Warner Bros. Animation is producing a new ThunderCats animated series scheduled for release in 2011 by Cartoon Network. Japanese animation studio Studio 4°C, which provided animation for Warner Bros. films The Animatrix and Batman: Gotham Knight, will be working on the artwork and animation for the new series. Sam Register (Teen Titans, Ben 10) will be the executive producer and is joined by Michael Jelenic (Wonder Woman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) and Ethan Spaulding (Avatar: The Last Airbender) as the producers for the series. The show will explain Lion-O's ascension to the Thunderean throne with a more original feel and darker style than the 1980s series. In early November 2010, former Lion-O voice actor Larry Kenney revealed that he would be playing the role of Lion-O and Tygra's father Claudius in the opening three-part episode of the new series.
In January 2011, A promotional poster featuring re-imagined designs for Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro and Tygra as well as design for the Sword of Omens and vehicles were shown at the London Toy Fair.
Cartoon Network aired an 80 second-long trailer during the After Party Special of the "Hall of Game Awards" sports award show (on February 25, 2011), giving the viewers peaks at all the previously confirmed characters: as well as Jaga, Wilykit/Wilykat, and King Claudus.
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