‘Invincible’: Amazon Reveals Full Voice Cast For Robert Kirkman’s Animated Superhero Show
At long last, Amazon has revealed the full voice cast of its adult animated seriesInvincible, based on the Image Comics title from writerRobert Kirkman. The Kirkman co-created animated series has been in the works for more than a year, withSteven Yeunannounced as the lead of a star-studded voice cast last January. Now, asInvinciblegets closer to debuting on Amazon, the full voice cast of the subversive superhero series has been revealed.
On Saturday, Amazon revealed thatZachary Quinto(Star Trek,NOS4A2) andKhary Payton(The Walking Dead) have been added to theInvinciblevoice cast,Colliderreports. On the same day, series co-creator Robert Kirkman participated in the Skybound Expo virtual panel to reveal which characters the previously announced cast members will be playing. We already knew that Yeun, who has starred in a Kirkman series before with his breakout role inThe Walking Dead, will be voicing the protagonist Mark Grayson, a teenager with a famous super-powered parent who begins to develop powers of his own, and discovers that the job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Kirkman also revealed thatJ.K. Simmonswill be playing the role of Mark’s father, the very powerful Omni-Man.
Here is the rest of theInvinciblecasting breakdown:
Some previously revealed cast members likeSandra Oh,Mae Whitman, andMax Burkholderweren’t included in the casting breakdown, so it’s uncertain which characters they’ll be voicing, or if they’re still involved in the series sincethe cast was announced in January 2019.
Amazon’sInvincibleis an hour-long series that is set to premiere sometimes in the near future. The comic is Kirkman’s second-longest afterThe Walking Dead, and was created by Kirkman,Cory Walker, and artistRyan Ottley. The comic ended its 15-year run in February of 2018.
Here’s the official description of the show:
From Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker and based on the Skybound / Image comic of the same name,Invincibleis an adult animated superhero show that revolves around Mark Grayson, a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage. The series is suspenseful, action-filled, and emotion-packed, yet builds upon poignant and heartwarming moments of love, friendship, and humanity.
