Howard The Duck movie star, Lea Thompson, to star in Howard The Duck the animated series

Just a few weeks ago it was announced that Hulu and Marvel were bringing out four new animated series (and one big team-up at the end) and in among those shows is Howard The Duck.

And, even better, it’s being overseen by Kevin Smith.

And, while little is known at the minute about the actual show, we do know that it looks like we’ll be having the star of the original 1986 movie, Howard The Duck, in the series too… Lea Thompson.

Thompson was of course also famous for her role in the Back To The Future franchise.

As for who she’ll be playing in the series, Smith is so far tight-lipped.

“I can’t spoil where we’re going, but I can tell you this: I already asked movie-Howard heroine [Lea Thompson] to lend us her vocal Quack Fu in a to-be-revealed-later role! And she did NOT say no!”

It’s not the most earth-shaking news in the world, for sure, but it is very, very cool.

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Last week @hulu announced a deal to carry four new @marvel animated shows: #Modok, #HitMonkey, #TigraAndDazzler and #HowardTheDuck! This is fantastic news to me as a fan, but as a professional, it’s quacking me up because THEY HIRED ME TO WRITE IT! Mercifully, they hired the great #DaveWillis to write it too, so we might have a successful show! Dave and I are going Full-Gerber on Howard: Beverly, Bong and the entire cast of characters that made this fowl legend fly! I saw tests for Hit Monkey and M.O.D.O.K. already and holy duck, are they astounding! Like, legit next level shit! So Dave and I have our work cut out for us. But since Dave’s the cartoon genius behind #meatwad and the #aquateenhungerforce, Howard is in some fine feathered fingers! Thank you to #jephloeb and the #marveltelevision folks who egged me on, #hulu for the home, and #stevegerber and #valmayerik for not only an amazing character, but also the eventual job for me your work provided! I can’t spoil where we’re going, but I can tell you this: I already asked movie-Howard heroine @lea_thompson to lend us her vocal Quack Fu in a to-be-revealed-later role! And she did NOT say no! The duck versions of @jayandsilentbob come courtesy of @jeremysimser! #KevinSmith #davewillis #howardtheduckmovie #marvel

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