Finally, someone is going to put Krypto the superdog in a movie. Collider broke the news that Jared Stern (The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago Movie) is writing an animated Super Pets movie for Warner Bros, which is good news for fans of dogs, superheroes and superhero dogs.
The Krypto The Superdog animated series than ran from 2005-2006 didn’t really catch on, although he has fared better in appearances elsewhere, notably an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and as a recurring character on Young Justice (where he was simply known as Wolf, but c’mon, we know the score).
The whole Super Pets concept stems from a Legion of Super-Heroes story in 1962’s Adventure Comics #263, which saw Krypto team up with Beppo the Super-Monkey, Streaky the Supercat, Comet the Super-Horse, and Proty, a noble ball of shapeshifting protoplasm. They joined together to help Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes defeat the Brain Globes of Rambat, in a story that’s exactly as mad, amazing and ridiculous as it sounds.
No word yet on canine voice casting, but if you have a dog who wants to get into acting, now is the time to start booking an agent. Also, they need to channel this:
