Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Rooster Teeth announced an upcoming 2023 animated movie featuring characters from DC Comics’ the Justice League and the RWBY animated web-series. No specific story details for the RWBY/Justice League crossover feature were revealed, though a teaser image was released to the media. Click on the thumbnail below for a closer look.
The announcement was made July 1, 2022 during RTX Austin, an annual gaming and internet convention hosted by digital media company Rooster Teeth. Specifically, it was announced during a panel for RWBY by members of the cast and crew, including writers and directors Kerry Shawcross and Eddy Rivas, supervising producer Laura Yates and voice actors Lindsay Jones, Barbara Dunkelman, Arryn Zech and Kara Eberle. The feature-length movie will be animated by the same team as the web series and will be the first film set in the ‘RWBY’ universe. The film is being produced by Rooster Teeth, in association with Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
While plot details are unknown, the animated movie will feature an completely original story. This movie follows last year’s DC Comics limited series, RWBY x Justice League, written by Marguerite Bennett and art by Aneke, Stephanie Pepper and Emanuela Lupacchino.
Created in 2013 by Monty Oum, RWBY is set in the world of Remnant, where warriors called huntsmen and huntresses protect the world from monsters known as Grimm. The story follows four young women – Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang – training to become huntresses at the Beacon Academy. The series is produced by Rooster Teeth Animation with Shawcross, Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns as the executive producers.
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The third issue of the Young Justice: Targets mini-series and a Harley Quinn 30th anniversary special comic are both set for a September 2022 release from DC Comics. The Harley Quinn special is being released nearly thirty years to the day of her first ever appearance in the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Joker’s Favor.” Continue below for artwork and further details, all provided by DC Comics as part of their September 2022 solicitations.
YOUNG JUSTICE: TARGETS #3
Written by GREG WEISMAN
Art and cover by CHRISTOPHER JONES
Variant cover by MEGHAN HETRICK
Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover by ADRIAN GUTIERREZ Queen Perdita has been rescued! Or has she? Beast Boy has his doubts, and soon his suspicions turn terrifyingly real. Nightwing and Robin, working across the globe from one another, come upon information that leads them to uncover the identity of the villain who’s been pulling the strings behind this kidnapping all along! Plus, take a trip into the past with another action-packed backup, starring Green Arrow! $3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/27/22
HARLEY QUINN 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1
Written by AMANDA CONNER, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, PAUL DINI, STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ, SAM HUMPHRIES, KAMI GARCIA, ROB WILLIAMS, MINDY LEE, TERRY DODSON, CECIL CASTELLUCCI, and RAFAEL SCAVONE
Art by CHAD HARDIN, GUILLEM MARCH, RILEY ROSSMO, STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ, ERICA HENDERSON, JASON BADOWER, MICO SUAYAN, JOHN TIMMS, TERRY DODSON, RACHEL DODSON, DAN HIPP, and RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
Variant covers by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL, ADAM HUGHES, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, LEE BERMEJO, JEROME OPEÑA, BRUCE TIMM, TERRY DODSON, STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ, AMANDA CONNER, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU You are cordially invited to an oversize extravaganza celebrating the Clown Princess of Crime’s 30th birthday in this fantabulous special! That’s right—Harley Quinn turns 30 in absolute style and has invited a squad of her old creative pals to join her with a killer lineup of amazing stories! And the reviews are in—it’s guaranteed awesome:
“Last chance, Quinn.
Don’t make me do this.”
—Amanda Waller
“Wait…you’re not
going back to…”
—Red Tool
“Sigh.”
—Poison Ivy $9.99 US | 96 pages | Prestige
ON SALE 9/13/22
More details on Young Justice: Targets can be found here and check out the The World’s Finest Young Justice subsite for more content! Stay tuned right here for further Young Justice coverage and updates! Discuss this news by clicking the link below.
With the season finale of Young Justice: Phantoms approaching, The World’s Finest caught up with the music collective known as Dynamic Music Partners – consisting of Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis and Kristopher Carter – to discuss their journey with The Team and the how the acclaimed animated series has impacted their work, among other topics. Click on the image below to check out the interview.
Dynamic Music Partners is a team of three award-winning composer/arranger/conductors who’ve scored a host of acclaimed superhero shows, from Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series to The Spectacular Spider-Man, Teen Titans and countless others. For more on Dynamic Music Partners – including details on past, present and future works, along with news on forthcoming releases and appearances – check out their official website! On social media, be sure to follow them on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube!
New episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms are currently streaming each week on HBO Max. The first half of Young Justice‘s fourth season, along with the show’s previous three seasons, is also available on the streaming service. Stay tuned right here for further Young Justice coverage and updates, and check out the The World’s Finest Young Justice subsite for more images, videos, exclusive content and much more! Discuss this news by clicking the link below.
DC Comics has released details on an upcoming issue of the Young Justice: Targets mini-series and a Harley Quinn: The Animated Series special one-shot, both slated for an August 2022 release. Both comics continue storylines established in their respective animated source material. Continue below for artwork and further details, all provided by DC Comics as part of their August 2022 solicitations.
YOUNG JUSTICE: TARGETS #2
Written by GREG WEISMAN
Art and cover by CHRISTOPHER JONES
Variant cover by MEGHAN HETRICK With Queen Perdita nowhere to be found, an APB has been sent across the planet! Now, in Markovia, the Infinitors have been assembled to track her down, but are the Infinitors to be trusted? How deep does this evil conspiracy run, and who will be able to unravel the web of deception in time? $3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/23/22
HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES – THE REAL SIDEKICKS OF NEW GOTHAM SPECIAL #1
Written by TEE FRANKLIN, ALEXIS QUASARANO, CONNER SHIN,
JIMMY MOSQUEDA, and JAMIESEN BORAK
Art by MAX SARIN, ONEILLJONES, ERICA HENDERSON,
LOGAN FAERBER, PJ HOLDEN, and more!
Cover by MAX SARIN
Variant cover by DAN HIPP
1:25 variant cover by SERGIO ACUNA What happens when writers from Harley Quinn the TV show and Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour the comic book get together and swap stories from New Gotham? Absolute mayhem, that’s what! Follow what happened to some of your favorite Gotham sidekicks on Tawny Young’s new trash-tastic daytime talk show and watch the chairs fly as they spill the tea! Guest-starring Clayface, Batgirl, Frank the
Plant, and Harley Quinn’s worst sidekick…The Joker! $9.99 US | 80 pages | Prestige
ON SALE 8/30/22
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Green Lantern: Beware My Power, the studio’s next entry in the DC Universe Movie line, will hit physical and digital media on July 26, 2022. The feature is directed by Jeff Wamester from a script co-written by John Semper and Ernie Altbacker. Continue below for the Green Lantern: Beware My Power trailer, package art and press details:
GREEN LANTERN:
BEWARE MY POWER
ALDIS HODGE BRINGS JOHN STEWART’S FIRST ADVENTURE
TO 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY™ AND DIGITAL ON 7/26/22
Witness the action-packed induction of John Stewart to the Green Lantern Corps, and his first thrilling adventure alongside some familiar faces, when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Green Lantern: Beware My Power on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack (USA $29.99 SRP; Canada $34.99 SRP), Blu-ray (USA $24.99 SRP; Canada $29.99 SRP) and Digital on July 26, 2022.
In Green Lantern: Beware My Power, recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extraterrestrial ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth. Unfortunately, the ring doesn’t come with instructions – but it does come with baggage, like a horde of interplanetary killers bent on eliminating every Green Lantern in the universe. Now, with the aid of the light-hearted Green Arrow, Adam Strange and Hawkgirl, this reluctant soldier must journey into the heart of a galactic Rann/Thanagar war and somehow succeed where all other Green Lanterns have failed.
SAG Award-winning actor Aldis Hodge (Black Adam, One Night in Miami, City on a Hill) takes the title role as John Stewart/Green Lantern, closely supported by Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Pachinko) as Green Arrow. The voice cast includes Ike Amadi (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, Superman: Man of Tomorrow) as Martian Manhunter, Brian Bloom (The A-Team, Mass Effect) as Adam Strange, Jamie Gray Hyder (Law & Order: SVU, True Blood) as Hawkgirl, Mara Junot (Call of Duty franchise, Genshin Impact) as Lyssa Drak & Banth Dar, Jason J. Lewis (Justice League Action) as Ganthet & Captain Kantus, Keesha Sharp (Empire, Lethal Weapon) as Vixen, Simon Templeman (Uncharted franchise) as Sardath & Console Voice, Rick D. Wasserman (Batman: The Killing Joke) as Sinestro, Sunil Malhotra (Mortal Kombat 11, The Legend of Korra) as Power Ring and Rannian Commander, and additional voices provided by Nolan North (Young Justice, Rick and Morty, American Dad!).
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the PG-13 rated Green Lantern: Beware My Power is directed by Jeff Wamester (Justice Society: World War II) from a script co-written by John Semper (Static Shock, Fraggle Rock) and Ernie Altbacker (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War). Jim Krieg (Justice League vs. The Fatal Five) is producer, supervising producer is Butch Lukic (Batman: The Long Halloween), and Sam Register is Executive Producer.
Green Lantern: Beware My Power – Special Features
4K, Blu-ray and Digital
-John Stewart: The Power and the Glory (New Featurette) – Whether in brightest day or blackest night, John Stewart remains one of greatest and most beloved heroes of the DC Universe – and of the many universes that he has protected in his groundbreaking 50-year career as a Green Lantern. His courage, strength, conviction, and compassion have been his source of his abundant power, as well as the reason for his immense fanbase. This documentary examines his adventures on the printed page, the animated screen, popular culture and beyond, featuring all-new interviews with the creators, writers, artists, and performers who helped shape John’s legendary stories, including Aldis Hodge, the voice of John Stewart in Green Lantern: Beware My Power.
Looking for more tales of the Green Lanterns? Check out treasured DC Universe Movies like Green Lantern: First Flight and Green Lantern: Emerald Knights and the acclaimed Green Lantern: The Animated Series – along with a rich catalog of DC-centric films and series – on HBO Max!
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Running Time: 88 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some strong violence, bloody images and partial nudity
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Green Lantern: Beware My Power, the latest entry in the DC Universe Movie line, arrives July 26, 2022 on Blu-ray and Digital from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Check out The World’s Finest DC Universe Movie subsite for more on the acclaimed movie series, and stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest. Click the link below to discuss this news.