TRAILER: Dreamworks’ “Voltron Legendary Defender”

TRAILER: Dreamworks’ “Voltron Legendary Defender”

May 11th, 2016

Jerry Beck

The Netflix original series DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender reimagines one of the most popular fan-favorite series from the 1980s into an all-new action-packed show – from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra). The trailer dropped today – take a look:

The universe’s greatest protector will rise again in the all-new series Dreamworks’ Voltron Legendary Defender, premiering June 10, exclusively on Netflix. Witness the rebirth of the legend with this ambitious reimagining of the fan-favorite science-fiction saga, promising galaxies worth of action, comedy, and adventure, as good battles evil in an intergalactic war ten thousand years in the making. These series will launch with an hour-long origin story called “The Rise of Voltron,” and will be followed by 10 episodes.

While this new series will be instantly recognizable to Voltron’s legions of dedicated fans, Executive Producer Joaquim Dos Santos and Co-Executive Producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) have re-engineered core elements of the original show using all of the twenty-first-century technology and storytelling innovation at their disposal. With a killer mix of old and new animation techniques, creative transformations of the characters and designs and inventive plot expansions, this fresh Voltron saga will leave kids and super fans hungry for each new episode. Like the newly designed Voltron, which bears its old battle scars with pride, Dreamworks’ Voltron Legendary Defender honors the show’s venerated history while amplifying its strengths and scope tenfold.

SYNOPSIS:

Five unsuspecting teenagers, transported from Earth into the middle of a sprawling intergalactic war, become pilots for five robotic lions in the battle to protect the universe from evil. Only through the true power of teamwork can they unite to form the mighty warrior known as Voltron.

CAST:

Princess Allura – Kimberly Brooks (Ben 10: Omniverse, Justice League: War)

Coran – Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Concords)

Shiro, Black Lion – Josh Keaton (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Transformers Prime)

Hunk, Yellow Lion – Tyler Labine (Reaper, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil)

Lance, Blue Lion – Jeremy Shada (Finn in Adventure Time, Batman: The Brave and the Bold)

Pidge, Green Lion – Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow, Scream: The Series, iZombie)

Keith, Red Lion – Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead, The Legend of Korra)

Emperor Zarkon – Neil Kaplan (Transformers: Robots in Disguise)

Haggar – Cree Summer (Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Dawn of the Croods)

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.