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

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

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

This did not make a whole lot 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 an enormous a part of it. We have been all type of grouped collectively, while you make a toy deal all these selections go along with all of the tasks which can be occurring. So you have received the Inexperienced Lantern tv present, and Young Justice, and we have 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 have been like ‘cease making toys’ and you’ll’t cease making simply the Inexperienced Lantern [movie] toys, it is every part that was bundled in there. So once they turned that one off the tap turned off on all of these tasks and all of the toys that have been funding Young Justice and Inexperienced Lantern The Animated Collection and that type of factor. So it was extra simply unhealthy 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 grasp how every part works. Along with his position in Young Justice, Payton has voiced Cyborg for quite a few tasks, together with Teen Titans and the Injustice online game collection. The actor additionally stars in The Strolling Useless as King Ezekiel.

You possibly can watch the complete panel right here.

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Young Justice Season 3 is at the moment in manufacturing.