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WATCH: New gen:LOCK Clip ft Michael B Jordan
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gen:LOCK premiere review
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WATCH: gen:LOCK – The War Begins
WATCH: gen:LOCK – The War Begins “This is how the war begins.” In this new gen:LOCK footage, the Union launches their first attack on the city. By air and by land, the Vanguard stand ready to protect. The newest footage ... -
gen:LOCK is coming!!
gen:LOCK is coming! New Footage Describes the War in gen:LOCK Watch the newest footage from gen:LOCK featuring narration by Monica Rial as Colonel Marin, one of the leaders of “the Vanguard.” “We did not seek this conflict, but we will ...
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gen:LOCK
Gen:Lock (stylized as gen:LOCK) is an animated web series created by Gray Haddock for Rooster Teeth. It is set on a dystopian future Earth in which cultural divisions are solved through fighting in giant, mecha robot armor.
The concept for Gen:Lock originated in 2016 as a cautionary tale about cultural warfare. It was announced with a brief teaser at RTX Austin2017. A trailer was shown at New York ComicCon 2017, where it was described as, “grounded science-fiction” in the tradition of mecha anime such as Gundam and Tom Clancy novels but with a look and feel reminiscent of RWBY.
Gray Haddock cited several anime titles as inspirations, including Ghost in the Shell, Gundam, Aldnoah Zero, Kiznaiver, and the writing of Gen Urobuchi.
In May 2018, it was announced that Michael B. Jordan would voice lead character Julian Chase, the news of which accelerated the signings of other voice talents. Gen:Lock is RoosterTeeth Animation’s first series that allowed members that are part of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) like Jordan, Dakota Fanning, and David Tennant joining in. Jordan’s production company, Outlier Society Productions, will co-produce the show. In July 2018, Austin-based writer Evan Narcisse joined the writing staff of Gen:Lock.
For the first four months, the team animated the show without the actors’ voices recorded. Haddock performed every voice for the first few episodes himself, hoping his direction would match later.
Gen:Lock premiered on January 26, 2019. Following a mysterious tweet from Rooster Teeth’s Twitter account on December 21, the first episode of the series was broadcast in a surprise screening on the company’s live streaming service the next day. On January 9, it was revealed that the first two episodes would premiere on the 26th, and that only the first episode would be available for free and all subsequent episodes would be exclusive to Rooster Teeth FIRST members
