Lion-O Is Playing Lion-O Again
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Wow. Larry Kenney, once the voice of Lion-O in the ’80s Thundercats cartoon… has been hired to voice Lion-O in the new Thundercats cartoon from WB Animation and Cartoon Network. Probably. Apparently this news was heard from Kenney’s talent agency — you can see the chain of communication over at ToyNewsI — which isn’t an official announcement, by any means, but it also sounds low-key that it’s hard to imagine the agency using this venue to make shit up to promote its client. Anything’s possible. Although I’m not much of a Thundercats fan, it’s going to be pretty cool to hear him yell “HOOOOOO” again.
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