In leading up to tonight’s big premiere of Cartoon Network’s newest live action series, Tower Prep, we’ve been bringing you significant coverage of the show. Yesterday, we interviewed two of the four main stars, Ryan Pinkston and Drew Van Acker. Today, you guessed it, we’re bringing you an interview with the two other stars, Dyana Liu and Elise Gatien.

This may be one of the first major shows for Dyana, but many fans of the comic genre remember Elise Gatien from season 9 of Smallville as that universe’s version of Green Arrow’s Speedy. How does it all tie in? DC veteran Paul Dini is executive producer of this series, as well as writing tonight’s pilot episode.

The series revolves around this group of teens who wake up in a mysterious prep school for kids with special abilities.

Check out the interview after the jump, and catch Tower Prep on Cartoon Network, tonight at 8pm ET/PT.

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Cartoon Network has been working their way outside of the animated box for the past few years or so, with brand new original live action programming. This was a start for the network with original films surrounding established franchises like Scooby Doo and Ben 10, and has now moved on to full series like Unnatural History and this week’s upcoming Tower Prep.

From Lost and Batman Beyond producer Paul Dini, this new show follows the lives of a group of teens who finds themselves in a mysterious school, with mysterious and unique abilities. Think X-Men meets Lost. We got the opportunity to speak with the four main stars of the film and today we’re bringing you half of those interviews, as we discuss just exactly what Tower Prep is with stars Ryan Pinkston and Drew Van Acker.

Check out the interview after the jump. Be sure to check back here tomorrow for more with the cast.

Also, be sure to catch the very first episode of Tower Prep on Cartoon Network, tomorrow October 19th, at 8pm ET/PT.

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Back at San Diego Comic-Con, we got the opportunity to sit down with most of the cast from Adult Swim’s newest addition to their late night lineup, in Rob Corddry’s Childrens Hospital.

While we got to speak with most of the people from the talent side of CH, we didn’t get to hear from the producers who were behind the process that brought this killer show to Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.

At New York Comic-Con, we got the chance to sit down with executive producer Jon Stern and he gave us the inside scoop on how exactly the show came to be the fantastic televised sitcom that it has become today.

Check out the full interview after the jump!

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Welcome back, Venture Bros., you’ve been sorely missed during your 9-month absence (has it really been that long?). I’ve tried filling the void with other obscuria-laden shows (*cough* Rubicon *cough*) before lapsing into a befuddlement that left me wandering around in a zombie-like daze for several weeks. So, glad to have you back.

VB season 4.5 premiered with last night’s episode “The Diving Bell versus the Butter-glider,” (a reference to the book/movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, though the similarities pretty much end at the title) which throws us right in the middle of Sgt. Hatred, Hank, Dean, and Dr. Rusty Venture’s high-speed escape from the Monarch’s henchmen. And creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer prove they’ve lost nothing in the too-long interim by characteristically downplaying the action by having the viewer experience it from the PoV of the most passive character in the show, Dr. Venture—and a comatose Dr. Venture at that.

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This Sunday marks an important day in TV. Maybe just to fans of Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros., but an important day nonetheless. They’re calling it season 4.5, because the last chunk of episodes we got only got us up to 8 back in December.

This season promises to bring us plenty more action and adventure, with new twists and turns for favorite twins, a new low for Dr. Venture, and yes, plenty more Brock Sampson. Yes, Mr. and Mrs. The Monarch will also be back and we may even get some closure from our fallen Henchman.

We’ve got some brand new pics for you to check out after the jump, featuring the consistent new looks of Hank and Dean, as well as Dr. V getting hooked up to a defribbulator. Most important news: Brock’s mullet is back!

Check out the images after the jump and be sure to catch “The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-glider”, airing on Adult Swim, Sunday the 12th at 11:30PM.

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Last night, a brand new season of Adult Swim’s new irreverent hospital drama/comedy Children’s Hospital premiered, and we’re so excited for the new season, that we’re bringing you an ENTIRE WEEK of exclusive interviews with the show’s cast and creators.

Up first is star Ken Marino, who plays Dr. Glenn Richie on the show. Many fans of comedy know Marino from his start as an original cast member of MTV’s The State. Marino went on to do some other great comedies such as Party Down and The 10. He even wrote 2008′s stand out comedy Role Models starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott.

Ken plays his role as Dr. Richie a little bit like his character in The 10: very loose and very Jewish. We got the chance to talk with Marino about his character, the ill-fated Party Down and the possibility of a State Reunion.

Check out the full interview after the jump, and be sure to keep it here all week, as we celebrate the return of Children’s Hospital on Adult Swim.

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As if a live action Green Lantern movie featuring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan wasn’t enough, now word comes that Cartoon Network is planning an animated Green Lantern TV series. The announcement came during Time Warner’s annual “Investors Day”, which took place in New York yesterday. See, Time Warner owns Cartoon Network, just in case you didn’t realize that. Okay, moving on.

Slides of the new show, dubbed Green Lantern: The Animated Series (clever, right?), were shown to the crowd during the event by TW’s CEO of Turner Networks Unit Phil Kent. In addition, Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer also mentioned the show later in the day as an example of  ”increasing collaboration and coordination between his unit and Turner.” So many jokes right now but I’m going to leave that alone.

The show will reportedly be based on both the DC Comics character and Warner’s Green Lantern movie, which is currently scheduled for a June 17, 2011 release. The TV series is expected to launch in the second year after the film release. So, that’s a long time from now. Presumably, if the movie does poorly we probably won’t ever see the series at all. Still, it could be fun so let’s hope both end up coming to fruition.

While Adult Swim may just be a subdivision of Cartoon Network, a cable network that bases itself on mainly animated programming, they seem to be doing quite well for themselves. They’ve been able to stack the deck with highly watched syndicated shows, and outrageously funny original programming. One original show in particular is doing better than even the show creators were expecting is Robot Chicken.

The show, which is a 15-minute comedy done entirely with stop-motion animation and old MEGO dolls, was created back in 2005 by Seth Green and partner Matt Senreich. Since then, the show has grown in leaps and bounds, popularity-wise.The network has just ordered a whopping 40 new episodes (roughly two new seasons) of the show, and according to Variety, the creators are more surprised than we are.

“It’s kind of amazing,” Green said. “We never expected to do a second season, let alone a fifth and sixth. We’re really busy, but we’re still having a lot of fun making it.”

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As we all, know, there were plenty of 80′s and 90′s film heroes. From Indiana Jones to Marty McFly to Howard the Duck, there was definitely no shortage of strong protagonists for that decade. Which is why it was nice to get two reluctant heroes that really had no idea what was going on, in the forms of Theodore “Ted” Logan and William S. ‘Bill” Preston Esquire.

The two Bill & Ted films not only spoke to a generation, but were also pretty coherent time travel stories. Since 1991′s Bogus Journey, the dynamic duo made a split, Keanu going off to star in a few small films about a computer program, and Alex Winter switching roles to behind the camera, directing such projects as 1993′s Freaked and becoming the go-to director for the Ben 10 live action films.

We got the chance to chat with Winter about directing the Ben 10 films including the newest, Alien Swarm. We spoke about his recent passion for directing kid’s projects, and even where Bill & Ted could be headed in the future. Check out our interview after the jump. Be sure to catch the TV premiere of Ben 10: Alien Swarm on Cartoon Network tonight at 7PM E/P.

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All this week, in preparation of the world premiere of Ben 10: Alien Swarm on Wednesday, we will be covering the film with our exclusive interviews with some of the cast and crew from the project. Yesterday, we posted our interview with star Ryan Kelley, and today we’re bringing you something a bit juicier.

In addition to speaking with Ryan about playing “Ben,” we also got to speak with the rest of the main cast from the upcoming TV movie. Nathan Keyes, who plays Kevin E. Levin, Alyssa Diaz who plays Elena, and even Galadriel Stineman who plays Ben’s cousin, Gwen.

We talked with the actors about their roles in the upcoming Ben 10 sequel, and what it was like working as the bad guy/girlfriend/superpowered cousin. Check out our exclusive interviews after the jump. Be sure to catch Ben 10: Alien Swarm on Cartoon Network, Wednesday November 25th at 7PM (E/P).

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There seems to be a plethora of animated shows taking off these days, with Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon filling up just about every kid’s TiVo across the country. We are definitely not in an era of Saturday morning cartoons anymore, but a Monday-Friday one. With that comes some pretty great live action adaptations of animated properties as well.

One of the more popular franchises in this realm is the Ben 10 series. Starting in 2005, the franchise has spawned two separate animated spin-offs, and now two live-action TV films, with the second being Ben 10: Alien Swarm, set to air on Cartoon Network on November 25th.

We got a chance to speak with Ryan Kelley, who plays Ben, the title character in the movie. He gave us an inside peek at his character, as well as his work with Sigourney Weaver on the Emmy-Nominated TV film, Prayers for Bobby. Check out our exclusive chat with Ryan after the jump and be sure to check back here all week for more on Ben 10: Alien Swarm.

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We’re pretty big fans of the first season of Batman: Brave and the Bold, which is showing on Cartoon Network. The show, being the only one of DC’s animated properties still on the air, has proven itself to be a great blend of both comic lore, and comedic animation for all ages. If nothing else, we were hooked with last week’s musical episode starring Neil Patrick Harris.

This week, we’re treated to another special guest star as Greg Ellis lends his voice as Dr. Fate to help Batman take down the evil Equinox in a planet-wide battle. In the episode, Fate and Batman team up with just about every other hero Batman has ever worked with to take down a plot to pit order versus chaos throughout the whole world.

We’ve got three new clips from Friday’s episode, the first of which has James Remar (The Warriors) stepping in as one of Batman’s more famous of enemies. In the second clip, Dr. Fate and Batman go head-to-head on whether magic or science can be used to solve this problem. And in the final clip, Equinox’s evil scheme is finally revealed as the duo look in on some trouble brewing in Atlantis.

Check out the three clips after the jump. Be sure to catch “Fate of the Equinox” on Cartoon Network Friday, November 13th, at 7:30PM/6:30PM Central.

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