New DC animated movie

[rnewbz]

http://comics.ign.com/articles/713/713702p1.html

So awsome, personally i hav'nt read the book, but this sounds awsome!

 

[Speedball]

I hope they keep the art style.
That is one of the coolest looks for any book.

 

[deathshead2]

Sweet and Bruce Timm is going to be a part of this. So this will be real good. Hope it keeps the art style of the book.

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

I'm very much looking forward to this.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Very cool, but will the actors from JLU still be voicing their characters?

 

[deathshead2]

Very cool, but will the actors from JLU still be voicing their characters?

If some of there characters are in it I hope so.

 

[Spider - Man]

Is 'Absolute Frontiers' the 2 volumes of the comic collected into one volume?

 

[rnewbz]

I'm not sure if it will be in the Timm style, I think DC got a lesson from Marvel and is doing direct adaptions of graphic novels, instead of just shows based on those characters. Imagine the possibilities of story's DC could adapt. Hopefully we'll end up with something really cool and cinematic (it's PG-13!!!!)
instead of ending up with braniac strikes...

 

[Cobblepot]

Best news ever!!!

 

[Joker]

after this I hope they do Kingdom Come or possibly a direct adaptation of the Loeb/Sale/ and Loeb/Lee Batman stories

 

[CLARKY]

neat.
personally I wouldn't mind a transformation of the art into the usual design of B.Timm and co.
In fact I think I would prefer the usual B.Timm design and art style on it, while keepig the suit and the atmosphere.

 

[Ceb-Man]

Awesome. This could be the best DC animated film ever!

 

[ToddIsDead]

Cooke's style is close enough to Timm's that you could make the movie in either style and it would still mostly look like the other style.

 

[Warhammer]

This will be great.
This will just be a start of more good things to come.

I am still waiting for the Near Apocalypse of 2009, though.

 

[Denny67]

This is gonna be sweet!

 

[Ceb-Man]

I'm not sure if it will be in the Timm style, I think DC got a lesson from Marvel and is doing direct adaptions of graphic novels, instead of just shows based on those characters. Imagine the possibilities of story's DC could adapt. Hopefully we'll end up with something really cool and cinematic (it's PG-13!!!!)
instead of ending up with braniac strikes...

True. can you imagine the possiblities of other graphic novels!

 

[SolidRoar]

WOW! This truly came out from nowhere. Talk about the best DC animated news ever!

I like that it's a direct adaptation of a DC Comics storyline. I also like that it is PG-13. Top that with the involvement of Bruce Timm and we have a winner!

 

[CConn]

After the disappointment (for me at least) that the Ultimate Avengers movie was, I'm not going to count my chickens before they hatch this time around. However, the names involved in this production are really good, give me a lot of confidence in the project, and they really have the opprotunity to knock this one out of the park. I hope it isn't wasted.

 

[rnewbz]

Honestly I wasn't dissapointed with Ultimate Avengers, I would have preffered a little more violence, jan's abuse and language, but overall I thought it was pretty good. I have not read final fronteir yet, how dark is it?

on a side note, seeing batman:TLH and DV would be so fricken sweet!!!!!

 

[ToddIsDead]

New Frontier isn't very dark at all. It represents the rise of the silver age so it's actually pretty uplifting.

 

[CConn]

Honestly I wasn't dissapointed with Ultimate Avengers, I would have preffered a little more violence, jan's abuse and language, but overall I thought it was pretty good.

My problem with it wasn't so much that (hell, I was expecting it given that children would obviously be one of, if not the main target audience), what really ruined it for me was how they changed basically the whole plot of the thing. They just gutted it, IMO. Removing a lot of the dialogue-driven scenes, and certainly removing all of the depth The Ultimates had. To me, it just felt like I was getting little more than a...a shell of a comic adaptation which is quite sad given how cinematic The Ultimates comic was.

But that's neither here nor there, so instead I will perform tap/jazz. Youtube here I come!

 

[hippie_hunter]

My problem with it wasn't so much that (hell, I was expecting it given that children would obviously be one of, if not the main target audience), what really ruined it for me was how they changed basically the whole plot of the thing. They just gutted it, IMO. Removing a lot of the dialogue-driven scenes, and certainly removing all of the depth The Ultimates had. To me, it just felt like I was getting little more than a...a shell of a comic adaptation which is quite sad given how cinematic The Ultimates comic was.

But that's neither here nor there, so instead I will perform tap/jazz. Youtube here I come!

The Ultimates is extremely overrated IMO

 

[Iron Man™]

This sounds really awesome, New Frontier is a great story.

 

[CConn]

The Ultimates is extremely overrated IMO

Are you trying to defend the movie version, or are you just tossing out a factoid?

 

[rnewbz]

More news on DC animated projects

Just One More Fight



By Blair Marnell
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Welcome back to another edition of ATR.

First off, I want to thank everyone who wrote in last week about my hard drive problems. The issue is still ongoing, but I appreciate your input.

Now then, down to business…

Our Worlds At War

By now, I’m sure most of you caught this little nugget over at World’s Finest:

At the moment, I'm writing a direct-to-video animated adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier epic. It will be feature length, rated PG-13 and Bruce [Timm] will be Executive Producer. So far, it's been nothing but fun... a chance for me to revisit my youth and the Starro era.
This information originally came from an interview with Stan Berkowitz. Within a day or so, the above quote was pulled. But the genie was already out of the bottle and it’s appeared on several news sites…

So, why bring it up now?

For starters, Warner Brothers is said to be “on the warpath” over this, as this information wasn’t supposed to be announced for several months. The New Frontier animated feature is said to be in such an early stage that it hasn’t even been decided if they’ll be using the Timm style guides or basing the character designs on Cooke’s original art.

And there’s more…

While Timm is executive producing the New Frontier, he is also rumored to be working on TWO additional direct-to-DVD animated features. One is said to be a Justice League film, which may be the long rumored story that bridges the gap between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. The other is said to be another Superman animated feature. After the Brainiac Attacks travesty, Timm will supposedly be more actively involved with the next one. We can only hope…

Anyway, the word is that Warner Brothers is going to be cranking out several DC based direct-to-DVD animated films over the next couple of years, possibly as many as 3 or 4 a year. There’s talk of another one based on The Batman and if Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo performs well in the fall, then more Titans movies might also be in the works. Additionally, I’m told that the Justice League animated feature may be ready for release as soon as 2007.

One last thing, the first season of Justice League Unlimited and the second season of Batman Beyond are rumored to have a December 2006 release date…

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