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Titans is an upcoming American web television series that will air on an unnamed DC Comics digital service, based on the DC Comics team of the same name. Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, and Greg Berlanti created the series, which sees Brenton Thwaites star as Dick Grayson / Robin, the leader of the Titans, alongside Anna Diop, Teagan Croft, and Ryan Potter as Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy, respectively.
A live-action series based on the Teen Titans entered development in September 2014 for the cable channel TNT, with Goldsman and Marc Haimes writing the pilot. The pilot had been ordered by December 2014, but never came to fruition, with TNT announcing in January 2016 it would no longer be moving forward with the project. In April 2017, it was announced that the series was being redeveloped for DC Comics' new direct-to-consumer digital service, with Goldsman, Johns, and Berlanti attached. Brenton Thwaites was cast as Dick Grayson in September 2017.
Akiva Goldsman (Underground, the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery, and, of course, Batman and Robin) is back as writer, which makes us wonder how much of that original pilot script remains, along with DC President and CCO Geoff Johns, and DC TV guru Greg Berlanti. Goldsman, Johns, Berlanti will be joined by Sarah Schechter (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl) as executive producers of the series from Weed Road Pictures and Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. No word yet on whether this takes place in the same universe as the other DC superhero TV shows, but given the "multiverse" approach we've seen so far, it's a safe bet.
Titans is scheduled to debut in 2018.
DC’s Titans Series May Be Casting Its Donna Troy
www.cbr.com/dc-titans-tv-donna-troy-character-breakdown/
www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/titans/264181/teen-titans-tv-series-first-look-at-robin
Titans is an upcoming American web television series that will air on an unnamed DC Comics digital service, based on the DC Comics team of the same name. Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, and Greg Berlanti created the series, which sees Brenton Thwaites star as Dick Grayson / Robin, the leader of the Titans, alongside Anna Diop, Teagan Croft, and Ryan Potter as Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy, respectively.
A live-action series based on the Teen Titans entered development in September 2014 for the cable channel TNT, with Goldsman and Marc Haimes writing the pilot. The pilot had been ordered by December 2014, but never came to fruition, with TNT announcing in January 2016 it would no longer be moving forward with the project. In April 2017, it was announced that the series was being redeveloped for DC Comics' new direct-to-consumer digital service, with Goldsman, Johns, and Berlanti attached. Brenton Thwaites was cast as Dick Grayson in September 2017.
Akiva Goldsman (Underground, the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery, and, of course, Batman and Robin) is back as writer, which makes us wonder how much of that original pilot script remains, along with DC President and CCO Geoff Johns, and DC TV guru Greg Berlanti. Goldsman, Johns, Berlanti will be joined by Sarah Schechter (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl) as executive producers of the series from Weed Road Pictures and Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. No word yet on whether this takes place in the same universe as the other DC superhero TV shows, but given the "multiverse" approach we've seen so far, it's a safe bet.
Titans is scheduled to debut in 2018.
DC’s Titans Series May Be Casting Its Donna Troy
www.cbr.com/dc-titans-tv-donna-troy-character-breakdown/
A new character breakdown for DC’s Titans suggests the upcoming live-action series is searching for its Donna Troy.
RELATED: First Look At Brenton Thwaites As Robin On DC’s Titans
Perhaps more widely known in her original identity as Wonder Girl, the DC Comics superhero was an early member of the Teen Titans, joining shortly after the team’s founding by sidekicks Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad.
The character breakdown, uncovered by That Hashtag Show, calls for a “confident and kick-ass” female in her 20s, “Caucasian or Latina or Middle Eastern, or ethnically ambiguous.” Identified as “Ruth Gibbs,” undoubtedly a place-holder, the role is pegged by the website as Donna Troy, in no small part because there’s a possibility the character could move from recurring guest star in Season 1 to series regular in Season 2.
RELATED: Let Robin War the Short Pants, You Cowards
Donna Troy has a convoluted history that comics writers have attempted time and again to reconcile, with only limited success. Introduced as merely a teenage version of Wonder Woman, she quickly (if erroneously) came to be depicted as a separate character, Diana’s adoptive younger sister Wonder Girl. She continued in that role for two decades, until changes in DC Comics continuity severed her ties to Wonder Woman and to the Amazons.
Since then, she’s been known as Darkstar, Troia and Donna Troy, and she even briefly assumed the mantle of Wonder Woman.
Set to debut early next year on Warner Bros.’ new DC Comics-branded digital platform, Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Robin, Anna Diop as Starfire, Teagan Croft as Raven, and Ryan Potter as Beast Boy, with Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Minka Kelly as Dove, and Lindsey Gort as Detective Amy Rohrbach.
RELATED: First Look At Brenton Thwaites As Robin On DC’s Titans
Perhaps more widely known in her original identity as Wonder Girl, the DC Comics superhero was an early member of the Teen Titans, joining shortly after the team’s founding by sidekicks Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad.
The character breakdown, uncovered by That Hashtag Show, calls for a “confident and kick-ass” female in her 20s, “Caucasian or Latina or Middle Eastern, or ethnically ambiguous.” Identified as “Ruth Gibbs,” undoubtedly a place-holder, the role is pegged by the website as Donna Troy, in no small part because there’s a possibility the character could move from recurring guest star in Season 1 to series regular in Season 2.
RELATED: Let Robin War the Short Pants, You Cowards
Donna Troy has a convoluted history that comics writers have attempted time and again to reconcile, with only limited success. Introduced as merely a teenage version of Wonder Woman, she quickly (if erroneously) came to be depicted as a separate character, Diana’s adoptive younger sister Wonder Girl. She continued in that role for two decades, until changes in DC Comics continuity severed her ties to Wonder Woman and to the Amazons.
Since then, she’s been known as Darkstar, Troia and Donna Troy, and she even briefly assumed the mantle of Wonder Woman.
Set to debut early next year on Warner Bros.’ new DC Comics-branded digital platform, Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Robin, Anna Diop as Starfire, Teagan Croft as Raven, and Ryan Potter as Beast Boy, with Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Minka Kelly as Dove, and Lindsey Gort as Detective Amy Rohrbach.
www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/titans/264181/teen-titans-tv-series-first-look-at-robin
Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) has been cast as Dick Grayson, the first and most famous Robin the Boy Wonder. Grayson is the leader of the Teen Titans in the comics and so it will be on the show, which has also cast Starfire and Raven.
“Dick Grayson is one of the most important and iconic heroes in the DC universe, and it wasn’t easy to find him but we have,” said DC president Geoff Johns in a statement (via Deadline). “Brenton has the emotional depth, heart, danger and physical presence of Batman’s former protege and the Titans’ future leader. We’re extremely lucky he’s chosen to bring his talents to this project and this character.”
Ryan Potter, a 22-year-old American actor, best known as the voice of Hiro in the animated smash, Big Hero 6, will embody the crucial onscreen role of perennial Teen Titans member Garfield “Gar” Logan, a.k.a. Beast Boy.
The character, who first appeared in DC’s Doom Patrol #99 back in 1965, is a teen who possesses the power of a changeling, able to transform into animals of varying sizes. He acquired these abilities after his parents experimented on him, hoping to cure him of a rare disease he contracted on an African expedition for which only a West African green monkey is naturally immune. While the green monkey serum they developed ended up saving Gar’s life, it also turned his skin, hair and eyes green, bestowing the potent side effect of his zoological shapeshifting abilities. Despite his dark past, Gar/Beast Boy is typically portrayed as a bright-eyed and humorous member of the Teen Titans team.
Anna Diop (24: Legacy) has been cast as Starfire (via Deadline). The TV version of Starfire is "an alien princess from a warrior planet who seeks asylum on Earth. A no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners stranger on our world, Starfire has the ability to shoot energy bolts and fly. Searching for her place on Earth, she’ll come into contact with the Titans."
Raven, "the daughter of a demon, is a powerful empath who must keep her emotions in check or risk unleashing her demonic side," is the first member of the team to be cast. Deadline broke the news that 13-year-old Teagan Croft has scored the role.
Hawk and Dove have both joined the Titans roster. Described (via Deadline) as "the perfect example of opposites attract, Hawk is an aggressive, offensive bruiser while Dove is strategic, defensive and lithe." They're not just crime-fighting partners, they're romantic ones, as well. Alan Ritchson (of our late, lamented Blood Drive) is Hank "Hawk" Hall and Minka Kelly will play Dawn "Dove" Granger.
These aren't full-fledged Titans, though, as they'll have "recurring" rather than regular roles, but that might change should the show make it to a second season. Deadline hints that WB is considering a spinoff for the pair, as well.
“Dick Grayson is one of the most important and iconic heroes in the DC universe, and it wasn’t easy to find him but we have,” said DC president Geoff Johns in a statement (via Deadline). “Brenton has the emotional depth, heart, danger and physical presence of Batman’s former protege and the Titans’ future leader. We’re extremely lucky he’s chosen to bring his talents to this project and this character.”
Ryan Potter, a 22-year-old American actor, best known as the voice of Hiro in the animated smash, Big Hero 6, will embody the crucial onscreen role of perennial Teen Titans member Garfield “Gar” Logan, a.k.a. Beast Boy.
The character, who first appeared in DC’s Doom Patrol #99 back in 1965, is a teen who possesses the power of a changeling, able to transform into animals of varying sizes. He acquired these abilities after his parents experimented on him, hoping to cure him of a rare disease he contracted on an African expedition for which only a West African green monkey is naturally immune. While the green monkey serum they developed ended up saving Gar’s life, it also turned his skin, hair and eyes green, bestowing the potent side effect of his zoological shapeshifting abilities. Despite his dark past, Gar/Beast Boy is typically portrayed as a bright-eyed and humorous member of the Teen Titans team.
Anna Diop (24: Legacy) has been cast as Starfire (via Deadline). The TV version of Starfire is "an alien princess from a warrior planet who seeks asylum on Earth. A no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners stranger on our world, Starfire has the ability to shoot energy bolts and fly. Searching for her place on Earth, she’ll come into contact with the Titans."
Raven, "the daughter of a demon, is a powerful empath who must keep her emotions in check or risk unleashing her demonic side," is the first member of the team to be cast. Deadline broke the news that 13-year-old Teagan Croft has scored the role.
Hawk and Dove have both joined the Titans roster. Described (via Deadline) as "the perfect example of opposites attract, Hawk is an aggressive, offensive bruiser while Dove is strategic, defensive and lithe." They're not just crime-fighting partners, they're romantic ones, as well. Alan Ritchson (of our late, lamented Blood Drive) is Hank "Hawk" Hall and Minka Kelly will play Dawn "Dove" Granger.
These aren't full-fledged Titans, though, as they'll have "recurring" rather than regular roles, but that might change should the show make it to a second season. Deadline hints that WB is considering a spinoff for the pair, as well.