Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons

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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
Genre
Based onCharacters appearing in DC Comics
Written by J. M. DeMatteis
Directed bySung Jin Ahn
Voices of
ComposerKevin Riepl
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerSam Register
EditorTodd Raleigh
Running time87 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CW Seed
ReleaseJanuary 6 (2020-01-06) 
November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24)

Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons is an American animated web series that premiered on January 6, 2020. Originally planned to air as a 12-episode web-series on CW Seed, these plans were canceled after the first episode appearing on CW Seed. The first episode that premiered and the 11 subsequent episodes planned to debut as a web series were later re-purposed into a direct-to-video animated film, Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie , released digitally on August 4 and on Blu-ray on August 18. A second episode was eventually released 10 months later on November 24. While existing as a direct-to-video DC animated film, like Batman Ninja it is considered a stand-alone entry that is not part of the DC Original Animated Universe series of films.

Contents

Cast and characters

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date
1"Knights & Dragons: Part One"Sung Jin Ahn J. M. DeMatteis January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)
2"Knights & Dragons: Part Two"Sung Jin Ahn J. M. DeMatteis November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24)

Production

The series was announced in May 2019. Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons aired on the CW Seed. [2] It was planned to consist of 12 episodes, all written by J.M. DeMatteis and directed by Sung Jin Ahn. The voice cast of the series was revealed in late October alongside a teaser trailer which was released online. [1]

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References

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