Invincible Season 2 Update Shared By JK Simmons | Screen Rant
JK Simmons offers an update on Invincible season 2. Premiering in March 2021 on Prime Video, Invincible is an adult animated series that’s based on the superhero comic book character created by Kirkman and artist Cory Walker. The series follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson (voiced by Steven Yeun). Although he seems like a normal teenager, Mark has to deal with the fact that his father – Omni-Man (voiced by Simmons) – is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Once he develops powers of his own on his seventeenth birthday and takes on the name Invincible, Mark begins to discover that his father’s legacy is hardly as perfect as it first appears.
Invincible season 1 tees up the second installment in several ways, closing on a montage of all the villains that the heroic high school student has to face. It also leaves Mark’s relationship with Omni-Man in a precarious and even tragic place. Although the show was renewed for two more seasons in April of last year, Simmons reveals that fans will be waiting for a little longer to see it all unfold.
In an interview with Discussing Film, Simmons was asked about the future of Invincible. The actor is reluctant to share spoilers, though he does say that he’ll be stepping into the recording booth very soon. Still, Simmons cautions that there will be some time between the first recordings and the completion of the animation, explaining that it could take many months. Simmons’ full quote is included below.
“Always wary of spoilers, but I think I’m allowed to say that we’re going back to work very soon in the recording booth. Now, the lag between us doing our first recordings and the animation being completed is obviously many months and probably more than a year, I would guess. But, yes, Invincible is getting to work in earnest and season two is imminent, I will say. There’s a nice vague term.”
Simmons’ comments fall in line with Kirkman’s previous Invincible season 2 update. The creator said, though everyone has been working hard, the completion of season 2 will take time. In terms of what audiences can expect from a story and character perspective, Kirkman has teased the arrival of Angstrom Levy in the past. In the comics, Levy is a man with the ability to travel to alternate realities. Although little is known about when and how he gains these powers, he blames Invincible for becoming disfigured and emerges as a significant recurring threat to the character.
It’s safe to say, then, that Mark will have a lot to deal with when Invincible season 2 kicks off. The show was a big hit for Prime Video, as evidenced by its quick renewal for two seasons. Despite the fact that it sounds like audiences will have to wait quite some time for new episodes, it should be worth it given how everyone involved is aware of the positive reaction generated by the show’s initial batch of episodes.
Source: Discussing Film