TRAILER: Dreamworks’ “VOLTRON”

Netflix and Dreamworks have teamed up to bring fans a brand new look of the classic manga inspired series, Voltron.  First released at WonderCon 2016, we’re getting ever closer to the official release of the series.

Five unsuspecting teenagers, transported from Earth into the middle of a sprawling intergalactic war, become pilots for five robotic lions in the battle to protect the universe from evil. Only through the true power of teamwork can they unite to form the mighty warrior known as Voltron. Press release reads as follows:

The universe’s greatest protector will rise again in the all-new series DREAMWORKS VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER, premiering June 10, exclusively on Netflix.  Witness the rebirth of the legend with this ambitious reimagining of the fan-favorite science-fiction saga, promising galaxies worth of action, comedy, and adventure, as good battles evil in an intergalactic war ten thousand years in the making. These series will launch with an hour-long origin story called “The Rise of Voltron,” and will be followed by 10 episodes.

While this bold new series will be instantly recognizable to Voltron’s legions of dedicated fans, Executive Producer Joaquim Dos Santos and Co-Executive Producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) have re-engineered core elements of the original show using all of the twenty-first-century technology and storytelling innovation at their disposal. With a killer mix of old and new animation techniques, creative transformations of the characters and designs and inventive plot expansions, this fresh Voltron saga will leave kids and super fans hungry for each new episode. Like the newly designed Voltron, which bears its old battle scars with pride, DREAMWORKS VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER honors the show’s venerated history while amplifying its strengths and scope tenfold.”

Here is the brand new Voltron trailer:

The cast list includes  Princess Allura – Kimberly Brooks (Ben 10: Omniverse, Justice League: War), Coran – Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Concords), Shiro Black Lion – Josh Keaton (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Transformers Prime), Hunk Yellow Lion – Tyler Labine (Reaper, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil), Lance Blue Lion – Jeremy Shada (Finn in Adventure Time, Batman: The Brave and the Bold), Pidge Green Lion – Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow, Scream: The Series, iZombie), Keith Red Lion – Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, The Legend of Korra), Emperor Zarkon – Neil Kaplan (Transformers: Robots in Disguise), and Haggar – Cree Summer (Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Dawn of the Croods).