Green Lantern DVD Shifts Ship Dates Again

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April 29, 2009

In February, Warner Bros. Animation announced that Green Lantern: First Flight would be the next direct-to-DVD DC animated film, out July 28.

Green Lantern: First Flight
Two-disc special edition
Buy this DVD

In April, they moved it up a week to July 21 and released a trailer.

Now comes word that the date is back to July 28, but the suggested retail prices have decreased. The two-disc DVD special edition (cover shown here) will be $24.98 with Blu-ray available at $29.99. The single-disc DVD stays at $19.98.

Over 3 hours of bonus features are promised, including a trailer for the next project, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, an interview with Geoff Johns about the character of Green Lantern, and the Duck Dodgers episode “The Green Loontern” (wouldn’t “Lantoon” have been better?). Find out more at the official site.

Also of note: WB says that “over 2 million DC Universe DVDs [have been] sold”. They go on to break down ship quantities:

Superman: Doomsday – over 850,000 units shipped
Justice League: The New Frontier – over 740,000 units shipped
Batman: Gotham Knight – over 1 million units shipped
Wonder Woman – over 400,000 units shipped

As usual, the girl is last — but it’s also the newest title, so it’s had the least time on the shelves, and it’s received mixed reviews. It shouldn’t be surprising that Batman, with his superior media penetration, has done the best.

5 Responses

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Green Lantern: First Flight release date changes again writes:

April 30, 2009 at 1:05 PM

[...] Draper Carlson at Comics Worth Reading also notes that the prices have apparently been lowered for the two-disc special edition and Blu-Ray edition, [...]

Hal Shipman writes:

April 30, 2009 at 6:18 PM

On top of general market penetration, the Batman disc was explicitly marketed as continuing the story from Batman Begins.

We tried watching it, but had to give up after about 10/15 minutes.

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June 29, 2009 at 7:47 AM

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Green Lantern: Interview With Tricia Helfer » Comics Worth Reading writes:

July 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM

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April 27, 2010 at 9:34 PM

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