Amazon's "The Tick" Summer Premiere Date
The Tick will be part of Amazon's 2016 comedy pilot season. Amazon customers will be able to vote on which pilots they like the best, helping to determine which series receive a full season order.
The Tick's synopsis is as follows: "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."
The Tick 1994 animated series ran for three seasons and the 2001 live-action series starring Patrick Warburton only lasted one season. Amazon's The Tick premieres August 19, 2016 on Amazon Prime.
Source: Collider
