The information that Young Justice was returning for a 3rd season was music to the followers of DC comics everywere. The short-lived TV sequence was liked by many, and it was at all times thought to have been cancelled method too quickly.

Khary Payton, who voices Aqualad on the present, could not agree extra. The actor has at all times spoken out concerning the high quality of the DC animated reveals, and this one was no completely different.

Throughout a panel ultimately yr’s Convergence, Payton defined to followers precisely why the present went off the air. He shortly pointed the finger on the failed Inexperienced Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds.

This did not make loads of sense at first, however Payton went on to clarify himself.

“[The reason why the Young Justice toyline failed was that] Inexperienced Lantern bombed on the field workplace. That was a giant a part of it. We had been all type of grouped collectively, whenever you make a toy deal all these selections associate with all of the initiatives which are occurring. So you’ve got acquired the Inexperienced Lantern tv present, and Young Justice, and we had been all kinda bundled along with that film. When it did not do very nicely on the field workplace, not that it did not do very nicely it did horribly, and it is type of like having a run on the financial institution, Walmart and Goal had been like ‘cease making toys’ and you may’t cease making simply the Inexperienced Lantern [movie] toys, it is every little thing that was bundled in there. So once they turned that one off the tap turned off on all of these initiatives and all of the toys that had been funding Young Justice and Inexperienced Lantern The Animated Collection and that type of factor. So it was extra simply dangerous timing I’d say.”

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Payton undoubtedly is aware of his stuff, and he is had sufficient roles within the comedian world to know how every little thing works. Along with his position in Young Justice, Payton has voiced Cyborg for quite a few initiatives, together with Teen Titans and the Injustice online game sequence. The actor additionally stars in The Strolling Useless as King Ezekiel.

You possibly can watch the total panel right here.

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Young Justice Season 3 is at present in manufacturing.