Video Clip From Upcoming “Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leagured” Animated Special
Cartoon Network has released the first clip for the upcoming animated one-shot Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered, a new special tying in to the upcoming Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game, airing Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT). The one-shot movie special, written by Jim Krieg and produced by Brandon Vietti, is based on the highly-popular Lego DC Comics and Lego Batman toy franchises. The special is part of Cartoon Network’s “Hallo-Week” promotion, a week-long event of all-new special programming airing weeknights at 6:00pm (ET/PT) from Monday, October 27th, 2014 to Thursday, October 30th, 2014.
Initial details for Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered can be found below.
Lego DC Comics: “Batman Be-Leaguered”
Monday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network
Batman prides himself on being a loner, a totally self-sufficient one-man-band. Just ask anyone; Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, Alfred… anyone. So, he is understandably irritated when his nightly cleanup of Gotham City villains is interrupted by Superman, who pesters Batman to join his new superhero team, The Justice League. After Batman makes it quite clear to the Man of Steel that his invitation has been declined, Superman flies off disappointed… whereupon he is overcome with a strange energy and vanishes!
Additional clips and images are slated to be released within the coming days. Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered airs Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. Stay tuned for additional updates right here at The World’s Finest.
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Official Details, Art For New “The Batman Adventures: Mad Love – Deluxe Edition” Hardcover Collection
DC Comics has released official details for a new hardcover release of the classic The Batman Adventures: Mad Love one-shot set for release in March 2015. The critically acclaimed comic book, written by Paul Dini with art by Bruce Timm, features the origin of the wildly popular character Harley Quinn. The Batman Adventures: Mad Love – Deluxe Edition will include the original story plus an abundance of bonus material. The hardcover release is slated to hit shelves March 24th, 2015 for $17.99US.
Continue below for the official details provided by the publisher.
THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE DELUXE EDITION
Written by PAUL DINI and BRUCE TIMM
Art and cover by BRUCE TIMM
On sale MARCH 18 • 96 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $17.99 US
Written and drawn by the masterminds behind Batman: The Animated Series, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, this epic reveals the origins of Harley Quinn as she proves her love to The Joker by trying to eliminate the Dark Knight on her own! Now in a deluxe format with exclusive extras and bonus material!
Please note that these details are subject to change.
The Batman Adventures: Mad Love – Deluxe Edition, a new hardcover collection of the acclaimed origin story, is slated to hit shelves come March 2015 for $17.99US. Stay tuned for additional updates on the release, including finalized details and trade dress. Details on the The Batman Adventures comic book series can be found at The World’s Finest Batman: The Animated Series subsite.
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Teletoon Schedules “The Batman Versus Dracula” Animated Feature To Air This Week
The Canadian network Teletoon is slated to air the 2005 The Batman Versus Dracula animated feature as part of the network’s “Teletoon at Night Superfan Movies” programming block on Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 9:00pm (ET/PT). The feature-length adventure is spun-off from the late Kids’WB! animated series The Batman, which rain from 2004 – 2008, featuring the early adventures of the Caped Crusader. The weekly “Teletoon at Night Superfan Movies” programming block on Teletoon, airing Fridays starting at 9:00pm (ET/PT), features a mix of super-hero and sci-fi-based movies, both live-action and animated.
Official details on the The Batman Versus Dracula animated feature, released by Teletoon, are available below.
The Batman Versus Dracuka
Teletoon, Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 9:00pm (ET/PT)
Gotham City is terrorized not only by recent escapees Joker and Penguin, but by the original creature of the night, Dracula! Can Batman stop the ruthless vampire before he turns everyone in the city, including the aforementioned super villains into his mindless minions? With supernatural strength, speed and mind control Dracula might prove to powerful for the Dark Knight. The movie also stars tenacious reporter Vicky Vale and favourite bad guys The Joker and The Penguin.
The animated feature is also part of the network’s month-long Halloween-related programming.
Further details on the The Batman Versus Dracula animated feature can be found right here at the The World’s Finest The Batman subsite. The Batman Versus Dracula airs Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 9:00pm (ET/PT) on Teletoon.
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Initial Bonus Content Details, Artwork For Upcoming “Justice League: Thone Of Atlantis” Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has provided the initial cover artwork, synopsis and bonus content details for the upcoming home video release of Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, the next installment of the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, hitting Blu-ray and DVD on January 27th, 2015, spotlights the origins of Aquaman and his first meeting with the Justice League. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis – a co-production between DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – will retail for $24.98SRP on Blu-ray, $19.98SRP on DVD.
Initial bonus feature content and product description, along with a look at the early Blu-ray cover artwork, can be found below.
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Synopsis: As Orm and Black Manta make their move against the surface world after the battle with Apokolips forces in Justice League War had deadly consequences for Atlantis, the queen of the lost underwater civilization searches for her other son, Orm’s half brother Arthur. Living on the surface world with powers he doesn’t understand, Arthur Curry steps into his destiny as Aquaman, teaming with the Justice League to save and unite all people of the world.
Special Features:
-Villains of the Deep – From Ocean Master, to Black Manta, to King Shark, each villain operates from his own deep sense of conviction presenting an incredible challenge for the hero in Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman. This documentary goes into the biographical detail of the villains.
-Throne of Atlantis: 2014 NY Comic-Con Panel – Panel with James Tucker, Heath Corson, Andrea Romano, Phil Bourassa and Matt Lanter
-“Robin and Nightwing” Bonus Sequence – Producer James Tucker provides video commentary for this exciting bonus sequence where Robin and Nightwing join forces.
-Scoring Atlantis: The Sound of the Deep – Every great film needs a great musical score. Filled with emotion, music takes us on a dynamic journey as we adventure with the hero. Throne of Atlantis, takes us on that quest through the eyes of Arthur Curry
-Throne of Atlantis Soundtrack
–A Sneak Peak at Batman vs. Robin – An advance look at the next DC Animated Feature Film with the creators and cast.
-TV Episodes:
–Batman: The Brave and the Bold, “Aquaman’s Outrageous Adventure!”
–Batman: The Brave and the Bold, “Evil Under the Sea!”
–Aquaman, “Menace Of The Black Manta”
–Justice League Unlimited, “Far from Home”
-Includes UltraViolet so you can enjoy the film on many different compatible devices.
The single-disc Justice League: Throne of Atlantis DVD release will only contain the “A Sneak Peek at Batman Versus Robin” featurette. Warner Home Video has yet to provide any details for a possible additional Justice League: Throne of Atlantis – Two-Disc DVD Special Edition release.
Additional updates on Justice League: Throne of Atlantis can be found here. Click the player below to watch the trailer.
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is set for release on January 27th, 2015 as part of the DC Universe Original Movie line from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, in co-production with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. Stay tuned for further updates and more here soon at The World’s Finest.
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Latest Issue Of “Teen Titans Go!” Series Now Available From DC Comics
The latest issue of the bi-monthly Teen Titans Go! comic title, from publisher DC Comics and DC Entertainment, arrives in comic book and hobby stores today. Teen Titans Go! #6, inspired by the popular Cartoon Network animated comedy/adventures series of the same name, collects two new 10-page stories. Each 10-page story is initially released monthly exclusively through digital outlets, including the DC Comics online store and Comixology, before being published for print every two months.
Teen Titans Go! follows the hilarious antics of the teenage superhero team as they deal with what happens between major battles. Details for the latest print issue of Teen Titans Go!, along with a preview, can be found below.
TEEN TITANS GO! #6
Written by SHOLLY FISCH and MERRILL HAGAN
Art by JORGE CORONA
Cover by DAN HIPP
On sale OCTOBER 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
What happens when the girls have a slumber party and don’t invite any of the boys? What about when Cyborg and Beast Boy plug their sweet new game console into the Tower’s mainframe computer? We’re glad you asked – but did you really think we’d give it away?!
The cover price is $2.99US. Teen Titans Go #6 is now available through both comic book stores and digital outlets.
Teen Titans Go! airs Thursdays at 6:00pm (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network, with rebroadcasts airing throughout the week on Cartoon Network. Stay tuned for further updates and more right here at The World’s Finest.
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“Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis” Animated Feature Arrives January 27th, 2015 To Blu-ray, DVD
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, the next installment of the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, will hit Blu-ray and DVD on January 27th, 2015. The Blu-ray will contain all-new featurettes, a preview of the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie title and four bonus cartoons. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis spotlights the origins of Aquaman and his first meeting with the Justice League. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis – a co-production between DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – will retail for $24.98SRP on Blu-ray, $19.98SRP on DVD
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According to Warner Bros, Home Entertainment, the Justice League: Throne of Atlantis animated feature will also have a runtime of 72 minutes and is rated PG-13 for “sci-fi violence and action throughout.” Stay tuned for additional details on Justice League: Throne of Atlantis in the coming weeks right here at The World’s Finest.
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is part of the DC Universe Original Movie line from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, in co-production with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment.
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Video Clip, Images For This Week’s New Episode Of “Teen Titans Go!”
Cartoon Network has provided The World’s Finest with stills and a video clip from this week’s new Teen Titans Go! episode “The Mask,” airing Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT). The half-hour comedy/adventure series – which features two 15-minute episodes – airs Thursdays at 6:00pm (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network, with rebroadcasts airing at select times during the week. Teen Titans Go! follows the comedic adventures of the teenage superhero team as they deal with what happens between the major battles. The new Teen Titans Go! segment “The Mask” will be paired with a broadcasting of a previously-aired episode.
View a clip from the new Teen Titans Go! episode in the video player below, followed underneath by a selection of still images.
Teen Titans Go!
“The Mask” airs Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network
There’s a reason Robin never takes off his mask … but what?
Teen Titans Go! © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Teen Titans and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics
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Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, OTOY Recreate Batcave For “Batman: The Animated Series” Project
Otoy has released the following press release announcing a joint ventures with Warner Digital Series and DC Entertainment to bring the Batcave from Batman: The Animated Series to life via virtual reality. Bruce Timm, producer on Batman: The Animated Series, is involved with the project. Using Otoy’s OctaneRender and light field technology, the look and feel of the animated series will be reproduced in 3D with unprecedented detail and immersive technology. The complete press release, along with promotional images, are available below.
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Fans can explore the Batcave from the Emmy Award–winning television series in a fully immersive DC Comics animated universe; OTOY’s ORBX holographic video powers groundbreaking cinematic experience on consumer VR devices
Warner Digital Series, DC Entertainment and visual effects pioneer, OTOY Inc., today announced work on a groundbreaking immersive entertainment experience that will see the Batcave from the acclaimed Emmy® Award–winning Batman: The Animated Series brought to life via interactive holographic video for virtual reality displays. The interactive narrative experience will give fans the opportunity to explore Batman’s world like never before, allowing them to feel what it is like to be inside the show’s stylized universe on devices such as the Samsung GALAXY Gear VR, the Oculus Rift, and on forthcoming ‘glasses-free’ light field displays that will power future TV and mobile devices.
First aired on network television in 1992, Batman: The Animated Series defined the classic DC Comics character for a generation of fans. The success of the highly influential show led to a multi-decade run of critically acclaimed television series and animated original movies set in the DC Comics animated universe it helped establish.
Using OTOY’s OctaneRender™ and light field technology, Warner Digital Series and OTOY are faithfully recreating the look and feel of the animated series in unprecedented detail, collaborating with Batman: The Animated Series producer Bruce Timm. Timm is guiding the meticulous adaptation of the original 1992 designs into a fully realized universe with volume and depth. OTOY is also developing tools that perfectly preserve the show’s distinct visual drawing style in 3D space, without requiring any post-production work or manual artist intervention. OTOY’s OctaneRender™ scales this process through light field rendering on the cloud, translating the show’s unique aesthetic, immediately recognized by millions of fans, into cinematic virtual reality.
The project represents the first of many commercial endeavors leveraging OTOY’s rendering and holographic streaming technology which aim to deliver next-generation media and entertainment experiences to emerging content platforms in the coming years.
“We are continuously exploring new and exciting ways to tell stories and share experiences with audiences around the globe, and we’re excited to be working with OTOY on this cutting-edge adaptation from Batman: The Animated Series,” said Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series. “More to the point: It’s super-cool, eye-popping stuff, and fans are going to love it. We can’t wait for them to have the chance to see the Batcave from the show again — for the very first time.”
“Warner Bros. has always been at the forefront of technology and entertainment, exemplified again today in its partnership with OTOY in bringing this Batman: The Animated Series experience to new audiences through holographic video,” said Jules Urbach, Founder and CEO, OTOY. “We’re thrilled to be part of this project. Our work with Warner Bros. validates the tremendous potential of VR as a new cinematic medium.
Work on the Batman: The Animated Series project is already underway with a first release targeting this winter through the ORBX viewer app.
About OTOY Inc.
OTOY Inc. is the definitive cloud graphics company, pioneering technology that is redefining content creation and delivery for media and entertainment organizations around the world. OTOY’s Academy Award®-winning technology is used by leading visual effects studios, artists, animators, designers, architects, and engineers, providing unprecedented creative freedom, new levels of realism, and new economics in content creation and distribution powered by the cloud. For more information, visit www.otoy.com.
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Addtional details on this project are expected toward the end of the year and into early 2015. Stay tuned for further updates here very soon at The World’s Finest.
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Chris McKay Directing “The Lego Batman Movie,” Other Crew Details
Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Chris McKay, who supervised animation on The Lego Movie, is directing the script from Seth Grahame-Smith. Roy Lee and Dan Lin will be producing The Lego Batman Movie along with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Will Arnett will voice the Caped Crusader, reprising his role from The Lego Movie. The Lego Batman Movie hits theatres on February 10, 2017. Stay tuned for further select updates here soon at The World’s Finest.
The Lego Batman Movie will be unrelated to the recent Lego Batman: The Movie direct-to-video animated features and Warner Bros.’ Lego DC Super Heroes home video line. For more details on those titles, check out the reviews right here on The World’s Finest.
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New “Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered” Special Airing Late October On Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has released the initial logline for the upcoming animated one-shot Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered, a new special tying in to the upcoming Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game, airing Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT). The one-shot movie special, written by Jim Krieg and produced by Brandon Vietti, is based on the highly-popular Lego DC Comics and Lego Batman franchises. The special is part of Cartoon Network’s “Hallo-Week” promotion, a week-long event of all-new special programming airing weeknights at 6:00pm (ET/PT) from Monday, October 27th, 2014 to Thursday, October 31st, 2014.
The initial synopsis is below with further details set to follow later in the month.
Lego DC Comics: “Batman Be-Leaguered”
Monday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network
Batman prides himself on being a loner, a totally self-sufficient one-man-band. Just ask anyone; Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, Alfred… anyone. So, he is understandably irritated when his nightly cleanup of Gotham City villains is interrupted by Superman, who pesters Batman to join his new superhero team, The Justice League. After Batman makes it quite clear to the Man of Steel that his invitation has been declined, Superman flies off disappointed… whereupon he is overcome with a strange energy and vanishes!
Additional information – including voice cast details, new images and more – should be available soon.
On a related note, it was also reported today that Warner Bros. Pictures is looking to release a theatrical Lego Batman animated feature in 2017, spun off from the character’s appearance in the 2014 hit The Lego Movie. Expect further details to be released for that movie in the coming months.
Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered airs Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 6:00pm (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. Stay tuned for additional updates right here at The World’s Finest.
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