The comical comic book superhero The Tick has seen both a cartoon series from 1994 and a live-action version from 2001. Despite the live-action show being a hoot and receiving a positive fan response, the series was lost in Fox’s shuffle to find new programming. But now The Tick will be returning with new episodes on Amazon and with quite a few familiar names. Specifically, Patrick Warburton will be reprising his role as the blue-suited, absent-minded title hero. The original character creator Ben Edmund will be involved with the series as well. Who else will be on staff? Warburton didn’t spill much of any info in his interview with MovieWeb, but he did talk about his fondness for the character and potential changes.
I love The Tick. I’d love to do it again. I never would have thought I’d have the opportunity to do this again. I think it would be a blast to do it again. We’ll see what happens. One thing about The Tick, he is an insane character. I guess he doesn’t have to be 29 years-old like Thor, I guess. He’ll be 50 battling evil. I’d love to see whatBen Edlund’s new vision for it is. I think it will be different. Perhaps a little darker and a little edgier. We’ll see what happens.
There were probably five different Tick costumes for the original series. I would assume there would be a new design. Let’s say hypothetically that The Tick, we’re going to attack it again. It would be all-new. It would be a new conception. There are so many advantages to the creatives today, that there weren’t 12 years ago. As far as doing things, and creating a whole new world forThe Tick. It would have been too costly and hard to do 12 years ago.
The bottom line is that given how uncomfortable the original suit just appeared, Warburton will certainly be getting a new one. As for the “darker and edgier” angle, it sounds like they be aiming closer to the comics portraying The Tick as far more damaged than he was goofy. Having been a fan since the series originally aired for that brief time on Fox, I’m more than excited to see Warburton don A blue costume once again for entertaining romp over superhero tropes.
Source: MovieWeb