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The Tick Gets Promo Images And Release Date
Amazon has given a release date and first promo images for their revival of The Tick. The pilot that will be released on August 19th as part of their Comedy Pilot Season. It will be joined in the 2016 comedy pilot season by I Love Dick starring Kevin Bacon, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an underdog accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero. The Tick stars Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy), Griffin Newman (Vinyl), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Valorie Curry (House of Lies), Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin) and Brendan Hines (Scorpion). The Tick is executive produced by Ben Edlund (Supernatural), Barry Josephson (Bones) and Barry Sonnenfeld (A Series of Unfortunate Events), directed by Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight), and written by Edlund. The Tick is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.