Arnold's Back - As a Cartoon! Schwarzenegger Signs on for New Stan Lee Series 'The Governator'
by Scott Nye
In the continuining development of "political career least believable to future civilizations," Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in the upcoming animated series "The Governator." Oh yeah. It's happening. Entertainment Weekly has the details and several constume designs.
"When I ran for governor back in 2003 and I started hearing people talking about 'the Governator,' I thought the word was so cool," Schwarzenegger said, "The word 'Governator' combined two worlds: the world of politics and the movie world. And [this cartoon] brings everything together. It combines the governor, The Terminator, the bodybuilding world, the 'True Lies'..."
And, somewhere, Tom Arnold's ears perked up. Sorry buddy, "True Lies 2" still isn't going to happen.
Unfortunately, the series, which is being developed by "Spider-Man" creator Stan Lee, somehow isn't about a governor who's also a superhero, but rather an former governor who decdes to become a superhero. Perhaps Schwarzenegger couldn't understand how someone could fight crime AND attend to all the madness of running a state at the same time.
In a movie ready-made for a whole line of action figures, The Governator will have a fleet of "super vehicles," several "Super Suits" that are designed to perform specific stunts ("crap, I want to dive but I have my jumping suit on! Time to go change!"), and even a 13-year-old in charge of his security. A strange hiring choice, but the kids got to have someone to latch onto! And who better than Zeke Muckerberg, whose name I'm sure isn't at all related to the social networking the kids love so much.
"I love the idea of a control center below my house with a path so that boats and submarines can go right into the ocean," he said, continuing to ramble, "In the cartoon, my house is much closer to the beach than where we live, but, you know, it's a cartoon."
No mention of what network this will land at, but they can expect a fruitful first season followed by a steep drop-off when everyone loses interest. I mean, you can only watch something ironically for so long.
Head over to Entertainment Weekly for a look at many of the show's designs.