It looks likePeter Serafinowiczis trading in hisGuardians of the GalaxyNova suit forThe Tick’s blue superhero duds in a new Amazon pilot. Today, we’re getting a more detailed look at this reboot series in a batch of new photos featuring, among other things,Jackie Earl Jonesas The Terror.
Armin Shimermanplayed the villain in the live-actionTickseries from the early ‘00s, but the character gets a new look that’s sort of Ronan the Accuser meets Dracula meets Metallica. In this world of theThe Tick, superheroes have been real for decades and a non-heroic accountant discovers the city is owned by a notorious supervillain thought to have been dead.
Elsewhere among the images, we get a proper look at the new Tick suit, as well asGriffin Newmanas said accountant,Brendan Hinesas Superion during an interview withWhoopi Goldbergon a talk show,Yara Martinezas Ms. Lint, andBerto Coloas one of her henchmen cohorts.
In a statement accompanying a press release, creator and executive producerBen Edlundemphasized that this is an entirely new look and feel forThe Tick:
This has been a labor of love for Amazon, Sony, and all of us. The only way for this to have value was if we found a wholly new expression ofThe Tickand Arthur’s story in live-action, and I think we’re on to something! Visually and thematically this newTicklives in the textures and rhetoric of today’s superhero saturation tsunami – and for it to be something you want to watch for hours, it needed to find its way to a story with heart and stakes, as well as absurdism. Is it a radically new hybrid of humor and super heroic action with characters you will care desperately about? YES! Yes it is.
TheTickis one of Amazon’s new half-hour pilots and will become available to stream August 19th. Check out the photos below:
