Even after his death, comic book great Stan Lee will still inspire kids to be mighty. In what is pegged as his “last project,” per Genius Brands International, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten children’s cartoon was announced on Wednesday with a first-look image and details on the creative team.
The animated comedy/action-adventure series will feature the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role, Arnold Armstrong, while Deadpool comic book writer Fabian Nicieza scripts the episodes.
In the show, Arnold plays a gym teacher who’s transformed into the super-heroic Captain Courage when earth passes through the dust left behind by a mysterious comet. After a lengthy superhero career, Captain Courage extends all his powers in a final battle against nemesis Dr. Superior. Five years later, super-powered children start to emerge following an explosion of super-energy particles. Now undercover as a regular kindergarten gym teacher, Arnold will train the new generation of super-powered 5-year-olds.
Lee created Superhero Kindergarten, a co-production between Genius Brands, Lee’s POW! Entertainment, and Schwarzenegger’s Oak Productions labels. According to the Terminator actor, who also executive produces the show, Superhero Kindergarten will introduce a “new group of superheroes to preschool children around the world” and bring “many valuable lessons to be learned along the way!”
