The 2009 direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature will make its Canadian network debut on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 10:00pm (ET) as part of the “Teletoon at Night” programming block on Teletoon. Please note schedule details are subject to change without notice. Official details on the Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature are available below.
Green Lantern: First Flight Teletoon, Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 10:00pm (ET) When pilot Hal Jordan accepts a mysterious, powerful ring from a dying alien creature, it transforms him into a Green Lantern, one of an elite force of heroes who patrol the universe to ensure peace and justice under the leadership of the Guanrdians of the Universe. Unsure of their newest recruit, the Guardians assign Hal to their most-honored Green Lantern Sinestro for training., unaware that Sinestro wants to overthrow the Guardians and create a new order he’ll control. It’s a battle of might and willpower as Hal must prove his worth by defeating Sinestro and saving the Green Lantern Corp.
Teletoon also recently featured the Canadian network debut of Wonder Woman, the direct-to-video DC Universe Animated Original Movie title, in late 2009 on the “Teletoon at Night” programming block. The network is expected to revisit that animated feature later this year. Like the Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature, Wonder Woman made its debut on home video in 2009.
Further details on the direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature can be found at the Green Lantern: First Flight subsite here at The World’s Finest.
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The 2009 direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature will make its cable network debut on Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 8:00pm (ET) as part of the special weekend programming on Cartoon Network. Please note schedule details are subject to change by Cartoon Network without notice. Official details on the Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature are available below.
Green Lantern: First Flight Cartoon Network, Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 8:00pm (ET) When pilot Hal Jordan accepts a mysterious, powerful ring from a dying alien creature, it transforms him into a Green Lantern, one of an elite force of heroes who patrol the universe to ensure peace and justice under the leadership of the Guanrdians of the Universe. Unsure of their newest recruit, the Guardians assign Hal to their most-honored Green Lantern Sinestro for training., unaware that Sinestro wants to overthrow the Guardians and create a new order he’ll control. It’s a battle of might and willpower as Hal must prove his worth by defeating Sinestro and saving the Green Lantern Corp.
Further details on the direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature can be found at the Green Lantern: First Flight subsite here at The World’s Finest. The direct-to-video animated featured Green Lantern: First Flight premiered on DVD and Blu-ray in July 2009, and has sold nearly 300,000 DVD copies since its release.
Debuting three new titles this year, the DC Universe Animated Original Movie direct-to-video animated feature line from Warner Home Video moved nearly one million DVD units in 2009. Over 900,000 of those units came from the three new DC Universe Animated Original Movie titles that debuted this year – Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: First Flight and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies – and those numbers are expected to grow during the December 2009 holiday season.
Among the three new DC Universe Animated Original Movie titles, the September 2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies animated feature made the biggest splash of this years releases, moving an estimated 342,000 DVD units since hitting shelves. Home video retail outlets are expecting the title to finish with at least a total 350,000 of units sold by the end of 2009. The direct-to-video Superman/Batman: Public Enemies animated feature debuted to an estimated 198,000 DVD copies sold in its first week of sales, during the week ending October 4th, 2009.
The second DC Universe Animated Original Movie title released this year, released during the summer sales season, the direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature has sold an estimated 286,000 copies since its mid-year debut. The direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature debuted to an estimated 160,000 DVD copies sold in its first week of sales, during the week ending August 2nd, 2009. The Annie Award nominated feature is expected to finish 2009 with at least a total of 295,000 DVD units moved according to home video retail outlets.
Lastly, the first 2009 release under the DC Universe Animated Original Movie banner, Wonder Woman has moved an estimated 292,000 DVD copies since premiering during the first quarter of the year. The release has boasted consistently stable sales throughout the year despite having the lowest debut week of all the DC Universe Animated Original Movie titles to date. Wonder Woman debuted with 107,000 in DVD sales in its first week, the week ending March 8th, 2009, though sales quickly leveled off after the standard second week plunge. The critically-acclaimed direct-to-video animated feature is also expected to finish out 2009 with a projected estimate of 295,000 DVDs unit sold according to home video retail outlets.
Please note the above sales numbers do not take into account rental numbers, OnDemand numbers, legal download numbers, or high-definition release sales.
Additionally, though not under the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, Warner Home Video and Warner Premiere also debuted the direct-to-video animated tie-in feature Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter, tying into the live-action Watchmen Spring 2009 theatrical release. While the home video premiere title stumbled out of the gate with 42,000 in DVD sales for its first week, the week of March 29th, 2009, the title has since moved an estimated 198,000 copies since its debut, and will likely top out with a respectable 200,000 DVD units moved by the end of 2009.
A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line is expected to release between two three new direct-to-video animated features in 2010, with the next title, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, set to debut February 23rd, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray disc. Two additional direct-to-video animated features are set to follow later in the year.
Stay tuned for updates on current and upcoming DC Universe Animated Original Movie titles here at The Worlds Finest, including exclusive content and more. More details on the entire DC Universe Animated Original Movie can be found here at The World’s Finest special dedicated subsite.
2009 Sales information for Planet Hulk, the Marvel Animated Features production from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate Home Entertainment, is available at Marvel Animation Age. Click here for more details.
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Announced earlier this month, the Green Lantern: First Flight direct-to-video animated feature received a nomination in the 37th Annual Annie Awards, awards recognizing the years best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and more. The nomination is as follows.
Green Lantern: First Flight -Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
The Worlds Finest was able to talk to Alan Burnett, writer of the Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature, for a statement on the feature’s nomination
“I was very grateful for everyone’s work on the film and how it turned out,” says Burnett. “Lauren Montgomery and her team visualized a whole new and quite extensive universe, which is no small feat considering the constraints of DVD production.”
When asked if he would consider writing a follow-up for Green Lantern: First Flight, Burnett seemed fond of the idea.
“Of course I would love to return to Oa,” exclaims Burnett. “These days it seems to be the happenin’ place.”
The Annie Awards honor overall excellence in the field of animation as well as individual achievement in a total of 24 categories ranging from production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music and voice acting. More details can be found at the official website for the 37th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 37th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.
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The new La-La Land Records CD release of Robert J. Kral’s score to the direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature is now available to own through the La-La Land Records website. To view images from the Green Lantern: First Flight soundtrack CD release, please click on the thumbnails below.
For more images and details of the new Green Lantern: First Flight soundtrack CD release from La-La Land Records, including a review, please visit the Green Lantern: First Flight subsite here at The World’s Finest.
The CD release of Green Lantern: First Flight is a limited edition collector’s release of 1500 copies which is only available through the La-La Land Records website and other online soundtrack specialty stores. La-La Land Records is also offering 150 copies autographed by composer Robert J. Kral at no additional charge. Autographs are first come, first serve while supplies last and are not guaranteed. Details on how to order the new Green Lantern: First Flight soundtrack CD release are available at La-La Land Records.com. A legal downloadable version of the soundtrack is currently available on iTunes, through the New Line Records label.
In related news, La-La Land Records currently has early plans for a CD soundtrack release of Christopher Drake’s score to the 2009 Wonder Woman animated feature slated for early 2010, tentatively in February. Stay tuned for further details.