Superhero cartoon role for Ringo
Ringo Starr is to play a super-powered animated version of himself in a new cartoon series, it emerged today.
The feature will transform the former Beatles drummer into an “evil-battling, earth-saving (though reluctant) superhero with a great sense of rhythm”, according to Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment company.
The comic book creator has joined forces with Starr to create the superhero project for television and DVD.
“I’m so excited to become a reluctant superhero,” said Starr. “How great to hang out with Stan and laugh, laugh, laugh, as we’re in the first stages of creating this soon to be masterpiece.
“Adding music to this adventure is something I am also looking forward to.”
Lee, the mastermind behind comic book characters Spiderman, the X-Men and the Hulk, said he would base the superhero on Starr’s famed persona.
“Ringo is beloved worldwide for his commitment to people and his singular wit,” he said.
“Our Ringo superhero character will combine these qualities, along with Ringo’s secret powers which people generally didn’t know about because he has kept them secret, until now.”
He said the pair had cooked up enough ideas for music, humour and action from the “rollicking, ringed and bearded Ringo” to keep fans happy for years.
The series will be financed, produced and distributed by IDT Entertainment. Production will begin this year with a planned DVD roll-out early next year.
