Wonkybot Entertainment announced today that actress Sarah Douglas, best known for her iconic roles in Superman and Superman II, has joined the voice cast of its animated comedy series The Swines, created by writer-director Stewart St John.

Douglas will appear in a multi-episode arc beginning with the Season 2 premiere, voicing a heightened animated version of herself known as Sarah Piglas — a glamorous, sharp-tongued figure whose arrival sends shockwaves through the show’s pig-pun-powered universe.

Season 2 premieres Friday, April 24 on YouTube, following the debut of a teaser trailer featuring Douglas’s character reveal on March 25 and a full Season 2 trailer due to debut on April 10.

“I’ve been an enormous fan of the unbelievably talented Sarah Douglas since childhood,” said series creator St John. “We’re beyond thrilled to have someone with her pedigree and remarkable range — from commanding dramatic roles to a wonderfully sharp comedic instinct — join us on the show. She’s recognized around the world, and over the years has also become a dear friend. Having her come play in our universe is an amazing gift.”

Douglas first cemented her pop-culture legacy as the chilling Kryptonian super-villain Ursa, opposite Christopher Reeve and Terence Stamp, before delivering memorable turns as Queen Taramis in Conan the Destroyer and Pamela Lynch on Falcon Crest. More recently, she reached a new global audience through Netflix’s A Christmas Prince film franchise.

“I’m thrilled to be working with the creative minds at Wonkybot again,” Douglas said. “I previously voiced The Empress in the award-winning Tara Tremendous audio series, which went on to receive a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. What draws me to Stewart’s work is that it’s fearless — smart, irreverent, and deeply affectionate toward genre and pop culture. The Swines knows exactly what it is, and it isn’t trying to be anything else.”

The Swines is set in a fully realized pig-centric world where everything — names, places, traditions and social hierarchies — is reimagined through swine-based logic and language. St John cites his early mentorship under animation legend Joe Barbera as a formative influence, drawing inspiration from the way The Flintstones committed fully to its stone-age worldbuilding.

“The Swines isn’t just a comedy, it’s a complete universe,” said St John. “Joe Barbera taught me that if you commit fully to a world, the humor becomes timeless. In our case, everything bends to pig logic. Language, culture, class — it all runs on snout rules.”

Synopsis: Welcome to the melodramatic town of Oinkersfield, where every feud, secret and scandal comes with an extra layer of sizzle. Equal parts soap comedy, family drama and satirical small-town saga, The Swines follows a sprawling cast of scheming, lovable and unapologetically larger-than-life characters.

Season 1 introduced audiences to ex–Swine Corps veteran Jack Swinefill, his free-spirited wife June and their grown children — including estranged Hollywood son Sebastian St. Piggleton, who returns to his hometown to claim ten thousand acres of land left to him by his Grandmother Hamm. Unfortunately for Sebastian, the property sits adjacent to his blue collar family’s beloved Hog Heaven Ranch.

News of his return — alongside his glamorous husband Rodd and their sharp-tongued business partner Marcus — quietly sets the stage for rivalries, schemes, and long-simmering family tensions across Oinkersfield, while separate storylines involving land disputes, casino misadventures and a mysterious disappearance push the town’s chaos to new heights.

The first season culminated in a cliffhanger that left Sebastian, Rodd and Marcus fleeing into the forests outside Oinkersfield after a counterfeit luxury watch enraged a pair of armed locals — setting the stage for Season 2 to pick up moments later.

Into this chaos walks Sarah Piglas.

The Swines premiered on YouTube with a hybrid release model combining traditional episodic storytelling with a serialized narrative told through daily YouTube Shorts. Full episodes air in 16:9 format every other Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, while shorter clips expand the storyline across social platforms, an approach Wonkybot says allows the series to reach both long-form viewers and mobile-first audiences.

Source: Animation Magazine