Screen Rant has an exclusive first look at characters from Adi Shankar's The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You). The creator is best known as a producer on Netflix's Castlevania series and films such as The Grey starring Liam Neeson and the adaptation of Dredd with Karl Urban. The Guardians of Justice is set to premiere on Netflix in 2022.
The Guardians of Justice is a superhero satire series that mixes live-action, with traditional animation, claymation, cut-out paper animation, and 8-bit video game footage in a "kaleidoscope of pop art insanity". The seven episodes follow the superhero Marvelous Man, the alien superhero who has protected Earth for 40 years. When a devastating secret throws the world into chaos, Marvelous Man and his lieutenant Knight Hawk and do-gooder The Speed must work together to stop a nuclear war
See the exclusive images of the Guardians of Justice characters below. The images include a first look at idealistic do-gooder The Speed, Old Demander, and Teen Justice Panda. The images show the unique art style as well as the darkness that can be expected from the series - as most of the characters are covered in blood. See the images here:
The Speed
Old Demander
Teen Justice Panda
Guardians of Justice is created by, co-written, and co-directed by Shankar. Guardians of Justice stars pro wrestling icon Diamond Dallas Page, Sharni Vinson (You're Next), Derek Mears (Swamp Thing), Jane Seymour (The Kominsky Method), RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), Christopher Judge (God of War), Denise Richards (The Bold and the Beautiful), Hal Ozsan (The Blacklist), and Andy Milonakis (Adventure Time).
Shankar will have a panel at Los Angeles Comic Con on Saturday, December 4 called "Disrupting Society Through Cartoons" about the tricks of the trade and the future of entertainment. The panel will be moderated by Screen Rant host Joe Deckelmeier.
Read the Guardians of Justice synopsis here:
The alien superhero MARVELOUS MAN has kept the earth at peace for 40 years. But when a devastating secret and its tragic consequences throws our world into chaos, it’s up to Marvelous Man’s bitter, violent lieutenant KNIGHT HAWK and idealistic do-gooder THE SPEED to stop nuclear war. A dark satire of the superhero genre, Guardians of Justice mixes live action with traditional animation, claymation, cut out paper animation, and 8-bit video game footage in a kaleidoscope of pop art insanity.
The Guardians of Justice will premiere on Netflix in 2022.