A new promo for the animated Vixen series from The CW teases what fans can expect.
In this Series Premiere Featurette, EP and story editor Marc Guggenheim; producer/director James Tucker; lead character designer Phil Bourassa; and SVP, Creative Affairs for WB Animation Peter Girardi briefly discuss the upcoming animated series that will take place in the same universe as Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
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“This is our first opportunity to do a superhero who is a woman and also of color, so we’re very excited about that,” says Guggenheim of Mari McCabe (Megalyn Echikunwoke). “It’s also a chance to do a character whose powers are based in mysticism.”
This is appropriate, of course, because Arrow season 4 is set to delve into magic and mysticism.
“She’s a frustrated student who has identity issues,” Tucker adds. “She doesn’t know where she belongs. She doesn’t feel like she’s quite in the place she ought to be.”
“She’s trying to figure out where these powers are coming from and what her heritage is,” Bourassa explains.
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“It’s action-packed,” Girardi teases. “You see how a character would actually deal with something like this happening.” He goes on to tease the “expensive” action sequences the animated format allows them to do.
Meanwhile, Guggenheim teases that Vixen will feature the voices of Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin, Emily Bett Rickards and Carlos Valdes, as they reprise their roles from their respective live action series.
The animated series will air six 30-minute episodes on CW Seed, telling a single “coming-of-age story,” says Guggenheim. Mari will discover “a mysterious totem she inherited from her now-deceased parents bestows magical abilities.”
Vixen will debut on Tuesday, August 25.
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