DC Animated films in development

[The Batman]

Much like marvel is doing, DC is doing DTV's of cartoons based on the comics, not connected to the Timmverse.

Darwyn Cooke and Stan Berkowitz are working on the new frontier

Bruce Timm is working on Superman/Doomsday

Marv Wolfram and Tom Desanto are working on the Judas Contract

[ShadowBoxing]

Judas Contract...really? Nice:up:

[ToddIsDead]

I knew about New Frontier, but the others make me even more happy.

[Ceb-Man]

All of these sound wonderful!
All of these from what I understand will look like their comic counterpart as far as art.
I like what DC President Paul Levitz said about fans having other suggestions for other stories to be adapted ( Newsarama said he said it check here...
www.newsarama.com/SDCC06/DC/dcu.html )


Here are mine......
1.) Batman: Year One
2.) Batman: Hush
3.) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
4.) The Golden Age
5.) Superman: Whatever Happened To the Man Of Tomorrow?
6.) Batman: The Long Halloween
7.) Batman: Strange Apparitions
8.) Batman: The Man Who Laughs
9.) Batman: The Killing Joke
10.) Superman:Birthright

You guys got any suggestions?

[Artistsean]

Bruce Timm said that DC is suppossed to announce his next project, officially, on saturday at the comic con.
Did they?
Is he working on New Frontier, or Death of Superman?

[Ben Urich]

If DC did DTV animated films based on popular storylines in the dynamic Bruce Timm style, I'd be a very happy fanboy. :o

[retconned]

Where the hell are Flash and Green Lantern Animated films? Hell, even Wonder Woman should get one before hitting the big screen.

[Red Mask]

See! What they can't do in live action they can deliver in animation, as the should be.

[Capt. Jack]

Bruce Timm IS doing Superman: Doomsday and it should be amazing knowing Timm's previous works.

[jimthecomicguy]

Is the animation going to be in the B:TAS or are they going for a different look.

I notice all will be PG13. Should rock.

[arty2]

OFFICIAL Front Page Announcement:
http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=4560

[Nivek]

Bravo DC, Bravo!!!!

[ToddIsDead]

Just read the official announcement on the frontpage and now I'm twice as excited. These can't come soon enough.

[IrishLuck]

This is great news. Anything Bruce Timm touches is instant gold. Now, is this Superman - Doomsday the Death of Superman in animated form? Because that rules. Or will it be a new idea of it with the Doomsday from Justice League Unlimited? I would rather it be straight adaption from the comics, like Ultimate Avengers was. With just a few changes.

[Ceb-Man]

This gets more exciting.....
Question....
At the bottom of the page sent out by WB discussing the projects, It says Other DC Properties with films in development include Green Lantern, Flash, and Wonder Woman.
I take for granite this means live action?

[ToddIsDead]

I'm pretty sure it implies more DTV animated movies for those characters.

[Obi-Ron]

Judas Contract...really? Nice:up:

What is the Judas Contract?

[ToddIsDead]

What is the Judas Contract?
It's the best Teen Titans story of all time.

[Obi-Ron]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...?

[ToddIsDead]

If I were to tell you any plot details, it would probably ruin the story.

[kpjoon]

Anyone remember the cancelled catwoman batman beyond story DTV?
I think now's a good time to bring that up again.
I would love to see what happened to Selina Kyle.

[War Lord]

Much like marvel is doing, DC is doing DTV's of cartoons based on the comics, not connected to the Timmverse.

Darwyn Cooke and Stan Berkowitz are working on the new frontier

Bruce Timm is working on Superman/Doomsday

Marv Wolfram and Tom Desanto are working on the Judas Contract

Death of Superman?

I'm buying, I'm buying!!

[Obi-Ron]

If I were to tell you any plot details, it would probably ruin the story.

Thanks for nothing.

[SolidRoar]

Anyone remember the cancelled catwoman batman beyond story DTV?
I think now's a good time to bring that up again.
I would love to see what happened to Selina Kyle.It wasn't a DTV. It was a regular episode. WB thought it was "too violent" for a kids TV show. I don't know why they didn't think of expanding the story into a DTV PG-13 movie in the vein of Return of the Joker, though.

[SolidRoar]

The official press release:


WB and DC Comics Making Animated DVD Titles
Source: Warner Home Video
July 24, 2006


Warner Home Video sent out the following announcement today about straight-to-DVD animated films:

DC Comics--the world's largest English-language publisher of comic books and the home of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman--Warner Home Video (WHV) and Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) have announced the start of production and distribution of "DC Universe," a series of original, animated PG-13 movies. The announcement was jointly made by Paul Levitz, President, DC Comics; Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video and Sander Schwartz, President, Warner Bros. Animation.

The films will be made by DC Comics' creators, including award-winning writer/artist Darwyn Cooke (The New Frontier; Catwoman (http://www.superherohype.com/forums/../news/supermannews.php?id=4560#)) and legendary writer Marv Wolfman (The New Teen Titans), along with Bruce Timm (Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Animated Series) and Tom DeSanto (executive producer of the first two X-Men films and producer of the forthcoming Transformers feature), two acclaimed producers who have been instrumental in the creation of some of the most successful translations of the comic book experience into other media. Writer/producers Duane Capizzi (The Batman, The Batman vs. Dracula) and Stan Berkowitz (Justice League) will also be part of the creative team on the DC Universe films, with Timm serving as supervising producer on each of the titles. Working with WBA's award-winning group of animators, the writers will utilize DC Comics' vast history and tradition as they adapt classic comic book stories for the project.

WHV will be the exclusive worldwide home entertainment distributor for all DC Universe movies which will include a slate of 2-3 action-packed films per year. To kick off this impressive venture, WHV, WBA and DC Comics are proud to announce the first three films to be released in late 2007/early 2008:

Justice League: New Frontier - written by Stan Berkowitz (Justice League), with Darwyn Cooke serving as story and visual consultant
Superman: Doomsday - produced by Bruce Timm and written by Duane Capizzi, from a story by Timm & Capizzi
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract - written by Marv Wolfman and Tom DeSanto, produced by DeSanto.

"We are working closely with WHV and WBA to insure that the films honor the legacy of our great heroes. And we are lucky to have Marv Wolfman and Darwyn Cooke, two of the writers who created the source material for the films, involved in the project," said DC Comics President & Publisher Paul Levitz. "The creators bring a passion for the material and a level of creative ambition that will resonate with both DC Comics' fans who treasure the original stories and adults who love adventure, heroics and top-notch animation."

"We are thrilled to announce this unprecedented venture with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation," said Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video. "This initiative is a testament to our commitment to bringing fans new and innovative content created by the most revered names in the comic industry."

"As producers of the finest animation in the action/adventure genre, we are very excited about bringing the iconic DC Comics characters to an ever broader audience through this series of films," said Sander Schwartz, President, Warner Bros. Animation. "We've teamed with the greatest authors, artists, producers and directors working in comic book publishing and animation to bring great pictures to life for the current generation of fans and for many generations to come."

Other DC properties with films in development include Green Lantern, Flash and Wonder Woman.

SOURCE: http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=4560


"Other DC properties with films in development include Green Lantern, Flash and Wonder Woman."

Hmmm.. do they mean live-action or animated films?

[ToddIsDead]

Thanks for nothing.
You're welcome :o

[FCEEVIPER]

I notice all will be PG13. Should rock.
Hell yeah!

[Spider-Kurt!]

DCU Animated DVD's I'd love to see...

Green Lantern-Emerald Dawn( as well as a new and improved orgin for the John Stewart version)

Batman-The Killing Joke

Batman- A Death in the Family

Batman-The Long Halloween

A Barry Allen Flash movie

Captain Marvel orgin featuring Black Adam

[Aethea]

I would love to see:

1. Batman Year One
2. The Death of Superman
3. Wonder Woman (George Perez's origin story)

[FCEEVIPER]

1. Batman Year One
2. Dark Knight Returns
3. Killing Joke
4. Dark Victory
5. Long Halloween
6. Hush
7. Knightfall


nUfFsAiD!

[War Lord]

DCU Animated DVD's I'd love to see...

Green Lantern-Emerald Dawn( as well as a new and improved orgin for the John Stewart version)

Batman-The Killing Joke

Batman- A Death in the Family

Batman-The Long Halloween

A Barry Allen Flash movie

Captain Marvel orgin featuring Black Adam

A Captain Marvel movie with Black Adam would rock, but the killing joke would be too intense for family friendly fare.

[FCEEVIPER]

A Captain Marvel movie with Black Adam would rock, but the killing joke would be too intense for family friendly fare.
Hey these new movies are for the PG-13 crowd- so it might work!

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

i would love to see a fallowup to return of the joker, maybe get to see nightwing.

[JBElliott]

Golden Age would be great, it would be nice in the Fleisher animation style.

A CG version of Kingdom Come would ne nice too.

Watchmen would be good too. I'm not sure what style would suit it best though.

As much as I'd love to see some of the better Batman (Year One and The Dark Knight Returns) and Superman (Action Comics #775) comics adapted, there's plenty of animated Batman and Superman already. So it's probably best to stick with the big superhero group/team up stories that can't be done anywhere else.

[Goddamn Batman]

http://comics.ign.com/articles/720/720513p1.html

"This is just the beginning," Levitz assured. In fact, DC want to hear from the fans as to what stories they'd like to see. Levitz stressed that the series was for the fans and would retain the core essence and look of the original tales. The audience shouted a number of possible stories. One, however, earned a promising response from Levitz. "The Dark Knight [Returns], we have talked about."

[CConn]

Oh God, that'd be awesome. All of this could really be a dream come true for, well, everyone. I just pray DC and WB does everything first class.

[ToddIsDead]

Wow. Animated DKR. More great news. They better get rolling on these things, because I want them all now.

[Cannibal Feast]

I'm pretty damn excited about this.

[FCEEVIPER]

http://comics.ign.com/articles/720/720513p1.html

"This is just the beginning," Levitz assured. In fact, DC want to hear from the fans as to what stories they'd like to see. Levitz stressed that the series was for the fans and would retain the core essence and look of the original tales. The audience shouted a number of possible stories. One, however, earned a promising response from Levitz. "The Dark Knight [Returns], we have talked about."
I think I just wet myself. :o

:up: :up: :up:


Oh God, that'd be awesome. All of this could really be a dream come true for, well, everyone. I just pray DC and WB does everything first class.
With Tim on board, you can pretty much guarantee it!

[Prognosticator]

OFFICIAL Front Page Announcement:
http://www.superherohype.com/news/supermannews.php?id=4560

That's pretty f***ing awesome! I can't wait!!!

[Cdawg751]

A PG-13 Death Of Supes? Kick @$$!!!!

[SolidRoar]

Anyone remember when Frank Miller talked about a secret animated project in one of the interviews? This could very well be DKR!

[Spider-Kurt!]

Just as long as it isn't All Star Batman! :-)

[CaptainStacy]

I think Batman: No Man's Land could be epic!

They might need to divide that up into two or three seperate discs...

[The Watchman]

Oh God, that'd be awesome. All of this could really be a dream come true for, well, everyone. I just pray DC and WB does everything first class.

I don't know what it is about this that gets me so damn excited. I already read the comics, I'm not really a big cartoon guy, but damn it all I can't wait to see what else they decide to adapt and hopefully it's done with as much class as Dini and Timm treated the material with.

[dnno1]

Thanks for nothing.

I belive it was the series in the comics where the Teen Titans fought Slade and Tara turned on the Titans and eventually commited suicide. If you watched Teen Titans on TOON, you probably got a little flavor of what happened. That's about it in a nutshell

[hippie_hunter]

DC and Warner Bros have great potential with this. Imagine all sorts of possibilities:

1. Movies that are word for word adaptations of comics such as New Fronteir, Watchmen, Kingdom Come, etc. Something which many claim that Ultimate Avengers should had done.

2. Movies set in the universe of Superman the Movie/Superman II/Superman Returns and Batman Begins

3. Movies set in the universe of the DC Animated Universe continuing the stories of Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and Justice League. Stories could also be told of heroes that haven't had their own shows such as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and more obscure ones such as Booster Gold, Etrigan, etc. Stories could also be told of events such as the Near Apocalypse of '09.

[SolidRoar]

Titles I want to see them adapt:

1. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller style)

2. Identity Crisis

3. Batman: Hush (with Jim Lee character designs)

4. Kingdom Come (will HAVE to be CG)

5. Booster Gold (origin story)

6. WHO AM I KIDDING?? I COULD GO ON FOREVER!!!....

[Obi-Ron]

I belive it was the series in the comics where the Teen Titans fought Slade and Tara turned on the Titans and eventually commited suicide. If you watched Teen Titans on TOON, you probably got a little flavor of what happened. That's about it in a nutshell

That's what I thought, thanks.

[Retroman]

This is awesome news:eek: :up:

Personally i'd love to see an animated Kingdom Come movie. Batman Year Two would cool to see and theres tons more possibilities.

[Shuley]

I'd love to see a Dark KNight Returns and Killing Joke Animated series. I didn't like the ending to Killing Joke though, he's just laughing at the end,that's it.

[Morgoth]

Oh wow New Frontier, that rocks. Doomsday sounds great too. I just hope they are well made and not campy crap like Brainiac Attacks, but I think that was just a quick dvd movie to get in on the hype of SR.

[FCEEVIPER]

Oh wow New Frontier, that rocks. Doomsday sounds great too. I just hope they are well made and not campy crap like Brainiac Attacks, but I think that was just a quick dvd movie to get in on the hype of SR.
^We should be okay from that...

...a series of original, animated PG-13 movies....

[SpiderScream]

:down Does DC have to copy EVERYTHING Marvel does?

First they clutter up the box office with a bunch of sub-par, under-preforming movies like Catwoman, Batman Begins, and Superman Returns, during Marvel's box office reign, NOW they have to bombard the dvd shelves with MORE crap?

And please dont accuse me of trolling. Just look at Box Office Mojo, and see for yourselfs.

[The Watchman]

You are trolling, if anything Marvel's cluttered the marketplace with subpar garbage. X-Men 3, that was a winner, Elektra? never even deserved a movie to being with. Daredevil bombed - though I liked parts of it. Batman Begins has taken comic adaptations to a new level, Returns less so, V for Vendetta was amazing, and no one needs talk about Catwoman. Now we have Marvel putting out ghostrider...uh...I don't think there was a strong outcry for this, it can't even maintain a monthly comic - doubt the movie will do much better. So Marvel is just as guilty, if not moreso than DC of "cluttering" up the marketplace. I don;t understand fans allegience to one company or another it's juvenile - I'm a fan of quality, I don't care whereit comes from and I certainly hope DC doesn't butcher the material the way Marvel has with 'Ultimate Avengers' somewhere Mark Millar weeps.

[hippie_hunter]

:down Does DC have to copy EVERYTHING Marvel does?

First they clutter up the box office with a bunch of sub-par, under-preforming movies like Catwoman, Batman Begins, and Superman Returns, during Marvel's box office reign, NOW they have to bombard the dvd shelves with MORE crap?

And please dont accuse me of trolling. Just look at Box Office Mojo, and see for yourselfs.

1. You are trolling with your DC sucks attitude.

2. DC also has good movies (Superman the Movie, Superman II, Superman Returns, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman/Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, the Batman vs. Dracula, Constantine, A History of Violence, Road to Perdition, and V for Vendetta). These animated films will only make DC's film library look better. Marvel also has really good films (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, X-Men, X-2: X-Men United, Daredevil; Director's Cut, the Theatrical Cut was rather sub-par; Hulk, Fantastic Four; not great, but it was a fun movie; Blade, Blade II, and the Punisher)

3. DC had films before Marvel with 1966's Batman the Movie. Marvel's first film was in 1986 of the extremely crappy Howard the Duck. TV movies and serials don't count in which case DC had done that first too with the 1941 Batman serials and 1951's Superman and the Mole Men.

4. Box office take-ins do not equal quality. If that were the case, then Fantastic Four and X-Men: The Last Stand would have been extremely kick ass films.

5. Yes, DC has made some really crappy movies (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Catwoman, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Superman: Brainac Attacks, Supergirl, and Steel), but Marvel is also guilty too (1986's Howard the Duck, 1989's the Punisher, 1991's Captain America, 1994's Fantastic Four, 2005's Man-Thing. Blade: Trinity, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Elektra)

6. DC's cluttering the market, Marvel is far more guilty than DC in cluttering the superhero film genre.

DC has in production Batman 2/Batman Begins sequel, Batman 3/Batman Begins sequel, Superman 4/Superman Returns sequel, Superman 5/Superman Returns sequel, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam, the Watchmen, and Y: The Last Man. Also include the direct-to-video movies Superman/Doomsday, Justice League: The New Frontier, Teen Titans: Tokyo, and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. There are also rumors for an Aquaman movie. These are pretty much movies that are in demand.

Marvel has in production Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider, and Luke Cage with Sony, Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Silver Surfer, Wolverine, and Magneto with Fox, Namor the Sub-Mariner with Universal, Deathlok with Paramount, Punisher 2 with Lions Gate, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Shang-Chi, Cloak and Dagger, the Avengers, and the Power Pack with it's own studio. Also include the direct-to-video movies: Ultimate Avengers 2, Iron Man, and Dr. Strange, there are also rumors that a Hulk animated DTV will be made too. Now that Lion's Gate isn't making Iron Fist or Black Widow anymore, expect Marvel to pick up on those too. Now, is there really any demand for a Cloak and Dagger or Power Pack movie? I think not.

7. Batman Begins and Superman Returns underperforming and sub-par?

Batman Beigns had a box office intake of $371 million and was a huge success on DVD. Superman Returns has a box office intake of over $295 million and will reach $300 million very soon. A box office intake of that size is not a failure. That means that it is a success. You also have to take into consideration that these both of these films had the responsibility of resurecting dead film franchises and had rather stiff competition, Batman Begins in particular with resurecting the dead film franchise after the abominations known as Batman & Robin and Catwoman and Superman Returns dealing with stiff competition in particular having to deal with Pirates of the Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest.

Batman Begins has a 83% Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Superman Returns has a 76% Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Meaning that these films have gotten good reviews. The average public considers Batman Begins to be extremely kick-ass. While the reaction to Superman Returns is a bit mixed, the majority of the public likes that movie too.

Batman Begins and Superman Returns are two of the best comic book movies out there along with Superman the Movie, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and X-2: X-Men United.

Lets not even talk about Catwoman :o

[FCEEVIPER]

1. You are trolling with your DC sucks attitude.

2. DC also has good movies (Superman the Movie, Superman II, Superman Returns, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman/Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Constantine, A History of Violence, Road to Perdition, and V for Vendetta). These animated films will only make DC's film library look better. Marvel also has really good films (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, X-Men, X-2: X-Men United, Daredevil; Director's Cut, the Theatrical Cut was rather sub-par; Hulk, Fantastic Four; not great, but it was a fun movie; Blade, Blade II, and the Punisher)

3. DC had films before Marvel with 1966's Batman the Movie. Marvel's first film was in 1986 of the extremely crappy Howard the Duck. TV movies and serials don't count in which case DC had done that first too with the 1941 Batman serials and 1951's Superman and the Mole Men.

4. Box office take-ins do not equal quality. If that were the case, then Fantastic Four and X-Men: The Last Stand would have been extremely kick ass films.

5. Yes, DC has made some really crappy movies (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Catwoman, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Superman: Brainac Attacks, Supergirl, and Steel), but Marvel is also guilty too (1986's Howard the Duck, 1989's the Punisher, 1991's Captain America, 1994's Fantastic Four, 2005's Man-Thing. Blade: Trinity, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Elektra)

6. DC's cluttering the market, Marvel is far more guilty than%
Well done. :up:



Oh, and SpiderCream aren't your ML toys waiting for you to be played with? :p :o

[hippie_hunter]

Why won't my edit function work dammit :mad:

[dnno1]

Batman Begins has a 83% Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Superman Returns has a 76% Fresh Rating at Rotten Tomatoes. This means that the average public does not consider these films to be sub-par!

You gave a very good rebuttal in your last post, but I have to object to your implication that Rotten Tomatoes and their rating system trully represents the tastes of the average moviegoing public. All their polling system does is report what the agregate of reviewers who post on the Internet think about the movies they watch without regard for weather or not they fall in the demographic of the target market (I don't even know if they can verify if the reviewers actually watched any of the films or not). If you really want a good staticstical feel of what the average movie goer thinks about a film, you will need to sample actual movie goers that are in the demographic that is targeted for a paticular film (i.e. you don't get a guy's opinion on a chick-flick). Case in point, the film X-Men: The Last Stand got a 57% consensus on their poll but yet outgrossed its other two predecessors. So much for their credibility. Also you should know better than to believe anything that comes from the makers of Fox News anyway.

[hippie_hunter]

You gave a very good rebuttal in your last post, but I have to object to your implication that Rotten Tomatoes and their rating system trully represents the tastes of the average moviegoing public. All their polling system does is report what the agregate of reviewers who post on the Internet think about the movies they watch without regard for weather or not they fall in the demographic of the target market (I don't even know if they can verify if the reviewers actually watched any of the films or not). If you really want a good staticstical feel of what the average movie goer thinks about a film, you will need to sample actual movie goers that are in the demographic that is targeted for a paticular film (i.e. you don't get a guy's opinion on a chick-flick). Case in point, the film X-Men: The Last Stand got a 57% consensus on their poll but yet outgrossed its other two predecessors. So much for their credibility. Also you should know better than to believe anything that comes from the makers of Fox News anyway.

Wait a minute, News Corp owns Rotten Tomatoes. Anyways, I should have worded that part a bit better. The average public has considered them to be rather good films though. Especially Batman Begins.

[Red Mask]

:down Does DC have to copy EVERYTHING Marvel does?

First they clutter up the box office with a bunch of sub-par, under-preforming movies like Catwoman, Batman Begins, and Superman Returns, during Marvel's box office reign, NOW they have to bombard the dvd shelves with MORE crap?

And please dont accuse me of trolling. Just look at Box Office Mojo, and see for yourselfs.

Oh please. You know DC's superheroes fit better in animation, what with those flashy costumes and quirky villains. Have them animated because JLU proved it works!

[dnno1]

Wait a minute, News Corp owns Rotten Tomatoes? Anyways, I should have worded that part a bit better. The average public has considered them to be rather good films though. Especially Batman Begins.

Yep, and MySpace too (I call it the Pied Piper).

[kpjoon]

IF WB seriously considers doing Kingdom Come... Adam West as Batman and Linda Carter as Wonder woman. Now only if Reeve was still with us :(

[Red Mask]

The audience would be lost in the story. Too many characters, like with X-Men 3.

[KING AZ]

I LOVE THE BATMAN CARTOON IT'S WICKED :batman:

[JBElliott]

:down Does DC have to copy EVERYTHING Marvel does?

First they clutter up the box office with a bunch of sub-par, under-preforming movies like Catwoman, Batman Begins, and Superman Returns, during Marvel's box office reign, NOW they have to bombard the dvd shelves with MORE crap?

And please dont accuse me of trolling. Just look at Box Office Mojo, and see for yourselfs.

It's true that the live action DC films of late haven't lived up to the live action Marvel films (though Batman Begins is right there with the X films in terms of Box office gross and better than most any Marvel film other than the Spider-Man movies), the DC animated works have totally outclassed the Marvel animated works. Sure the recent Braniac movie wasn't so hot, but B-TAS, S-TAS, Justice League and JLU are so much better than any Marvel animated work that it's not even worth arguing. The recent "Ulitmate Avengers" direct to DVD movies have been awful: bad animation and bad writing, and made all the worse since the source material on which it was based was so good.

[boywonder13]

Superman : Doomsday
Teen Titans: Judas contract
JL: New Frontier
---

They are all based on AMAZING COMICS :up:

[Retroman]

Some news on the animated projects.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006


WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO: DC UNIVERSE PANEL

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- One common force in the slate of direct-to-DVD animated movies recently announced by DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation is Bruce Timm, who is working with Duane Capizzi on Superman: Doomsday and also serving as supervising producer on Justice League: New Frontier and New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.

However, fans of the DC Animated Universe that Timm was so instrumental in creating shouldn't expect any DCAU adventures in the near future.

At DC Comics' panel at Wizard World Chicago on Sunday, publisher Paul Levitz said he wouldn't count anything out, but that even Timm has had "a been-there done-that" attitude about the DCAU and was looking forward to stretching his abilities.

"He has a tremendous versatility as an artist," Levitz said, recalling the Avengers #1/2 comic Timm drew. "He wants to play with some of the other apporaches in his career."

The concept for the series is to adapt classic comics stories, using the original creators -- i.e. Darwyn Cook on New Frontier and Marv Wolfman on New Teen Titans -- when possible.

Levitz said the program is "created for the tastes and brains for those over age 8" and he liked to call it "two-generational."

Asked about adapting Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Levitz said it was possible, but that Miller will be pretty busy with the Sin City movie and directing The Spirit after that.
Source: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0608/05/dcupanel.htm

[Darth Nata]

I would love to see "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" animated films.

Also just for curiosity I'd like a "Tim Burton's Batman 3" animated version. That could be interesting. People have always been wondering what it would of been like. Bring back Keaton as the voice and Danny Elfman's theme and your set.

[Spider-Kurt!]

I'd like a "Tim Burton's Batman 3" animated version. That could be interesting. People have always been wondering what it would of been like. Bring back Keaton as the voice and Danny Elfman's theme and your set.Now that would be interesting!

[flash13]

Batman- Hush

The Flash- Rogue War

[Punch]

great news, but I hope they're not all in the Timm style.

[hippie_hunter]

great news, but I hope they're not all in the Timm style.

They won't be. New Frontier will be done in Cooke's style and The Judas Contract will be done in Perez's style.

[Punch]

They won't be. New Frontier will be done in Cooke's style and The Judas Contract will be done in Perez's style.

that's awesome:up:
Surprised this idea took so long

[The Sage]

If Kingdom Come becomes a classy animated feature, I'll shout. I wish there was way to get it done in almost the same style as the actual book in terms of art.

[hammerhedd11]

I have a question...I've heard of the New Frontier but what is it actually about anyway? And was that Catwoman Batman Beyond episode actually made and if so are there any pics?

[WallCrawl]

I have a question...I've heard of the New Frontier but what is it actually about anyway? And was that Catwoman Batman Beyond episode actually made and if so are there any pics?

I'm not sure about the Catwoman episode, but info about New Frontier can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC:_The_New_Frontier

The series was an epic DC super-hero crossover reminiscent of Kingdom Come and The Golden Age. Like The Golden Age, it sought to tell a story which bridged the gap between the end of the golden and the start of the silver age of comic books in the DC Universe.

The series did not carry the Elseworlds imprint, leaving the reader to decide how to handle its continuity. The story was clearly set in the late 1950s (with a cameo by President Eisenhower and references to the atomic testing of that era) and presented Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their contemporaries as active since the late 1930s and early 1940s, when their original stories were first published.

During the course of the story, these now much older characters encounter the new 1950s generation of heroes, such as the Barry Allen Flash and the Martian Manhunter, without reference to the concepts of Earth-One and Earth-Two which were introduced in the original comics (see Crisis on Infinite Earths for more on these concepts).

I've read New Frontier, and it's fantastic.

[ToddIsDead]

I've read New Frontier, and it's fantastic.
Yeah. It's easily one of the best stories to be published by DC in a long time.

[SolidRoar]

And was that Catwoman Batman Beyond episode actually made and if so are there any pics?A script was written, but it never got approved. I wish there were some character designs or anything out there.

[hammerhedd11]

I'm not sure about the Catwoman episode, but info about New Frontier can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC:_The_New_Frontier

The series was an epic DC super-hero crossover reminiscent of Kingdom Come and The Golden Age. Like The Golden Age, it sought to tell a story which bridged the gap between the end of the golden and the start of the silver age of comic books in the DC Universe.

The series did not carry the Elseworlds imprint, leaving the reader to decide how to handle its continuity. The story was clearly set in the late 1950s (with a cameo by President Eisenhower and references to the atomic testing of that era) and presented Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their contemporaries as active since the late 1930s and early 1940s, when their original stories were first published.

During the course of the story, these now much older characters encounter the new 1950s generation of heroes, such as the Barry Allen Flash and the Martian Manhunter, without reference to the concepts of Earth-One and Earth-Two which were introduced in the original comics (see Crisis on Infinite Earths for more on these concepts).

I've read New Frontier, and it's fantastic.

Oh, wait I have read this! This will be an awesome movie!:eek:

[ShadowBoxing]

You gave a very good rebuttal in your last post, but I have to object to your implication that Rotten Tomatoes and their rating system trully represents the tastes of the average moviegoing public. All their polling system does is report what the agregate of reviewers who post on the Internet think about the movies they watch without regard for weather or not they fall in the demographic of the target market (I don't even know if they can verify if the reviewers actually watched any of the films or not). If you really want a good staticstical feel of what the average movie goer thinks about a film, you will need to sample actual movie goers that are in the demographic that is targeted for a paticular film (i.e. you don't get a guy's opinion on a chick-flick). Case in point, the film X-Men: The Last Stand got a 57% consensus on their poll but yet outgrossed its other two predecessors. So much for their credibility. Also you should know better than to believe anything that comes from the makers of Fox News anyway.Box Office does not indicate quality. If that were the case then X3 is also better than Saving Private Ryan (a movie that is of such quality when it runs on network it is not alloud to be censored), A Few Good Men, The Matrix, As Good as it Gets, The Exorcist, Rainman, Gladiator, Big and Saturday Night Fever to name a few. It is also important to note that while X3 was boosted by a huge weekend gross, it also had the biggest falloff in numbers history. Garnering a mere 34.6 million next weekend. Suggesting that it had few repeat viewers if any. So their crediblity is still intact I'd say.