Category: Animated Film

BLADE RUNNER 2049 – “Black Out 2022” Anime Short

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Warner Bros. Released this short film today to preview the action in Blade Runner 2049 which will be released October 6, 2017 next week. This is great for the Sci-Fi fans ready for the movie with an introduction from Director Denis Villeneuve about this short film. In 2022, an EMP detonation has caused a global blackout that has massive, destructive implications all over the world. Directed by Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo’s Shinichiro Watanabe, Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a new and highly-anticipated animated short which serves as a…

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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Movie

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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight was the book that kicked off DC’s famed Elseworlds line of stories. Published in February 1989, a few months before Tim Burton’s first Batman movie kicked off a new wave of Batmania, Gotham by Gaslight tells the tale of what would happen if Bruce Wayne became Batman in 1889…and had to face off with the greatest mad killer of that era, Jack the Ripper. With moody art by the brilliant Mike Mignola, Gotham by Gaslight was like nothing comics fans had seen at the time. It’s…

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Justice League: The New Frontier — Commemorative Edition

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Warner Bros. has announced plans to release Justice League: The New Frontier, the animated adaptation the late Darwin Cooke’s seminal DC Comics classic, as a Commemorative Edition. While a full rundown of the edition’s features has not yet been released, there will be more to come later about other animated releases. The plan is every DC Universe Original Movie To Be Collected In A Massive Box Set. Justice League: The New Frontier — Commemorative Edition, produced by Michael Goguen and Bruce Timm, and directed by David Bullock from a script…

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Simpsons At 30 Years – Infographic

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From its first step into the limelight as a series of shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons phenomenon has come a long way. When it was first shown on Ullman’s show, it was certainly not as polished and pristine in terms of production that it is today but nonetheless, the sketch show provided the perfect platform and springboard to get it noticed and catapult it to the mammoth worldwide brand that it is today. The Simpsons is not just an animated TV comedy show, it is a multi-billion…

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New Spider-Man Animated Series Release Date and New Trailer

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There’s a brand-new Spider-Man animated series on the way this summer! Back at New York Comic Con in October, Marvel revealed that a brand new Spider-Man animated series is on the way for 2017. Marvel Animation’s Cort Lane (Senior Vice President Animation and Family Entertainment) announced that next year “a brand new Spider-Man series, one we’ve been working on for a few years now will make its debut.” The new series, titled simply Spider-Man, “will follow the adventures of Peter Parker from the very beginning. It’s filled with humor and…

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Titans Is the Next Live-Action DC TV Show

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It’s official: There’s another DC TV show on the way to add to your watch ist alongside Arrow, Supergirl, Flash, and like a dozen more at this point, and this time it’s a live-action Teen Titans show, which has long been in development limbo. But there’s a twist—it’s not going to be on TV, and neither is the next season of Young Justice. Warner Bro. has just confirmed that Titans and Young Justice’s third season—titled Young Justice: Outsiders—will headline a new DC-focused digital streaming service next year. No details were…

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The Incredibles 2 Begins ‘a Minute’ After First Film

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Fans have been waiting more more than a decade for more of The Incredibles, but the passing of time won’t register with the super-powered family. Speaking with IGN at Disney’s D23 Expo, Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter revealed that The Incredibles 2 “starts right as the first one finishes, so it just carries on.” Joking that only “a minute” will have passed since the ending of 2004’s The Incredibles, he explained, “It starts with the Underminer and a big old set piece. You know that at the end of…

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Batman and Harley Quinn Animated Movie Featurette

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Up next for the WB animated movie universe is the Batman and Harley Quinn flick. Batman and Harley Quinn will be released this Summer from Bruce Timm starring Kevin Conroy as Batman, Melissa Rauch as Harley Quinn, Loren Lester as Nightwing, Paget Brewster as Poison Ivy with the additional cast of John DiMaggio, Eric Bauza, Rob Paulsen, Robin Atkin Downes, Mindy Sterling, and Trevor Deval. Synopsis: An original story featuring the reluctant team-up of Batman, Nightwing and Harley Quinn to try and stop a global catastrophe caused by Poison Ivy…

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Injustice 2 – FULL GAME MOVIE

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From GeneralDrew: Enjoy the full Injustice 2 story experience. Includes all cutscenes from the game, with the fight scenes removed to make a more cinematic experience. Injustice 2 is an upcoming video game being developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the sequel to 2013’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. The game is scheduled for release in May 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Similar to the previous installment, a companion mobile app was released for iOS and Android devices. The core gameplay remains…

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Animated ‘Spider-Man’ movie avoids competition with ‘Aquaman’

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Sony has moved up the release of their animated Spider-Man movie by one week. It was originally scheduled to come out on December 21, 2018, the same day as DC Comics’ Aquaman. Now, the animated Spider-Man movie will be out on December 14, 2018. The untitled animated Spider-Man movie will feature Shameik Moore as the voice of Miles Morales. Liev Schreiber will voice an unknown villain.

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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Animated Movie

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It’s long been discussed, but it’s now officially confirmed. TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT, the popular New Teen Titans storyline by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, will be adapted into a feature length animated film in 2017. Revealed during tonight’s packed Batman: The Killing Joke World Premiere panel, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract was announced alongside two other intriguing-sounding DC Universe Original Movies slotted for next year. First out of the gate will be Justice League Dark, an adaptation of the popular comic book series that will bring John Constantine…

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Trollhunters New Netflix Series

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Watch a new featurette below for Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix series, Trollhunters, which features the voice talents of Ron Perlman and Kelsey Grammar. Trollhunters premiers December 23rd and is described as: From the limitless imagination of acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a tale of two worlds set to collide in the epic saga DreamWorks Trollhunters. When ordinary teenager Jim Lake Jr. stumbles upon a mystical amulet on his way to school one morning, he inadvertently discovers an extraordinary secret civilization of mighty trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia.…

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Watch: Justice League Action Clips

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Watch three clips below for the Justice League Action animated series on Cartoon Network. The series premieres later this month. Info: The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series from Warner Bros. Animation coming soon to Cartoon Network. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Comics Super Heroes against their most infamous foes in adventures packed with relentless thrills, fun and action. No need to wait for the good stuff to start, each eleven-minute episode jumps in with lightning-paced action…

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Ezra and the Sith Holocron – Steps Into Shadow Preview | Star Wars Rebels

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There are intense days ahead for the Ghost crew when “Star Wars Rebels” returns for its third season. Ezra’s more powerful than ever (powerful enough to take on an Imperial Walker on his own) and he might look for guidance in a very unlikely place. A new clip from the upcoming season sees Ezra picking up an object that, if he’s not careful, might have a major impact on his destiny. The hour-long Season 3 premiere, “Steps Into Shadows,” will feature more than just the Sith holocron; it will also…

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Brad Bird: Incredibles 2 Will Go in a New Direction

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According to writer-producer Brad Bird, “The Incredibles 2” is well underway. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he refused to spill any plot details, but did offer a small update on the sequel to the original 2004 film. “It’s very actively moving, and we’re excited about it,” he shared. “[We’re] trying to take it in some new directions.” “Hopefully it’s the same characters and feel, but going in a new direction,” he added. “I mean, that’s the trick with a sequel. It’s repeating yourself, without repeating yourself.” Back in 2004, the original…

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