The second season of the animated series 'gen: LOCK' starts
Rooster Teeth and Outlier Society have increased representation and inclusion behind the camera with the upcoming second season of the animated series Jan: LOCK for HBO Max. Jan: LOCK is executive produced by and stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Black Panther), and his production company Outlier Society is co-producing the series with WarnerMedia Rooster Teeth.
Together, Rooster Teeth and Outlier Society have ensured that production for Jan: LOCK it is inclusive based on industry recommendations recently announced by the Jordan initiative #ChangeHollywoond . Writers Daniel Dominguez (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Seis Manos), Masai Singleton, Evan Narcisse, Kristle Peluso (Onyx equinox) to Gavin Hignight (Transformers: War for Cybertron, Star Wars Resistance) bring their talent, experience and cultural perspectives to the writers' room, for the second season of the mecha-inspired series, including portrayal in the Black, Latinx and LGBTQIA + communities. Jan: LOCK takes place 50 years into the future and tells the story of an oppressive authoritarian force, which threatens to take over the world.
“The inclusiveness and amplification of black and white stories have always been at the forefront of the Outlier Society and our productions,” said Jordan. “I am proud to partner with HBO Max and Rooster Teeth for #ChangeHollywood and give our writers space to Jan: LOCK it is a reflection of the world we live in. "
“When I was a teenager I fell in love with anime, because my imagination was always weird and hyperbolic, like cartoons are,” said Dominguez, who serves as the series' Head Writer. “I couldn't be more honored and excited to have had this opportunity to work with Rooster Teeth, because they embrace the same spirit of expanding the boundaries of storytelling, which is doing its small part to make the world a better and more empathetic place. "
Jan: LOCK Synopsis S2:
On a dying Earth in the midst of a now unstoppable climate collapse, two completely distinct visions for the future of the human race have come to dominate: the political system and the Union. The future of humanity, if it is to have one, rests in some form of mechanization or digitization. On the opposite sides of this fundamental debate, politics and the Union got stuck in a brutal and merciless war ...
A war that Polity is losing, despite the heroic efforts of their greatest soldiers, team gen: LOCK - Chase, Cammie, Yaz, Kazu and Val, who continue to charge their minds into their Holon units and fight for the their vision of a better future at the forefront.
When we meet the Union's leading figure - brother Tate - and the citizens for whom the Polity sheds the blood, the nature of the conflict between the two sides will be seen in a whole new light. A light that, for Chase, will test his loyalty to the Polity ... as he delves deeper into the nature of warfare and doesn't realize anything he thought is what it seems ...
Voice stars Dakota Fanning (The Alienist, Twilight Saga), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, Early Man, New Mutants), Golshifteh Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) to David Tennant (Jessica Jones, Doctor Who) are all ready to return to the series along with Jordan.
gen: LOCK is produced by Jordan and Alana Mayo of Outlier Society, along with Matt Hullum and Ryan P. Hall of Rooster Teeth. The series is produced by Rooster Teeth.
Il Jan: LOCK The writing team will be featured in a panel “Meet the Writers of gen: LOCK Season 2” at Rooster Teeth's RTX at Home virtual event. The panel is part of the HBO Max sponsored Animation Festival programming. Watch the free panel live on September 21st at 14pm. ET on https://roosterteeth.com/live/rt-tv.
