Thunder… Thunder… Thunder… ThunderCats Roar!!!
Cartoon Network has announced that its new iteration of the classic 80s animated series ThunderCats is set to arrive this month, with ThunderCats Roar premiering on the network on Saturday, February 22nd.
The show will launch with the two-parter ‘Exodus’ (the same title as the first episode of the 80s series), and will follow “the newly appointed and blindly heroic leader of the ThunderCats, Lion-O, as he leads his troupe off the crumbling planet of Thundera to land on Third Earth, where the evil Mumm-Ra resides.”
The new take on Lion-O and company puts a comedic twist on the Thundercats and features a voice cast that includes Max Mittelman (Justice League Action) as Lion-O and Wilykat, Erica Lindbeck (DC Super Hero Girls) as Cheetara and Wilykit, Patrick Seitz (Justice League Action) as Tygra and Mumm-Ra, and Chris Jai Alex (Star Wars: Battlefront II) as Panthro.
Lion-O and the ThunderCats — Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat, and Wilykit — barely escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home. A bizarre host of creatures and villains stand in their way, including the evil Mumm-Ra, Third Earth’s wicked ruler who will let nothing, including the ThunderCats, stop his tyrannical reign over the planet.
