out, and I was pretty suprised at how different it was from Dexter's Lab. It looked like it had alot of potential to have a great complex storyline, but I never had the time to watch it. Probably just as well if it was never completed.

I remember specifically liking the one were he faces those basket robot guys.
GOOD STUFF.

That and when he faces those greaser robots feat. bootleg Totoro.
( The song was kewl.)

Conekiller

Adult Swim just announced a new season of Samurai Jack!
For TOONAMI!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153697966791745&id=67985126744&fs=0

project1980

Jack is Back….........

CosmicDebris

http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/134404721928/welcome-back-jack

Edit: sorry, just saw that someone posted in the Cartoon Network thread already, you can delete/move this

KaizokuJinbei

Wagomu

My only reservation at the moment is that Mako won't be around to voice Aku.

Brotato

Super pumped for this! It was always a bummer how Jack just stopped.

@Wagomu:

My only reservation at the moment is that Mako won't be around to voice Aku.

Yeah. I guess they'll be using Greg Baldwin? Apparently he's voiced Aku in some other media.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2055652/

KageKageKing

sings japanese hip hop music

Cyan D. Funk

Nobodyman

@Conekiller:

Adult Swim just announced a new season of Samurai Jack!
For TOONAMI!

Cyborg009

@Conekiller:

Adult Swim just announced a new season of Samurai Jack!
For TOONAMI!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153697966791745&id=67985126744&fs=0

and finally

^my mental reaction in that order.

LegendarySSJ4

Yesssssssssssssssssssss.

Robby

@CosmicDebris:

http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/134404721928/welcome-back-jack

Edit: sorry, just saw that someone posted in the Cartoon Network thread already, you can delete/move this

Nah, this is an event. It should have its own thread.

Hopefully they'll actually do an ending, rather than pinning hopes on this revival being the start of a long run.

Green_vs_Red

Gotta get back, back to the last Samurai Jack sounds very apropos now doesn't it?

Robby

@Wagomu:

My only reservation at the moment is that Mako won't be around to voice Aku.

He actually didn't do all the voicing in the original show. His stand in was so close you couldn't tell, I don't think it'll be an issue.

Mr. Reloaded

The hype is real! And being on Adult Swim should hopefully remove most of the limitations the original had.
Can't wait!

Silverblade

To celebrate,

I shall dance the victory dance of my people.

Mr. Hide

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