In an interview earlier this month, Showrunner Simon Racioppa offered an update on Invincible seasons 2 and 3 while discussing The Boys Presents: Diabolical. While he made it clear that the team has been working on it for quite some time, the COVID pandemic was still slowing things down, and Racioppa didn't have any dates to share
According to a recent interview Discussing Film had with Omni-Man voice actor J.K. Simmons, season 2 of Invincible may not begin sreaming until next year. This would surely dissapoint fans of the Amazon animated series as the first three episodes of Invincible Season 1 began streaming just shy of a year ago (March 26th, 2021). The good news is that it very well could be sooner, as the cast and crew will be heading back to the recording booths "very soon".
"Again, 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," Simmons shared while discussing the Invincible Season 2 timeframe. "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."
While discussing the critic and fan reaction to the first season, Simmons added; "Honestly, because I didn’t know the source material before it was sent to me when I signed on to do Invincible, I was surprised at the impact that it had. It was like most animated things, in that there’s extra freedom there to explore and feel free to take really bold risks. To take the director’s vision and go really far with it in any direction because you know, ultimately, they’re going to make the choices. It was really fun, and I had some really wonderful actors to work with in Steven [Yeun] and Sandra [Oh], and a great cast as a lot of animated projects are getting these days. So I’m looking forward to getting back to work on them."
Be sure to check out the full interview over at Discussing Film, as the actor also discusses Spider-Man: No Way Home, playing Commissioner Gorden in Batgirl, and more!
Based on the groundbreaking comic book from Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead, Invinicble follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who’s just like every other guy his age — except his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). The hour-per-episode series also stars Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Gillian Jacobs, Zachary Quinto, Jason Mantzoukas, Melise, Mark Hamill, Mahershala Ali, Seth Rogen and more.
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