Peter Chung's Firebreather Is Coming, But There's More Good Stuff Too

Peter Chung’s Firebreather Is Coming, But There’s More Good Stuff Too

Note: There’s someGenndy Tartakovskynews in this post somewhere too, if you wait for it.

Peter Chungwas the creator ofAeon Fluxbefore Karyn Kusama put it through the lemoniser, and director of a couple ofMatrixandChronicles of Riddicktie-in toons, a storyboard artist on theTransformersseries and also their rawktastic animated film. He’s now preparing a CG feature calledFirebreatherand I’ve been told his fans won’t be the tiniest bit disappointed…

I hadn’t heard of the project, but I did Google up the image at the top. Not the CG aesthetic the Network have announced for the show… so is it concept art? Nope. The film is apparently adapted from a comic by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn. New to me. Found out by looking up the comic that the Dragondad is an evil genius. Also that the conic was originally pitched to Marvel as aYoung Avengersproject featuring “the son of Fin Fang Foom”.

That show’s not even the half of it, however. Here are the other scoops of delicious/salty from the upfronts:

Is Paul Dini the next Joss Whedon? Maybe, maybe. He’s scripting a live action pilot for the network calledPrepped. Teens wake up in an inescapible prep school and aren’t told why they are there. The hero starts a secret society to fight back and solve the mystery. Keep an eye out for this one.

Something calledGenerator Rexis about a kid with some nanotechnology enhancements. He makes machine add-ons with his body and uses them to track down other mutated types, ‘cept they’ve gone bad.

Genndy Tartakovsky is back withSymbionic Titan. Sounds bit likePreppedand a bit likeRex. Set in high school but features mech battles. Wish fulfillment ahoy! Lead characters are refugees from a war torn planet, which might rock a few Conservative boats. Bet you like that.

I’m half expecting more updates, but there’s been radio silence for a while now. Anythingtoo excitingand I’ll make another post.