“DC Showcase: Jonah Hex,” Upcoming DC Showcase Animated Shorts Updates
According to San Diego Comic-Con 2010 panel details, the fourth DC Showcase animated short is DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam! – Return of Black Adam, which will anchor a special DC Showcase Blu-ray/DVD compilation home video release scheduled for later this year. The animated short will run 22 minutes in length, nearly double the length of a regular DC Showcase animated short.
Continuing, officials for the annual San Diego Comic-Con have released a schedule of planned events slated for the 2010 convention, including details on the convention’s world premiere of the latest animated short DC Showcase: Jonah Hex. The official details pertaining to the panel dedicated to the aforementioned animated short, and details on both future shorts and a compilation home video release, scheduled for Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 3:00pm local time, are as follows below.
3:00-4:00 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection: Jonah Hex, Green Arrow, and Beyond!
Warner Home Video, Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation roll out the next wave of DC Showcase animated shorts with the world premiere of Jonah Hex, an advance look at Green Arrow, and details regarding the upcoming compilation Blu-ray/DVD release anchored by Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam. Executive producer Bruce Timm (DC Universe Animated Original Movies), Jonah Hex voice Thomas Jane (Hung), producer Alan Burnett (The Batman), acclaimed comics writer and fiction author Joe Lansdale, and writer/producer Greg Weisman (Young Justice) present a peek at three never-before-seen shorts. Room 7AB
The 41st annual Comic-Con International San Diego will be held July 22-25, 2010, with Preview Night on July 21st, 2010, at the San Diego Convention Center. The convention is held every year, focusing on host of different genres and pop culture events. The complete convention schedule can be found at the official San Diego Comic-Con website. Warner Home Video is expected to released further details and official press information next week concerning the panel.
The World’s Finest was the first to report on a DC Showcase DVD and Blu-ray compilation home video release back in 2009. DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam! – The Return of Black Adam is scheduled for release later this year alongside a host of other DC Comics 75th Anniversary-related home video releases, including a box-set collection of DC Comics-based animated features and a special documentary home video release covering the first 75 years of DC Comics publications.
A co-production of Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the direct-to-video Batman: Under the Red Hood animated feature debuts July 27th, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray disc from Warner Home Video. Jonah Hex will be included on the Blu-ray and Two-Disc Special Editions of Batman: Under the Red Hood. Stay tuned for further updates here soon at The Worlds Finest.
In related news, the live-action Warner Bros. Entertainment feature film Jonah Hex, based on the popular DC Comics character, has grossed slightly over $10 million as of this weekend according to box office receipts information.
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