The Black Dynamite cartoon's been talked about for a spell, but now the certainty of it happening is surer than a roundhouse kick to some jive turkey’s head. Deadline reports that the series has been picked up for a debut on Adult Swim next spring--meaning spring 2012--so there’s a lot waitin’ ahead. Tommy “Cream Corn” Davidson, Kym “Honeybee” Whitley, Byron “Bullhorn” Minns and Michael Jai White himself are snapping back (like cracker jack?) for this series that’ll be headed by the Boondocks’ Carl Jones and animated by the fine folks at Titmouse who’ve also brought the likes of Metalocalypse, Super Jail and Afro Samurai to life.
As it happens, a Black Dynamite comic just came out this week from Ape Entertainment while talk of a sequel continues, so anybody who was hurting for a fix after the movie ended is going to get their due dose (just don’t OD on the stuff or we’ll have to shake it out of you.) Having been 11 the summer Spawn came out, and thusly thinking then that it was the coolest thing ever, I’m glad to see White experiencing one hell of a comeback with all of this. Oddly enough, I think he’s kicking more ass with his tongue in cheek than he ever got to in the likes of Universal Soldier and Exit Wounds, et al.
And, hey, Who really needs a reason to watch the trailer again?
Black Dynamite and Titmouse: The ultimate team.
Well, not taking into account Battletoads and Double Dragon.
But even my lame eyes are like daaaaaamn