Video footage of the series with interviews of the producers:
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2010/07/23/cci-first-look-at-animated-young-justice/

In the video, producers Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti discuss the characters and the development of the series, and reveal — for all of those continuity sticklers out there — that it’s set in the present, but in “a young DC Universe.” “Superman showed up just 10 years ago,” Weisman says.

What’s more, he discloses that the Young Justice roster — Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash, Miss Martian, Artemis and Aqualad — is “really just the tip of the iceberg.”

IGN claims it is going to be set on an alternate Earth:
http://tv.ign.com/articles/110/1108218p1.html

As explained, Young Justice will take place with the DC multiverse on Earth-16. As a conscious choice, DC chose this world as it is untapped, which allowed them to set the rules and conditions for their universe. To start off, Superman has been fighting crime for 10 years and the Justice League is new to the scene. So effective at their job, the heroes of this world have forced the villains underground, to band together in more intelligent ways against the forces of good. With celebrity status, the Justice League is constantly in the public eye, so they need a team to be able to work covertly, under the radar, in order to take it to the villains. And that team is Young Justice.

Young Justice will be comprised of Robin (Dick Grayson), Kid Flash (Wally West), Aqualad (new to the DCU, just appearing in Brightest Day #4), Superboy (Connor Kent), Miss Martian and Artemis (previously Artemiz in the DCU). The new Aqualad will be the leader of the team of side kicks which want more responsibility than just playing second fiddle to their superhero counterparts.

While the costumes looked like Tim and Bart’s the characters are Dick and Wally but not “our” Dick and Wally, Earth-16’s Dick and Wally. It’s kind of Young Justice, kind of Teen Titans and kind of all new.

Well, that looks like another great cartoon that we will only see one season of. Sounds like it will have all the action we action junkies can get off on, but the rest of it is just to hook teenagers into watching it and they won’t for most of the characters don’t show up in video games. Well, I will enjoy it for as long as it last.

There’s a 30 second trailer up on ENI
http://www.enewsi.com/television/191-19024.html

The one hour speical/pilot airs November 26th on Cartoon Network

why were the girls completely left out?

i so wish supergirl were in it. atbh i wish it was the original YJ w/ secret!

I’m guessing since it’s an “action show” they concentrated on boys- could be just because they are the more familiar characters though. There’s supposed to be a bunch of appearances through out the season.

Peter David is going to be writing some episodes and said:

“I’m going to be writing several episodes for the series. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to reconnect with the characters, even if there are some differences between the guys I wrote and the new incarnation. I would love to tell you all about my first episode, but I’m afraid that it’s…oh, what’s the word…Secret.”

http://www.peterdavid.net/index.php/2010/07/25/san-diego-con-day-3/

thanks for that, i actually squeed!

So, did anyone catch the pilot?

I made a joke about how much Connor likes Dick but from the pilot I’d say Superboy prefers a guy who can go deep- he and Aqualad seemed to get on pretty well. Better than Superboy got along with the more bossy Robin.

The series starts with Speedy,Robin, Aqualad and Kid Flash about to be let into the League headquarters for the first time. However they learn it’s more just to tour about then to actually be partners (which ticks off Speedy who leaves- don’t call him a “sidekick”).

The big guys are called off on an emergency so the remaining trio of Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad decide to help fight a fire at Project Cadmus- which Robin knows Batman has been suspicious about for a while.

The action is great, there’s subtle humor “I’m at the end of my rope”, intrigue with Cadmus directors obsessed with The Light. Superboy (“He hates being called ‘It’”) provides some of the human interest in a way Kyle XY did.

It looks like a good series, the girls haven’t been brought in yet (M’gann shows up at the end) so I’m interested in seeing their dynamic.