Sym-Bionic Titan - Genndy Tartakovsky's new cartoon

How cool does this look? A giant robot beating up a dragon. I'm a big fan of Tartakosky. Samurai Jack and Clone Wars are simply stunning pieces of animation and this looks to be right up there. I cannot wait to see some footage from it. Wired had the news on it.

Cartoon Network is bringing animator/director Genndy Tartakovsky back to prime-time television with a new sci-fi series called Sym-Bionic Titan.

The show, one of several announced Wednesday as part of Cartoon Network's dramatically expanded development slate, will focus on three extraterrestrials from the war-torn planet Galaluna who crash-land, only to be swept up in high school and the fate of the Earth as we know it.

Tartakovsky's animated 2003 Clone Wars miniseries paved the way for the ratings success of Cartoon Network's CGI-soaked Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which is currently owning the boys 2-11 demographic. If Sym-Bionic Titan is anything like Tartakovsky's stellar Samurai Jack, the new show promises to deliver some seriously kinetic eye candy.

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Iron Man + Samurai Jack = Kick ass coolness

This morning, AintItCoolNews.com posted the first part of a two-part, extensive interview with the writer/director/producer, Jon Favreau, where he discussed the current status of “Iron Man 2″. He also mentioned that “Samurai Jack” creator Genndy Tartakovsky will be joining the production and working with Favreau, collaborating on fight sequences in sequel.

“I’ve always liked ‘Samurai Jack’ and I loved his ‘Clone Wars’ vignettes that he did,” Favreau is quoted in the AICN.com interview. “Now clearly his stuff is a bit broad for a live-action film but I love his rhythm and his attention to detail. It has a real comic booky feel but yet it feels cinematic and not gimmicky and even his cartoons feel… there’s an elegance to them. So in this process as we’re storyboarding and designing sequences he and his team have come in and I’m working with them and they’re working on collaborating with us on the project and that’s a new wrinkle and it allows me… I feel like I’m really learning a lot from collaborating with this guy.”

Favreau also gave a status update on the production, saying, “[Screenwriter] Justin [Theroux]’s almost done with the first draft of the script. And we’re boarding and been creating animatics for the action sequences. We’re starting to do some location scouting and designing some sets and figuring out how much of it we want to… you know, what techniques we’re going to use.”

What do you think of Genndy getting involved with the next Iron Man movie? What are your thoughts on Samurai Jack?

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