Netflix’s ‘Kid Cosmic’: A Fun Return to the Superhero Genre From the Creator of ‘The Powerpuff Girls’
MarioYuwono is from Indonesia, but was born in Italy and attended school in Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin and Los Angeles. He has been obsessed with films ever since he saw his first movie at the age of five, and would go on to spend his younger years reading film encyclopedias and movie guides. Combined with a global upbringing rooted in greater social awareness, this drives him to be more observant of values promoted in films. He believes in cinema’s potential to enable greater empathy and meaningfully expand people’s horizons, in line with
Craig McCracken discusses his new Netflix series "Kid Cosmic" and the streamer's long leash: "They're giving you a lot of money to make your student film."
After getting his start on
Dexter s Laboratory, he set out on his own, creating two of the most iconic TV shows ever to run on Cartoon Network:
Foster s Home for Imaginary Friends. If McCracken wanted to retire after those slam dunks, his legacy would ve been secure, but he s always up for a new challenge never content to be pigeonholed into a single category or coast off his past successes. Take, for instance, his latest series,
Recently speaking with SYFY WIRE over the phone, the legendary creator describes the project as his most mature show to date. This one is really grounded in reality, whereas a lot of my other shows take place in a fantasy reality, he explains.