Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 is in production, and just unveiled the details of the other superhero team it features.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 is speeding your way with a Justice Society theme and more timey-wimey shenanigans. Here's everything we know about it so far! The words "Justice Society of America" were spoken for the first time in the DC TV Universe during the Legends of Tomorrow season 2 finale when Patrick J. Adams showed up as Hourman. And you don't just blow into a finale and namedrop the first superhero team in history if you don't intend to capitalize on it, right?
In addition to the already announced Hourman and Nate "Citizen Steel" Heywood (not an original member, but someone carrying the original Commander Steel's legacy), we're also going to meet Obsidian (notable for being original Green Lantern Alan Scott's son), Stargirl, Doctor Mid-Nite. What's more, the "new" Vixen (who is actually a version of the character from the 1940s) will be a Justice Society member.
Here's the first official synopsis for Legends of Tomorrow Season 2...
After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage and the corrupt Time Masters who colluded with him, a new threat emerges. Dr. Nate Heywood (Nick Zano), an unconventional and charming historian, is thrust into the action upon making a shocking discovery – the Legends are scattered throughout time. Nate must find a way to rescue season one’s beloved team of heroes and rogues, including billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; and Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), aka Heat Wave, a career criminal. When the Legends encounter the J.S.A (the Justice Society of America, the precursor to DC’s Justice League) in the 1940s, Amaya Jiwe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), aka Vixen, joins the team. While the team reunites, a mystery looms – the fate of former captain Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill).
Once reunited, the Legends continue their new mission to protect the timeline from temporal aberrations – unusual changes to history that spawn potentially catastrophic consequences. When Nate, the grandson of J.S.A. member Commander Steel, unexpectedly finds himself with powers, he must overcome his own insecurities and find the hero within himself. Ultimately, the Legends will clash with foes both past and present, to save the world from a mysterious new threat.
Oh, and Marc Guggenheim dropped this sweet JSA photo on his Twitter...
We wrote more about how the JSA fits into this season right here.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Villains
But there will be plenty of villains to go around, too! Matt Letscher, who we first met as the Reverse-Flash on The Flash Season 2 (and who returns for season three) will be a series regular on Legends of Tomorrow Season 2. Wentworth Miller and John Barrowman will make Legends appearances as Malcolm Merlyn and Captain Cold, as will Neal McDonough as Damien Darkh.
“For season two of Legends, we decided that the perfect antagonist for TV’s first-ever team of Super Heroes would be TV’s first-ever team of Super-Villains, recruited from the ranks of Arrow and The Flash’s deadliest adversaries," executive producer Marc Guggenheim said. "Being huge fans of the Challenge of the Superfriends, we’ve come to call this group our ‘Legion of Doom.’”
I'll have more details on how the Justice Society will relate to the Legendsteam in the next day or so. We've got a lot of interviews to transcribe from SDCC!
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Trailer
There's a little new footage in this sizzle reel from SDCC! Check it out...
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Premiere Date
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 will premiere on Thursday, October 13th.
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