NEWS - SECRET WARRIORS Lead New MARVEL RISING Animation Line

[lordultimus]

Marvel Entertainment announced today, “Marvel Rising,” a brand-new, multi-platform animation franchise starring the next generation of Marvel heroes set to launch in 2018. The program will launch with six, four-minute digital shorts that spotlight Spider-Gwen with her new secret moniker, Ghost-Spider, and introduce audiences to the world of “Marvel Rising.” Following the shorts, a feature-length animated film, “Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors” will premiere later that year. Distribution partners for the content to be announced at a later date.

Source: newsarama.com

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Meet the characters behind “Marvel Rising”:

Gwen Stacy aka Ghost-Spider (formerly Spider Gwen) voiced by Dove Cameron (“Descendants,” “Hairspray Live”) – a free spirited teen who found her calling to be a super hero after being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining spider-like powers. As Ghost-Spider, she aids those in need, but has to keep her alter-ego a secret from her father, Captain George Stacy, who sees Ghost-Spider as more of a menace than a hero.

Daisy Johnson aka Quake voiced by Chloe Bennet (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Nashville”) – a leading agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. whose tendency for rule-breaking gets her into trouble now and then. Daisy befriends the young group of heroes and through them discovers how to become a better leader. She can generate powerful vibrational waves, which produce effects similar to earthquakes.

Dante Pertuz aka Inferno voiced by Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf,” “Lincoln Heights”) – a brooding, dark loner on the run. Dante has the power of pyrokinesis, which makes him capable of generating flames – however, he is not fully in control of his fiery abilities. It’s a thin line between good guy and villain for the unpredictable Inferno.

Victor Kohl aka Exile voiced by BooBoo Stewart (“Descendants,” “The Twilight Saga”) – a charming, handsome, and troublesome young Inhuman whose quest for superiority places him into the wrong crowd. He can use Darkforce energy to create weapons and portals that allow him to teleport.

Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel voiced by Kathreen Khavari (“Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,” “Big Little Lies”) – a devoted fan of Super Heroes, especially of her mentor Captain Marvel; she is determined that she too can be a great hero! If only she’d be taken seriously. Kamala is equipped with metamorphic powers that allow her to stretch, enlarge, or shrink her overall size, parts of her body, or alter her physical appearance. She is especially fond of “embiggening” her fists.

Doreen Green aka Squirrel Girl voiced by Milana Vayntrub (“Marvel’s New Warriors,” “This Is Us”) – the uber-positive, hilarious best friend and teammate of Ms. Marvel. With advanced computer skills, enhanced strength, agility, durability, and senses of a squirrel, Doreen (along with her squirrel partner, Tippy Toe!), is primed and ready to become a successful hero.

America Chavez voiced by Cierra Ramirez (“The Fosters,” “The Secret Life of an America Teenager”) – a strong, independent young hero whose painful past drives her to reject leadership and remain a loner. America’s powers include superhuman strength, speed, and durability, plus the ability to fly.

Rayshaun Lucas aka Patriot voiced by Kamil McFadden (“K.C. Undercover,” “Grown Ups 2”) – a natural born leader who is quick to leap into action to impress his colleagues at S.H.I.E.L.D. Rayshaun strives to live up to Captain America’s legacy with integrity, honesty, and order above all. His skills include heightened strength, speed, stamina, and durability.

Gloria “Glory” Grant voiced by Skai JacksFron (“Bunk’d,” “Jessie”) – Gloria, or ‘Glory,’ is Gwen Stacy’s friend and member of their garage band “The Emm-Jays.” Gloria is a smart, hard-working girl that genuinely cares for Gwen, but has felt a distance growing between them ever since their friend, Kevin, was murdered. When being casual, Gloria’s known to be funny, sarcastic and sassy.

Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel voiced by Kim Raver (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “24”) – a bold leader who doesn’t sugar-coat and is guided by a strong sense of duty and honor. She’s the ultimate inspiration for our band of misfit heroes. She is equipped with superhuman strength, can fly at high speeds, and can project intense energy blasts.

Hala voiced by Ming-Na Wen (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Mulan”) – Hala is a Kree Accuser bent on galactic domination. She’ll go to any length or treacherous means to achieve what she, and the entire Kree race, wants: Power. Hala is cold, cryptic and nefarious, often challenging those who try to oppose her.

Captain George Stacy voiced by Steven Weber (“13 Reasons Why,” “NCIS: New Orleans”) – Chief of the NYPD and Gwen Stacy’s loving, but fiercely protective father. Captain Stacy is a very disciplined, hard-working man that will stop at nothing to obtain justice – who unfortunately sees Ghost-Spider as a menace and a threat to society.

Lockjaw and Tippy Toe are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker (“Star Wars Rebels,” “Gravity Falls”). Two lovable and heroic sidekicks: Lockjaw is Kamala’s trusty, teleporting mutt and Tippy Toe is Doreen’s partner in crime and best squirrel friend.

“Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors” is executive produced by Joe Quesada, Dan Buckley, Cort Lane, and Eric Radomski; co-executive produced by Stan Lee, Sana Amanat, and Marsha Griffin. The film and shorts were written by Mairghread Scott. Alfred Gimeno served as supervising director.

Comments

[coldfury]

Isn't naming an Accuser after the Kree homeworld kinda... weird?

I'd be off put if I ran into someone named "Earth".

[lordultimus]

Maybe her parents were Kree hippies.

[icon_uk]

Well, Gaia IS used as a girls name, so it's possible.

[ozaline]

And Terra. (which is apparently more popular this year than Tera which means origin).

[thanekos]

They rejigged the family-killing tragic idiot from the Iron Man run before Superior as " charming, handsome, and troublesome ".

Fair.

[lordultimus]

Judging by the fact that he shows up in none of the promo images, I'm inclined to think that he's going to turn traitor.

[rainspirit]

I hope Kate Bishop hangs out with this group. Looks promising!

[janegray]

I just wish that Patriot were Eli :/

[thehood]

Yeah, a lot of people are jumping for you thinking it's Eli, not knowing it's Rayshaun.

Which i can understand, especially since i miss Eli myself.

[long_silence]

I really do not understand why they keep trying to make Dante a thing.
He's easily the least interesting nuhuman in every book he's been in

Also they seem to be giving Gwenpool's hair to Spider Gwen.
And Eli's powers and personality to Rayshaun.

[icon_uk]

Because they can't use the Human Torch or Pyro?

[mizerous]

Yeah Gwen has pink highlights.

[thehood]

Eli's powers sure, but i don't see how he has his personality. Eli never tried to impress Captain America, not Steve anyway. Eli mainly honored his grandfather's legacy as Captain America.

And if they want a teen with fire based powers, Dante is their only choice. Unless the Disney/Fox real happens anyway. I'm also not going to complain about having more Latino heroes.

[long_silence]

"Natural born leader". And they aren't specifying which Captain America that Rayshaun is trying to live up to, it could be Steve or it could be Sam, they're talking about the legacy which to Eli meant his grandfather. And Eli gained a better respect for Steve as the original series went on, he even threw himself in front of an energy weapon and nearly died to protect him.

As for other fire powered teen heroes there's Toro, Ghost Rider, Hellfire. The former is an inhuman, Robbie is Latino and Hellfire was a member of the Secret Warriors and he could more believably pull off the whole "thin line between hero and villain" thing

[thehood]

Which Toro, the original or the one from Young Allies? Though the one from Allies didn't have pyrokinesis.

Anyway, Hellfire isn't a team hero and i don't think Robbie would fit in a team like this. Plus their thing isn't "fire" and they might not want demonic heroes for this team.

[long_silence]

Original one was the one with fire powers.

Hellfire was on the Secret Warriors and was relatively young/inexperienced so could fit the mold, he was a legacy characer of the original Phantom Rider. And he had a relationship with Quake.
Robbie is a mildly popular legacy character, he had an arc on last season of Agents of SHIELD so there's some cross media promotion.

And if they didn't want a demonic character they probably shouldn't have included The Exile. He literally has devil horns.

[thehood]

To be fair, we still haven't seen how Exile looks in this.

[long_silence]

True but the horns were the only really unique part of his design. The whole black void thing he had going on has been done before.

[shadowpsykie]

*squeeeeee*

[ozaline]

The Ghost Spider angle interests me.

I admit that to a broader audience the idea that "she's Spider Woman, but the Spider Woman of an alternate universe so we call her Spider-Gwen to avoid confusion with Jessica, but she isn't actually called Spider-Gwen cause people in her home reality don't know she's Gwen," might be a bit confusing. On the other hand, I wonder if essentially making her fill Peter's spot in the home universe of the show will not also lead to confusion?

Either way I'm interested to see how this show goes.

[zachbeacon]

Yeah, even a lot of comic fans thought Spider-Gwen was her actual superhero name. I really wouldn't expect the people that only know Gwen as the good thing in those terrible movies to figure it out.

[thehood]

Plus this animated film isn't set in Earth-65 anyway. This does leave the door open for Jessica Drew to show up as a mentor.

Though the Mary Janes do seem to exist in this continuity.

Mod note!

[icon_uk]

It would be appreciated if you would please put the posted video under a cut.

Re: Mod note!

[lordultimus]

Fixed, thanks.

[dragontail]

There's three people in my house right now who are very excited by this - my daughter, my wife and I. This all sounds fantastic. And my daughter, who's one of the most keen Spider-Gwen fans you'll meet, is in fits of glee... because she's also one of the biggest Dove Cameron fans you'll meet. For her this is a dream come true (save the name change to "Ghost Spider" which, while she well understands the reasoning, she's not all that thrilled about).

I love seeing these announcements through her eyes. The excitement, the feeling that *her* favourite is "big enough" to warrant the sort of treatment given to other characters in the Marvel U. This is what it's all about.

[dewinged]

And they couldn't use Eli why?

[thehood]

A lot rumors as to why Marvel doesn't use Eli(and Isiah) Bradley. But if Marvel hasn't used him in the comics in years, it's not surprising they wouldn't use him for an animated feature.

[long_silence]

Cartoons are usually in development for a while before they get announced like this. And Rayshaun only got the mantle a few months ago, and he has not made nearly enough of an impact to justify putting him in this.

The timing makes me really suspicious, I've brushed off the conspiracy theories that Marvel can't use the Bradleys due to legal issues. But I can't help but wonder if they created Rayshaun specifically so that they could have an African-American Patriot who they could use in other media without worrying about copyright.

[thehood]

"I've brushed off the conspiracy theories that Marvel can't use the Bradleys due to legal issues."

I'm aware, you had those arguments with me. Lol. Though i've since started to think of them as just rumors, since they're not much reports on it. The only real proof i've seen are these tweets by Jeremy Whitley.


https://mobile.twitter.com/jrome58/status/564642308902371328

Either way, i wish Marvel would give fans a straight answer.

[shadowseeking]

Plenty of perfectly good teams of teen heroes that people are begging for more of and they create this hodgepodge team of boring Inhumans and characters they just keep giving pushes to? Why?

[thehood]

Why Not? Several of the characters on this team are characters people have been "begging for ". They aren't all Inhumans anyway.

Plus they're obviously going for something more original so they have more freedom storywise. That's also probably why they're fighting Hala. There's a a certain amount of creative freedom with a team like this.

[shadowseeking]

Are they really? Kind of hard to be begging for more when they're already being pushed everywhere.

[thehood]

Yes, really. Especially when we are talking about Kamala, Spider-Gwen And Squirrel Girl. And you're exaggerating, especially since this would be the animated debut for some of them.

Besides, this isn't even a theatrical film, so what's the issue?

[shadowseeking]

No, not really. Kamala, Spider-Gwen, and Squirrel Girl do get pushed A LOT. I'm really not exaggerating. And the only ones getting animated debuts as far as I can see are America, Exile, and this random new Patriot.

And the issue is that it feels like there are so many better choices to get some spotlight than this crew.

[thehood]

You really are exaggerating and Kamala, Spider-Gwen and Squirrel Girl get "pushed" because they are popular and there have been people asking for them to be in films or in animation. Maybe not you, but that's more of a "you" thing. So again, people have been "begging for" them to show up in stuff like this, so it fills your criteria.

And that's not an issue, that's more like you're highly subjective opinion that their better choices. So far i've seen a lot of people excited for this particular line up, so they're clearly doing something right.

[shadowseeking]

They were pushed long before they got "popular" and continue to get the push regardless of drops in popularity and hype. And no, they don't fill my criteria because I wasn't talking about just "in films or in animation".

So far I've seen a lot of people completely turned away by this particular line up or even just single members of it so there's that too.

[thehood]

Now you're either purposely telling falsehoods or you're severely misinformed, because no, they weren't "pushed" before they were popular. Quite the contrary, they're push because they are popular. You seem to forget that Spider-Gwen got her own series because of how popular her debut in Edge of Spider-Verse was. Did you forget how Edge of Spider-Verse #2 sold so well it got multiple printings? They didn't start "pushing" her until after they saw how popular she was, so it seems your timeline of the ebents is off.

Same with Kamala, she started showing up in other books after how popular her own book became. At first, she did show up much outside of her own book. As for Squirrel Girl, she has been a fan favorite for years, even going back to her Great Lake Avengers days.

''So far I've seen a lot of people completely turned away by this particular line up''

That's obviously not true, since i've seen the opposite. Hell, people in this very thread are exited. You're the only one saying otherwise here so far.

They only issue people seem to have is with Rayshaun being Patriot instead of Eli.

You also don't seem to mention what these "better choices" are. Which again, would just be your subjective opinion. You also haven't even seen anything from this animated feature yet. And if Young Avengers is one of the team heroes teams you speak of, what people have been asking for is a live action film. And again, Secret Warriors isn't a theatrical film and it's not preventing these other teams you speak of from getting films.

Also, the only other teen hero team people ask for, the Runaways, already got their own TV show. That just leaves the X-Men teen teams and that's out of Marvel's hands at the moment. That said, we are getting a lot of X-Men shows.

So i don't see the issue, especially since popular teen teams like the Runaways are already getting tv shows. There's room for Marvel to make an animated features like the one we are getting here.

Plus this way we got a teen hero team that is mostly female. Which is important, since this is aimed at young girls. Something you seem to have missed.

Mod Note!

[icon_uk]

You have been a member here for long enough that you know you do NOT accuse fellow community members of lying.

The fact someone else has seen things you have not, or sees things in a different light does not mean that you are right and they are wrong.

Either debate with civility, or don't debate at all.

I strongly recommend that both sides step back from the thread as this discussion is not going anywhere productive.

Re: Mod Note!

[thehood]

You're right, that was out of line. I apologize.

[thehood]

I love that Dee Bradley Baker is voicing Lockjaw and Tippy Toe. He is really good at doing animal voices.

[mastermahan]

Voice acting animals is a very specific niche, and Dee Bradley Baker is its king.

[icon_uk]

With no disresepct intended to Dee Bradley Baker's remarkable repertoire, I'd say that Frank Welker is still in first place, though both would probably deny the title, out of respect for Mel Blanc.