‘The Governator’ to Hit Comic Books, Video Game Consoles and TV

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t kidding when he said he would be back. After serving two full terms as governor of California, his next career move will be to incarnate ‘The Governator,’ a retired governor who is a family man by day, superhero by night.

Many were wondering whether Schwarzenegger would return to film after his stint in public office, and with his new role as the crime-fighting ‘Governator’, he will be hitting comic books, video games and a 3D film.

“I’m pumped for my next role as the Governator,” Schwarzenegger tweeted on Monday while linking the trailer for the comic book series. “First will come (The Governator) comic books, then a (animated) TV series and after that we will develop the games and then a movie,” said Schwarzenegger in Cannes, according to Forbes. “Maybe then we’ll be back in Cannes for that.”

The name the Governator alludes to his “Terminator” acting past and is borrowed from the nickname he acquired while he was governor of California. “In public life when you are governor, you have to deal with keeping the beaches clean and making sure there is enough funding for the after school programs and lunch programs,” said Schwarzenegger at the press conference in Cannes. “But as an action hero, you just have to save the world,” he added, according to the National Post.

The animated series of the Governator will be created by the famed Stan Lee, who is behind many of Marvel’s major comic book heroes. The Governator will have some special powers according to Cnet including; an electronic “Fly Spy” which has a mini camera that tracks through his “G Shades.” He also uses “Bubble Trouble” which is bubble gum that turns into a secret identity face mask, and “Speak Sprays” which are disguised as breath freshener that allows him to speak in a foreign language.

The video game franchise will be a key part of The Governator which will launch right after the animated TV series, says Forbes. While he was governor, Schwarzenegger was involved in banning the sale of “offensively violent” video games to minors in a case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

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