Youman

Youman is a live-action action/adventure/thriller television series that will premiere on ShowTime March 2014 or March 2015. The show is a homage to the Japanese tokusatsu TV shows of the 70s.

SYPNOSIS:
11 years ago, a 9-year-old girl Rita Jones was abused, beaten, and verbally blasted by her parents, and her baby brother Kyle is endangered. Then, there's a light at the end of their tunnel when their parents were arrested for child abuse. Rita's mother Roz Jones, was sentenced to life in prison, and her father Kevin Jones was executed by an electric chair. And Rita and her brother were sent to live with their aunt and uncle. But today, in a world plagued by HELL, a mysterious terrorist organization out to rule the world. In order to accomplish that, HELL operatives were sent out to kidnap most of Chicago's criminals, and using animal/plant DNA, cybernetics, and acts of permanent brainwashing to turn them into mutant cyborgs. And they are ordered to carry out evil deeds. One of them was abducted by HELL, and that was 11-year-old Kyle Jones, who lost Rita, his aunt, and uncle to HELL. With his body altered by nanotechnology, he successfully escapes and creates a battlesuit and mask to fight HELL. When HELL's monsters start killing innocent people for fun and try to execute their evil plans, Kyle Jones becomes the cybernetic hero Youman! And he tries to save Chicago from the forces of evil!

Youman and Friends:

 * Kyle Jones/Youman(played by TBA)-an 11-year-old orphan who finds his sister, uncle, and aunt murdered by HELL, and being kidnapped by them, and having his body altered before he can ever be mixed with animal DNA and being brainwashed. But he escapes before it could happen, and combats HELL as Youman, using his hand-to-hand combat and cutting-edge technology to battle HELL. Armed with a Death Light, located on the buckle of his belt, he uses this as a last resort into defeating the enemy.
 * Frank Brown(played by Samuel L. Jackson)-an FBI agent sent down to investigate HELL's activities. He is good friends with Kyle, and helps him fight HELL.
 * Geoff Courtney(played by Charlie Schlatter)-owner of an electronics store where Kyle works at despite age restrictions. Geoff is Kyle's father figure.

H.E.L.L.
HELL(The Holy Evolutionary Leftist League) is an evil terrorist organization who set their sights on human-race extinction and conquest of the world. They have ties with al-Qaeda. They plan to turn humans into robots.
 * Queen of HELL-a mysterious leader whose identity is yet to be revealed. She speaks through a beacon/amulet that any HELL Grunt could wear.
 * HELL Grunts-clones that are HELL's foot soldiers with facepaint and berets. They wield swords, knives, grenades, pistols, machine guns, and sometimes rocket launchers and EMPs. They come in black-haired men and blonde women, and all of them are white.