Geek entertainment site Nerdist unveiled that Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos will be the showrunners who will be helming Netflix's Voltron series. . Montgomery was a producer on Legend of Korra, a storyboard artist on Avatar: The Last Airbender, as well as a director for DC Animated movies, like Green Lantern: First Flight. Likewise, Dos Santos served as an executive producer on Legend of Korra, as well as a director for Avatar: The Last Airbender, and various DC animated projects, such as Justice League: Unlimited.

Nerdist's Jessica Chobot will be moderating the official Voltron: Legendary Defender panel on Friday, March 25th, in Room 151, from 6:00 – 7:00pm. Joining her will be executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos, co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery, writer Tim Hedrick (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender), and special guests.

2016 kicked off with news that Dreamworks and Netflix were combining to form the mecha guardian of the universe inspired by World Events Productions and Toei's localization of Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV. A new teaser visual has revealed this project will be called "Voltron: Legendary Defender."

via Nerdist



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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.