Max finally revealed the release date for its upcoming Harley Quinn spinoff, Kite Man: Hell Yeah! The DC animated series will premiere on the streamer on July 18.
Kite Man (the series) was first announced in 2022 between the release of Harley Quinn Seasons 2 and 3. The series follows the eponymous Batman villain and Poison Ivy’s former fiance as he and his new girlfriend, Golden Glider, run a bar in Gotham. The show is being executive produced by Harley Quinn actor Kaley Cuoco, Dean Lorey, Justin Halpern, Sam Register, and Patrick Shumacker.
Can we get a HELL YEAH?! Get ready for all of Kite Man’s saucy adventures in Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, a spin-off of Harley Quinn, coming in 2024 to @streamonmax. pic.twitter.com/eFiMvvGU2x
— Harley Quinn (@dcharleyquinn) September 14, 2023
During a 2022 SXSW panel, Harley Quinn co-showrunner and co-developer Schumacker characterized the spinoff as a Cheers-style comedy in which Kite Man purchases a Noonan's, a frequent hangout for Arkham Aslyum’s greatest villains and the show’s former working title. The spinoff will see actor Matt Oberg reprise his role as the titular fail-man villain. Other new and returning characters to the series include:
- Stephanie Hsu as Golden Glider
- James Adomian as Bane
- Natasia Demetriou as Malice
- Janelle James as Queen of Fables
- Jonathan Banks as Noonan
- Keith David as Darkseid
- Michael Imperioli as Joe/Moe Dubelz
- Rory Scovel as Gus the Goon
- Lance Reddick as Lex Luthor
- Judith Light as “Helen Villigan.”
Harley Quinn debuted in 2019 and received rave reviews among fans and critics as the forerunner of DC’s venture into adult-leaning animated series. Warner Bros. Discovery renewed the series for a fifth season in 2023, though its tentative release window has yet to be announced.
In our review for Harley Quinn Season 4, we gave the show a seven out of 10, saying, “Harley Quinn remains ambitious and audacious, but Season 4 is pulled in too many directions for it to be truly great.”
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
