Young Justice

[kupomog]

I'm glad it turned out how I expected because there's no way the other option would've made sense.

[Dynamo]

I've been obsessing over this show SO MUCH. Does anyone else think the thing in the sphere is Secret?

[jordan]

http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=893

So the good news: We HAVE INDEED been picked up for a second season. As of now, all CN & WB have ordered is a ten episode mini-series, "YOUNG JUSTICE: INVASION". We're HOPING for more than just ten eps, and I honestly think the odds are fairly good that the order will expand, but as of NOW, all we have is this ten episode order.

We immediately began work on this new season last week, and are breaking approximately (but not quite) one episode per day. The creative team is fundamentally the same as for Season One.

And though, of course, we will be introducing many new characters episodically in Season Two (just as we do episodically in Season One), I don't want to give the impression that this is some spin-off featuring, I dunno, the League or something, in the same Earth-16 setting. Invasion IS the second season of Young Justice and absolutely features our "Team". Episode 26 of Season One is time-stamped "December 31". Episode 1 of Season Two will be time-stamped "January 1", in essence picking up right where we left off.

[jet]

this is fantastic

[kupomog]

I've been hitting up Ask Greg looking for YJ answers for the past two months like it's crack.

[Dr. Horrible]

new episodes will be back next month fyi

[kupomog]

psst...new ep.



http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_sho...deo/index.html

[Dr. Horrible]

that would be the gif you post....

[kupomog]

Is this more up your alley?

[Dr. Horrible]

i wish i could thumbs that up twice

[jordan]

Dying to see the new episode, so daaaamn excited

[kupomog]

Hope you've seen it by now because you certainly won't be seeing it on CN any time soon. Scheduled for July is nothing but reruns. New eps MAY be on in August but who knows.

[jordan]

I saw it!

It was good. I mainly loved all of the stuff at school. My roommate overhyped the episode for me unfortunately, so I was kind of like "?", but I still liked it a lot.

God I hope all this scheduling nonsense doesn't destroy hope of the show gathering an audience :/

[kupomog]

from tumblr:

Greg Weisman is at CONvergence Con this weekend here are some things that were said about Young Justice

1.Greg is pretty in the dark on the DC reboot. It won’t affect Young Justice episodes already ordered, i.e. season 1 and the miniseries.
2.Tidbits from Young Justice panel: Greg doesn’t know the air date for Young Justice episode 10. He suspects September.
3.Young Justice production update: 10-15 are done. 16-18 are in post. 19 just got back from overseas animation. 20-26 are being animated.
4. Season 2 production update: episodes 1-3 are mostly recorded. 4 script is done and awaiting notes. 5-10 are in outline.
5.Young Justice season 2 will launch in March 2012 with DC Nation.
6.Season 1, ep 26 takes place on New Year’s Eve. Season 2, ep 1 is on Jan 1st.
7.Young Justice comic update: issues 7-8 are being drawn by @ChrisJonesArt.
8.Greg is scripting issue 9 Greg hinted that the 6-person Young Justice group (7 with Red Arrow) will grow to 8 and 9 members


im not actually there so i cant confirm any of this myself this is my only source http://twitter.com/GargoylesNews from someone who is there and this is the link saying that greg weisman is at the con http://www.convergence-con.org/

[Dr. Horrible]

SEPTEMBER?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!! ?!?!?!?!

[D4C]

It's dead, Jim. Not even seen any 3-episode DVD releases. Whoever is trying to murder this series has succeeded.

[Dr. Horrible]

if they kill this just like they killed spec spidey im gonna be so pissed

[jordan]

:/

I mean it looks like there is still a ton of episodes made/being made....Even if it's canceled after those...We've got what, 26 episodes left or something?

That's also cool that Greg is scripting issue 9 of the comic

[kupomog]

Issue #5's ending makes me mad that I don't have Issue #6.

Also, for jordan:

[jordan]

from Greg

Hello everyone,

Haven't posted here in a while, and since I did a bit of message board lurking this morning, it seems to have led people to believe all sorts of odd things, so...

Where have I been?

Well, in early June, my family and I went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.
We saw seven plays in four days. Six of them (Henry IV, Part Two, The Language Archive, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, Love's Labours Lost and Measure for Measure) were just stellar productions. Everyone was great, but I'd like to particularly single out Susannah Flood in both Language Archive and Mockingbird, Dee Maaske in Mockingbird and Michael Winters as Falstaff in 2HenryIV.

Coming back from that, I was understandably swamped and didn't have time to post.

Next, I went to Minneapolis for the always great ConVergence convention. I did about thirteen panels. Some of which, like Gargoyles and Spider-Man and Young Justice, I felt qualified to be on. And some, like Dexter and Galaxy Quest, my only qualification was being a fan of whatever we were talking about. This was my third ConVergence, and it continues to be the best run convention I've ever attended. And now that the Gathering of the Gargoyles is no more, it has become my FAVORITE convention to attend.

Returning from ConVergence, I then got quite ill. In fact, I'm still home sick today. (Home sick as opposed to homesick, clear?)

So THOSE are the reasons I haven't posted. Nothing nefarious.

Next topic: YOUNG JUSTICE UPDATE.

We have aired episodes 101-109 (i.e. Season One, episodes 1-9).

(Yes, episode 110 accidentally was posted on Cartoon Network's website, but I'm going to pretend that never happened.)

Episodes 110-115 are in the can, i.e. they are completed and ready to air.

Episode 116 awaits only the final on-line, i.e. the final review of the episode. This has been delayed ONLY because I've been out sick this week.

Episode 117 will have it's sound mix on Friday. (I hope to be back at work by then.)

Episode 118 has been edited and work progresses on scoring and sound effects.

Episode 119 is ready to begin post-production.

Episodes 120-123 are being animated in Korea.

Episodes 124-126 are in layout in Korea, while we finish the final color models here in the States.

Episodes 201-202 (i.e. Season Two, Episodes one and two) - Are fully recorded and are in storyboard. (201 was written by me. 202 by Nicole Dubuc.)

Episode 203, written by Kevin Hopps, is almost fully recorded. We have one actor left to pick up, who has been out of town. It is also in storyboard.

Episode 204, written by me, will record this week. It is also in storyboard.

Episode 205 - Brandon Vietti, has turned in his draft of the script. I have to read and edit it.

Episode 206 - The outline, written by Peter David and edited by me, went out Monday for notes, which are due tomorrow.

Episode 207 - Kevin Hopps turned in his outline, which I need to read and edit.

Episode 208 - I'm writing this one. I'll start the outline, after I've edited the outline to 207.

Episode 209 - Jon Weisman turned in his outline, which I need to read and edit.

Episode 210 - Kevin Hopps is working on his outline.

We do NOT yet have a pick-up beyond episode 210, but our bosses have told us to start blocking out episodes 211-220 in anticipation of one.

Episode 211 - We've broken this story. I still need to find time to write up the Beat Outline, though I have it all on index cards.

Episode 212 - We've got the basics of this one down, but we (i.e. myself, Brandon and Kevin) still need to finish breaking the story.

Episodes 213-220 - We've got a very clear sense of the arc and what things need to happen, but we haven't started on these yet.

NEXT TOPIC: DEBUNKING YJ RUMORS

False Rumor #1: YJ IS A GREG WEISMAN PRODUCTION
Everywhere on the Internet, all I see is that YJ is Greg Weisman's show. That's just blatantly false. This is a VIETTI/WEISMAN production. Just as Spectacular Spider-Man was a COOK/WEISMAN production and Gargoyles was a PAUR/WEISMAN production. I am not, nor have I ever been, a one-man show on ANY project I've EVER worked on. EVER. And in particular, on YJ, it's extremely unfair to Brandon to leave him out of consideration. Brandon is heavily involved in every aspect of production, INCLUDING SERIES DEVELOPMENT AND STORY. He's been right there with myself and Kevin Hopps breaking every single episode. It's been a team effort from day one. Many of the series' best ideas came/come from Brandon. And this is aside from the fact, that of course, Brandon can write - but I cannot draw, which arguably makes him MORE important to the production than I. I am exceedingly proud of this series and my own work on it - though certain very vocal fans seem to think I shouldn't be - but that doesn't change the fact that Brandon and I are a team.

False Rumor #2: YJ WAS RUSHED INTO PRODUCTION
Another blatant misconception. Look, Brandon and I are both perfectionists. Neither of us would deny that we'd LOVE to have more time on each and every episode. But that's not the same as being rushed. Let's make a comparison: on Spectacular Spider-Man, I basically had one week to develop both the series and the entire first season. Then Vic Cook came aboard, and we raced to get into production in less than two months. Brandon and I had seven months to develop the series, break the first season (which granted had twice as many episodes as the first season of Spidey) and head into production. The show isn't and never has been rushed. That's not to say the schedule isn't tight. But we haven't aired a single episode that wasn't ready to air. And we won't.

False Rumor #3: YJ ISN'T AIRING NOW BECAUSE WE'RE REWORKING EPISODES BASED ON INTERNET CRITICISM
This is my favorite. I love it the most because the first person I saw who posted this rumor also said that I'd deny it. So here I am denying it, which of course serves to PROVE that he or she was correct, see? Let's be clear: for better or worse, this series is COMPLETELY unaffected by internet criticism BECAUSE of schedule. Everything of any significance was set and DONE before even the pilot movie aired last November, so we couldn't address fan concerns even if we wanted to. And, honestly, we don't want to. We don't in part because there is way less consensus than some people seem to think. For example, for every post I see expressing hatred for "Hello, Megan!", I see a post that likes it. And personally, I like it. Brandon likes it. So why would we change it, even if we could? In fact, even Season Two is moving forward more or less disregarding "fan" criticism. Brandon and I always had very clear ideas for what we wanted to do in Season Two (and even Season Three, should we get one) and those ideas haven't changed. As with every series I've co-helmed, all we can ever do is write and produce to OUR OWN passions - and then just cross our fingers and hope enough people share our passions to make it a success. Anything else is doomed to failure, because if we're not passionate about it, it'll show in the work, and then no one will like it. And just to make it clear: WE LIKE OUR SHOW!! Doesn't mean you have to - but don't try to tell me I don't.

So why aren't we airing new episodes now? That's a fair question that I don't have an answer for. After all, we have six unaired episodes in the can, with four more on the verge of completion. It's a Cartoon Network decision. Some fans have argued that they shouldn't have started airing ANY episodes until ALL episodes were in the can. But that too is a decision above my pay grade.

My best guess - and that's all it is - is that CN will air new episodes - starting with 110 ("Targets") - in September. The good news is that the later they wait, the more weeks they can go uninterrupted by reruns. I do know that Season Two (i.e. "Young Justice: Invasion") will begin airing as part of DC NATION in March of 2012. And by then ALL of Season One will have aired. So do the math.

People have asked me if I'm bummed about losing momentum by this delay. But the thing is we've ALREADY lost all momentum. So as long as they PROMOTE us whenever they finally do start airing us again, then pragmatically I'm good. Yes, I'll admit to a certain level of frustration in that I want our stuff to get out there, but if CN has a plan to make the most of the episodes, then more power to them.

Anyway, I think that's it for now. I'll get back to answering questions on ASK GREG as soon as I can find the time. (But keep in mind that San Diego Comic-Con is fast approaching. Note: Young Justice has a panel scheduled for Sunday, July 24th at 10am, with a signing to follow. I'll also be signing Gargoyles comics (and whatever else anyone might want) at the SLG Booth from 11:30am to 12:30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (July 21, 22, 23).

[kupomog]

He's an aggravating person to read answers from.

To which I'm sure the response from someone will be "the questions/askers are far more aggravating/stupid so he has reason to be mad."

To which I say "I don't care, he's just not fun to read answers from. The information is great, the attitude is not."

Yeah.

[Dr. Horrible]

i saw young justice action figures at the comic shop today....i hope this means there's still hope

[D4C]

He always sounds like a kid ranting on a forum post. s'cool as long as we get more eps.

[kupomog]

From Tumblr:

New Characters

Apparently velcrochick won a deck of young justices card from the CN booth which had several new characters (villains and good guys on them). And the saint she is, she uploaded them for us to see and weep excitedly over.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Ocean-Master, Vandal Savage, Count Vertigo, Queen Bee, and of course, the Joker.

But more importantly…

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Hugo Strange, Monsieur Mallah, Brain, Zatanna, Rocket, and Wolf.

As for the Young justice panel at SDCC apparently they played episode 10 for them. So based on the info available so far- con goers were better off skipping the panel and trying their luck at the CN booth instead.

Also Zatanna She’s young and Greg said their was a reason that would become apparent for why Zatara was a JL member and not Zatanna- by the looks of it it’s because she’s becoming a YJ member. Or at least that’s my dream.