DC: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and more are voice stars in DC’s ‘League of Super-Pets’

When Superman and the Justice League vanishes, Krypto enlists the help of a pack of shelter animals to save the day —PB the pot bellied pig, Ace the hound, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel.

Jared Stern penned the script for DC League of Super-Pets and co-directing Sam Levine for Warner Bros. and Warner Animation Group. Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions is also behind the project, with Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia producing. John Requa, Glenn Ficarra and Nicholas Stoller are executive producing.

In a recent discussion with EW, the director-screenwriter explained he got the inspiration for this movie after volunteering with his wife at a rescue shelter. There he met a herd of unadopted pets. “They seemed so powerless,” he recalled. “I don’t know why, but I thought, ‘What if those pets had powers?. From there, Stern, who previously co-wrote The Lego Batman Movie, came up with a story and pitched it to Warner Bros and DC.

Israel Olorunnisola is a freelance creative. When he is not writing about Film, Music, TV or Pop culture he is telling stories on Wattpad.

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