Greg Weisman & Brandon Vietti Interview: Young Justice Season 4 Part 2
With the second half of Young Justice's fourth season beginning, fans have been eagerly waiting to see what series creators Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti have planned. The HBO Max has made a name for itself with its unique interpretation of the DC Universe, and the second half of Phantoms certainly continues that trend.
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This latest season of Young Justice has been one of the most character focussed yet. Primarily following the series' original cast through their own mini-arcs, Young Justice: Phantoms has been met with widespread praise from critics and longtime fans of the series. Previous arcs in the season's first half have focussed on Miss Martian and Superboy, Artemis, and Zatanna. Now, with the season's Aqualad arc just wrapping up, we spoke to Weisman and Vietti about the season's production and what exactly goes into making the landmark series.
Screen Rant: This latest arc has focused on Kaldur and Atlantis but you also have many other storylines and plots going on in the background. How do you make sure that each episode has the right balance so that the smaller arcs don't overshadow the main one?
Brandon Vietti: Very tricky math. I think that's a question Greg and I asked ourselves as we were trying to create the beats for the individual episodes, the individual arcs, and the entire season. I think we split this over both in-office and pandemic times, didn't we Greg? As we come up with story ideas, Greg jots them down on three by five cards, he pins them to a giant wall, then we can step back from the wall and kind of look at how things balance out. That was a little trickier in the pandemic.
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