The delightful madmen behind Robot Chicken are reuniting with the heroes and villains of DC Comics for a third special episode: Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Friendship Is Magic. The special and season eight of the Emmy-winning stop-motion series will premiere on Adult Swim this fall.
In Robot Chicken-DC mashup number three, Batman and Superman’s bromance takes a competitive turn and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance…somehow. The cast includes Seth Green, Matt Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Weird Al Yankovic, Alex Borstein, Giovanni Ribisi, Jonathan Banks, Mae Whitman, Hugh Davidson, Dee Bradley Baker, Zeb Wells, Kevin Shinick and cult status dynamic duo Adam West and Burt Ward.
Series creators Green and Senreich executive produce the special with their Stoopid Buddy Stoodios partners John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner, along with DC Entertainment COO Geoff Johns and Warner Bros. Animation president Sam Register. RCDC Special III is directed by Tom Sheppard (Annoying Orange) and Zeb Wells. Head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root are joined by Shinick, Mike Fasolo, Hugh Davidson, Green, J.T. Krul, Meyer, Senreich and Sheppard.