William Shatner, the actor-turned-spokesman-turned-comic book mogul-turned-whatever-else-can-make-him-a-buck, has launched a new series of cartoons calledThe Gavones on YouTube and spoke about them with People Online today. He describes the series as “a comedic soprano family, but the more interesting element of the interview to me is his suggestion that we’ll see numerous promient Italian Hollywood stars guest-appearing, because “We can get anybody we want with the flick [of a pen].” Now, depending on how that’s handled, it seems like the whole project could collapse under the weight of Martin Scorcese suing over likeness rights.
