The Daily Blam! is reporting that, after the next original DC animated movie Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Warner Home Video will release Batman: Year One, based on the classic Frank Miller graphic novel. No release date was given; since Emerald Knights comes out in June, it would be closer to the end of 2011 or spring 2012, I’m guessing. As expected, the accompanying DC Showcase short films are done; they have no plans to do more since the collection Superman/Shazam!: […]

All-Star Superman is inspired by the Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely story/homage to the character’s history and adapted by Dwayne McDuffie. A mission into the sun causes Superman to be given a death sentence by scientist Dr. Leo Quintum. The hero’s cells are “oversaturated with power” from solar radiation. When Superman finds out he’s dying, he decides to stop lying to Lois. He takes her to his arctic fortress, full of marvelous wonders, where they finally have an honest conversation, before he […]

Warner Home Video has announced today that the next original animated DC movie will be Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, starring Nathan Fillion (Serenity, Castle) as Hal Jordan. Fillion previously played Steve Trevor in the animated Wonder Woman movie. This is the second Green Lantern animated film; in the previous, First Flight, Jordan was voiced by Christopher Meloni. In Emerald Knights, Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) plays Arisia, “a young recruit forced into her first mission on just her third day as […]

Warner Home Video has provided this pre-written interview with Anthony LaPaglia, who is voicing Lex Luthor in the upcoming All-Star Superman, due out February 22. LaPaglia has won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series/Drama for his current series, Without a Trace, as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Simon on Frasier) and a Tony Award for Best Actor (Play) for the revival of Arthur Miller’s A View […]

All-Star Superman, the next direct-to-DVD DC animated movie, will have premieres in New York City on February 14 and Los Angeles on February 17. Post-screening panel discussions with cast and crew will follow at each. The press release I got the end of last week said this: A limited number of free tickets are available for the general public. Fans in the New York City area wishing to receive free tickets to the NY event on Feb. 14 must RSVP […]

Warner Home Video has followed up on the All-Star Superman video news that broke last October with an official announcement, including this box art. All-Star Superman is due out February 22, 2011, as the 10th DC Universe original animated movie at a 75-minute running time. The voice cast will be James Denton (Desperate Housewives) as Superman, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as Lois Lane, and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) as Lex Luthor. The story, based on the comic by Grant […]

The DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection, out this week, contains four cartoons: The Spectre (originally released with Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) Green Arrow (from Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) Jonah Hex (from Batman: Under the Red Hood) And one new release, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam. The New Cartoon We’re introduced to Billy Batson, living in the worst area of town in an abandoned apartment with no money. But he still stands up to bad guys and is kind to […]

All-Star Superman, due in Spring 2011 and based on the comic by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, will be the 10th DC Universe original animated film. There’s a lot of good reasons to look forward to All-Star Superman. It’s got wonderful source material, and it’s being adapted by writer Dwayne McDuffie. In the original story, Superman came to terms with his own mortality, and yet, while dying, set out to save the Earth once again. Based on this piece of […]