pdir="ltr">Milestonemaynotbeahouseholdname,butforcertaincomicbookfans,it'sanimportantone.Fortunately,DCismakingahugeefforttobringthetransformativebrandbackformodernreaders.Beyondthat,asrevealedatDCFanDome,thecompanyislookingtogiveMilestoneComicsanon-screenpresenceaswell.Tothatend,anuntitledMilestoneanimatedfeaturehasbeenannounced./p>pdir="ltr">AspartoftheMilestonepanelatDCFanDome,moderatedbyEchoKellum("Arrow"),theMilestoneanimatedflickwasconfirmedbyproducerReggieHudlinandMilestoneco-founderDenysCowan.HudlinandCowandroppedthenewsthatWarnerBros.AnimationandWarnerBros.HomeEntertainmentarecurrentlyatworkonaMilestoneanimatedmoviebasedonascreenplayby"HardwareSeasonOne"writerBrandonThomas.Unfortunately,forthetimebeing,notmuchelsewasrevealed,buttheydiddropthefollowingbitofteaserart./p>pdir="ltr">[embedImage=/wp-content/uploads/embed/embed-616b1dee7914.jpg,credit=WarnerBros.]/p>pdir="ltr">Cowanhadthefollowingtosayaboutit:/p>blockquote>"ThishasbeenthethingthatMilestonefanshavebeendreamingaboutforalongtime,andwe'rehappytogiveittoyou,finally."/blockquote>pdir="ltr">Healsoassuredfansthatthisfilmwillbeabout"morethanonecharacter,"suggestingthatitwillincludeseveralMilestonecharacters.Alsoofnote,thiswillbethefirsttimethatthecityofDakotawillbefeaturedinanimationsincetheahref="https://www.slashfilm.com/57993/superhero-bits-2111/">"StaticShock"/a>animatedserieswhichairedfrom2-24/p>

Milestone Returns

pdir="ltr">MilestoneComicswasfoundedinthe'9s,andisprobablybestknownforcreating"StaticShock."ButitslastinglegacyisprovidingahomeforBlackvoices,andaplatformforBlackheroes,asitwasfoundedbyacoalitionofAfrican-AmericanartistsandwriterssuchasDwayneMcDuffie,DenysCowan,MichaelDavis,andDerekT.Dingle.Recently,DClaunchedanewlineofMilestonecomicbooktitles,whichhavedonewell.Apparently,thecompanyishopingtoexpandthescopeofthebrandinabigway./p>pdir="ltr">ItwasalsoconfirmedthatwriterRandyMcKinnon("Safety")isworkingonaahref="https://www.slashfilm.com/58187/static-shock-writer/">scriptforthe"StaticShock"movie/a>,whichwillbeproducedbyMichaelB.Jordan'sOutlierSociety.Cherrysaidthefollowingduringthepanel:/p>blockquote>"OurcurrentlineupofMilestonetitleshavereleasedtogreatcriticalandsalessuccess,expandingtheloyalfanbase,whileatthesametimeinvitingnewreaderstoexperiencethe'Dakotaverse'anditsheroes.FormanyBlackanddiverseartistsandwriters,MilestoneispartoftheircomicbookDNAandwearethankfultopartnerwithAllytohelpthesenewvoicesbeheardinadditiontoaddingtoMilestone'slegacy."/blockquote>pdir="ltr">TheuntitledMilestoneanimatedmoviedoesnotyethaveareleasedate./p>

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