When I wrote about Batman: Assault on Arkham last week, there wasn’t a lot of information available beyond the trailer. Now, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released that Batman: Assault on Arkham Will be available August 12. Takes place between the Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Asylum video games. Has this plot description: Gotham is in great danger when the government assembles a group of villains — code named the Suicide Squad — and forces them to break into […]

Based on the “world of Arkham Asylum” [the video game], the next original DCU animated movie will be Batman: Assault on Arkham. DC Entertainment has posted the following trailer to YouTube. It’s also available on Son of Batman, out next Tuesday. Harley Quinn (Hynden Walch) features prominently, of course, as do Deadshot (Neal McDonough), the Joker (Troy Baker) with a bomb, and someone who looks like Woody Allen (appearing at 0:49). Maybe that’s the Riddler (Matthew Gray Gubler). Kevin Conroy […]

The next original DCU animated movie, Son of Batman, will be available for home video purchase on May 6, but attendees of this weekend’s California show WonderCon will be able to see the film tonight, followed by a panel discussion with stars Jason O’Mara (Batman), Sean Maher (Nightwing), Xander Berkeley (Langstrom), Stuart Allan (Damian), and filmmakers James Tucker (producer), Ethan Spaulding (director), Phil Bourassa (character designer), and Andrea Romano (dialogue director). (Can you believe this is the 20th!?! original animated […]

In this Comic Book Resources interview, DC animated movie producer James Tucker discussed how Justice League: War (the original-to-home-video DCU cartoon movie out today) will be the first in a series of connected original video animated films. He says, “This will definitely be the first salvo in doing new movies that are in continuity with each other. Our next movie’s going to be Son of Batman, and that Batman will be the same Batman that you see in Justice League: […]

Justice League: War is the first “new 52” DC original animated movie, and although I don’t care for those relaunched comics, I found the story of the Justice League first assembling kind of fun. It’s fast-paced, with plenty of suspense and excitement. Instead of wondering “when is this gonna be done?”, as I have with some of the past DC movies, this kept my interest, with the exception of the lengthy battle finale. It starts with Batman (voiced by Jason […]

The next original DC universe animated movie, Justice League: War, will be available for purchase February 4. This is the first animated version of the new 52 DCU, and the movie tells the story of how the Justice League formed in the wake of Darkseid’s attack on Earth. The extras on this release will be “Creating Heroes: The Life and Art of Jim Lee” (Blu-ray only) “Justice League: War Act D” — From Animatic to Pencil Test (Blu-ray only) 4 […]

The next original DC animated movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be Son of Batman, to be released May 6. The movie is based on Batman and Son, the comic story by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, and the film is directed by Ethan Spaulding, from a screenplay by Joe R. Lansdale adapting a story by James Robinson. Voice cast includes: Jason O’Mara as Batman (the same role he played in Justice League: War) Stuart Allan as Damian, Batman’s […]

The next original DC universe animated movie will be Justice League: War, arriving as a Blu-ray combo pack (cover shown here), DVD, and on digital download on February 4, 2014. Amazon currently has the list price as $24.98, with the DVD version at $19.98. This is the first “new 52” story to be animated, telling the origin of the Justice League, formed in response to Darkseid’s invasion of Earth. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Shazam, and Cyborg band […]