DC’s Mister Miracle Animated Series to Feature Darkseid, Orion, and More New Gods

DC’s Mister Miracle, an upcoming adult animated series, gets a plot update and character descriptions. The series will follow Scott Free/Mister Miracle and his wife/partner Big Barda as the leads. Casting is currently underway, with character descriptions already revealed.

In the show, Darkseid will serve as the main antagonist, with appearances from Highfather, Lightray, Orion, and Funky Flashman. The plot follows Scott Free’s infection by the Anti-Life Equation and his suicide attempt.

Character Descriptions in DC’s Mister Miracle Animated Series

Darkseid

Described as the physical manifestation of all evil in the universe. He speaks in a silly, over-the-top manner, which is balanced by his calm yet confident demeanor.

In the Mister Miracle comic book story that inspired the new series, Darkseid obtains the terrifying Anti-Life Equation, sparking a war against the forces of New Genesis. This forces Mister Miracle to return home, hoping to restore peace between the two warring worlds.

Funky Flashman

Serves as a narrator in certain scenes, with his heavy Stan Lee inspiration very clear in this adaptation. Known as a “snake oil salesman,” he is highly articulate and skilled at persuasion, always knowing how to sell a product.

Lightray

Raised alongside Orion, Lightray is deeply loyal to both Highfather and Orion. He considers himself superior to Scott and Barda, often viewing the missions given to him by Highfather as beneath him.

Highfather

The all-knowing leader of New Genesis. Despite his power and status, he struggles to connect with the other New Gods, particularly Scott, who has resented him since childhood for giving him up to Darkseid.

Orion

The son of Darkseid, burdened with his father’s anger, sins, and ambition. Raised by Highfather, Orion has long repressed these darker traits. In the series, he will act as a mentor to Scott.

Plot Details – Mister Miracle Animated Series

No prison can hold him. No trap can contain him. He is Scott Free, the worldwide celebrity sensation known as Mister Miracle, the greatest escape artist who ever lived. But can he pull off the ultimate trick—escaping death itself?

Something has gone horribly wrong with the perfect life Scott and his warrior wife, Big Barda, have built for themselves on Earth. With war raging between their homeworlds of Apokolips and New Genesis, Scott’s cruel adoptive father, Darkseid, seems to have finally captured the Anti-Life Equation—the ultimate weapon that will give him total dominance over the universe.

As the mountains of bodies on both sides grow ever higher, only Mister Miracle can stop the slaughter and restore peace. But the terrible power of the Anti-Life Equation may already be at work in his own mind—warping his reality, exposing his long-buried pain, and shattering the fragile happiness he’s found with the woman he loves. And so begins the odyssey of Scott Free, Mister Miracle: a harrowing, hilarious, and heart-wrenching journey across the pitfalls of the ordinary and extraordinary, as the son of a god raised by the devil tries to save his family, his world, and maybe even himself.

Tom King (Lanterns) will serve as showrunner and lead the eight-episode adult animated series, adapting King’s 12-issue Eisner Award-winning Mister Miracle comic. DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran will executive produce alongside King. Developed by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios. Network is TBD.