INVINCIBLE: Zachary Quinto & Khary Payton cast in Robert Kirkman’s Animated Superhero TV Series [Amazon]

Zachary Quinto and Khary Payton cast in Invincible

Zachary Quinto and Khary Payton have been cast in Amazon Prime‘s animated adaptation of Invincible.

Casting

Quinto will voice Black Samson, “a member of The Guardians of the Globe…Lost his powers (and with them, his Guardian status) for a while before recovering them very abruptly.”

Payton will voice Robot, “an ally of superhero Invincible…Former leader of the Teen Team and leader of the Guardians of the Globe until replaced by the Immortal. Not an actual robot, but a drone body controlled by a malformed human living in life-support tank, he cloned a new human body for himself using Rex Splode’s DNA with the help of the Mauler twins. Recently became romantically involved with Monster Girl. He later becomes a villain and one of the main antagonists of the series.”

The other cast so far and the characters that they will be voicing:

Zazie Beetz will play Amber Bennett, girlfriend of Mark Grayson/Invincible (Steven Yeun); Andrew Rannells will play Mark’s best friend William Clockwell; Walton Goggins, government liaison Cecil Stedman; Mark Hamill, superhero tailor Art; Gillian Jacobs, superhero Atom Eve; Jason Mantzoukas, Rex Splode; and Seth Rogen, Allen the Alien.

Plot Synopsis

Invincible‘s plot synopsis: based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, “Invincible is the son of Omni-Man, an extraterrestrial superhero of the Viltrumite race. Invincible inherited his father’s superhuman strength and ability to fly and he has sworn to protect the Earth. As a teenager he had trouble adjusting to his newfound powers and coping with the reality of his origins.

Invincible has no premiere date yet on Amazon Prime Video.

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