Death of Superman Animated Movie on DVD in September
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the lack of adult-oriented animated films, and I still think there aren’t enough out there, but it looks like Warner Brothers is gearing up for a new animated feature from Bruce Timm, the acclaimed writer and producer of Batman: The Animated Series, and co-director of the Batman: Mask of the Phantasm animated movie. The new direct to DVD feature will be based on the “Death of Superman” storyline from the early 90’s (you know, the one that they butchered and kind of tried to shoehorn into Superman Returns) where Superman goes up against Doomsday. The 72 minute movie will be called Superman: Doomsday, and features the voices of Adam Baldwin (Superman), Anne Heche (Lois Lane), and James Marsters (Lex Luthor). Timms revealed a teaser trailer for the film at San Francisco’s WonderCon, so hopefully it will appear online before too long. While I don’t necessarily think this is the most exciting thing in the world, as far as animated films goes, it should be a lot stronger than some of the other direct to DVD stuff coming out lately. Superman: Doomsday is tentatively scheduled for a September 18th release. Two other WB animated films are currently in the works: Justice League: The New Frontier and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.
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Something about this story doesn’t sound right. If Bruce Timm is actually involved in this project (unlike last years Superman: Brainiac Attacks), I don’t see why he would replace all of the original voice actors from Superman TAS.
Posted by Nuno on March 5th, 2007He did because “Superman: Doomsday” is completely independent of “Superman: The Animated Series.” Although the artwork is very similar- the characters are drawn differently. And Jonathan Kent is dead just like he was in the old movies with Christopher Reeve. “Superman: Brainiac Attacks” was a continuation of the animated series. The only characters who had their voices replaced by others were Lex Luthor and Brainiac. I am glad they did this as an animated story because it probably would be too complicated for a live-action film.
Posted by Jordan Lee on May 31st, 2009yes He did because “Superman: Doomsday” is completely independent of “Superman: The Animated Series.” Although the artwork is very similar- the characters are drawn differently. And Jonathan Kent is dead just like he was in the old movies with Christopher Reeve. “Superman: Brainiac Attacks” was a continuation of the animated series. The only characters who had their voices replaced by others were Lex Luthor and Brainiac. I am glad they did this as an animated story because it probably would be too complicated for a live-action film.
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