Source: Scifi.com
 Robert Sorcher, chief content officer of the Cartoon Network, told SCI FI Wire that the cable network will turn Saturdays into a fantasy-adventure day.
In addition to the new series Star Wars: Clone Wars, the network will also feature a new animated incarnation of Batman in the fall.
"Clone Wars will anchor an evening programming block that will also include Batman: The Brave and the Bold from Warner Brothers, as well as the returning series Ben 10," Sorcher said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., last week. "It will be a good night for sci-fi programs."
Ben 10 is about a 10-year-old who finds the Omnitrix, a high-tech gadget that looks like a watch and changes him into 10 aliens with different abilities.
Star Wars: Clone Wars supervising director David Filoni said that young audiences aren’t tired of the Star Wars saga, and the animated series is a new way of presenting the known characters. "Every time I go to Toys R Us," Filoni said, "there are kids picking up lightsabers and imagining themselves in that galaxy far, far away, and as long as it inspires them, I’m happy to make more."
The new Saturday night programming is not yet scheduled, but Sorcher said it will debut sometime after the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie hits theaters on Aug. 15. |
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