Former action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed that he would return to the silver screen as a cartoon superhero called ''The Governator''. The former Governor of California will voice the character for an animated television series that may later turn into a film franchise.
It will feature a semi fictional former politician who retires and embarks on a double life as a secret crime-fighter, building a hi-tech bunker called the "Arnold Cave" under his home in Los Angeles.
His enemies will be a dastardly group of super-villains from an organization called Gangsters, Imposters, Racketeers, Liars and Irredeemable Ex-cons - the girlie Men for short.
As governor, Schwarzenegger used the phrase "girlie men" to describe his opponents.
Stan Lee, the co-creator of ''Spider-Man'', has created the cartoon character and he will incorporate Schwarzenegger''s real-life wife Maria Shriver and their children.
The series will be a first step on the road to a Hollywood comeback for the 63-year-old former action star, who left political office in January.
"As you know, the constitution doesn''t allow me to run for president, because otherwise I wouldn''t be standing here in a leather jacket. I would be dressed up right now in a suit," the Telegraph quoted Schwarzenegger as telling Entertainment Weekly magazine.
His new cartoon character will own a fleet of super vehicles, and a closet full of "super suits" that allow him to fly.
"When I ran for governor back in 2003 and I started hearing people talking about the ''Governator,'' I thought the word was so cool," said Schwarzenegger.
"This takes my whole career, basically, bodybuilding, action movies, the governorship, and combines it into one," he added.
Michael Schneider, the Los Angeles bureau chief for TV Guide, said: "I hope ''The Governator'' is an April Fools joke because, seriously, what kind of superhero leaves things even worse off than he found it?"
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