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Superboy is joining the Titans, but it’s been a long road to get there. Originally teased at the end of season one this version of Superboy has been an ace in the hole for the team but has yet to make a real appearance until now.

Of course all of that is about to change and drastically alter the tone of the show with it. But first we need an origin story. It’s true, I got on the show’s case for taking a detour from the main story a few weeks ago, especially after a cliffhanger at the end of the episode, but it’s a departure that makes sense in this case.

Conner Kent is a complex character and without some kind of explanation of who he is and why he showed up it ends up being bad storytelling. For those that aren’t familiar with the comics, Conner is the end result of a science experiment at Cadmus Labs that spliced the genes of both Superman and Lex Luthor.  Not only that, because he’s a clone he’s essentially brand new and doesn’t know how the world works. You could build a whole show around him and it would work.

This creates a very complex character. In theory he’s basically a young Superman but because he carries traits of both Lex and Clark he’s in constant conflict not only to keep his evil inclinations at bay but define his own personal identity.

While this isn’t the first time he’s appeared in live action (Smallville tried it) the Titans version of Conner does hold the closest to the source material. Not only that but he also has a very cute Super companion with him as well, Krypto, for most of the episode. Once again Titans manages to take characters that would otherwise be considered punch lines to jokes and make them badass. The whole concept of Super pets is crazy but not only does the show give a valid explanation for it but it makes clear that you do not want to mess with Krypto.

To give away any more would be to rob the show of its surprises and that’s not fun for anyone. But Titans is creating a world that really does seem to be a live action version of Young Justice. Which is almost ironic since DC just revived that show and is still creating fresh stories for that series.

The hour that we get with Conner is the Superboy movie we never got to see. It handles both his origins and his development extremely well.  Bringing Conner in will shift the entire dynamic of the show. Not only is Lex Luthor now likely to make an appearance but the team will have to deal with someone that has powers far greater than their own. That means the villains are going to have to step up their game. Expect things to get very interesting moving forward.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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