LOTER: Starting off, representation matters. Can you discuss the balance between making some specific cultural narratives and more universal ones? For example, in the episode where Lunella struggles to love her natural hairstyle and resorts to making a damaging chemical relaxer. MARVEL’S MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR – “Moon Girl Landing” (Marvel)ĭEADLINE: It’s cool to see that certain episodes center around hyper-specific issues within Black culture. So that’s why it’s really important, especially having her debut during Black History Month. She’s a role model someone else can admire and aspire to. So, we wanted to spotlight that aspect of it and the ingenuity she uses to make something out of nothing with her gadgets to fight crime. It’s a big thing that she’s a 13-year-old girl who happens to be a superhero, but she’s not just her superpower her brain is her superpower. Just to have a character like Lunella as Moon Girl, a young Black girl that’s into STEM and she’s about her family and the community, that model of one girl can make a difference. Just the fact that we have to quantify this by saying that statement alone means that it’s been a long time coming, and this needed to happen. What does that mean for you to bring this iteration of the character to life? And everyone agreed, “Yeah, this is an amazing idea for an animated series.” So, they just moved forward and said, “We need to make this.”ĭEADLINE: Moon Girl is the first Black female lead character in a Marvel superhero show. So calls were made to Disney and Marvel, and when Cinema Gypsy calls, you take the call. He then went to his producing partner, Helen Sugland, at Cinema Gypsy, the amazing company that’s produced Black-ish, Grown-ish, Mixed-ish, and said, “I think this needs to be an animated show.” And Helen agreed. He loves comic books and fell in love with Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur because he had read Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur when he was younger. STEVE LOTER: It all started with Laurence Fishburne in a comic book store. DEADLINE: How did Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur come to life? Did Laurence Fishburne first approach you? Or did all of you work together to pitch this show to Disney?
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