Warner Bros. animation’s next movie, “Superman/Batman: Public Enemies,” is slated for release on blu-ray and DVD on Sept. 29.
The movie is based on a story arc of the comic book “Superman/Batman,” as written by Jeff Loeb and drawn by Ed McGuinness. The film’s director is Sam Liu and Bruce Timm is the executive producer.
According to a release, “United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a kryptonite asteroid to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’ Batman. Super heroes and super villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite – and recruit super help – to stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the asteroid, and uncover Luthor’s devious plot to take command of far more than North America.”
The film’s voice cast featues Tim Daly (Superman), Kevin Conroy (Batman), Clancy Brown (Lex Luthor), Allison Mack (Power Girl), John C. McGinley (Metallo), Robert Patrick (Hawkman), Jerry O’Connell (Captain Marvel) and LeVar Burton (Black Lightning).
To whet your appetite for the movie, Warner Bros. has released the following clip (which premiered at SciFiScoop).
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This looks good and the plot looks exciting. Glad to see the animation looking very ‘Brandon Routh like’. Too bad they didn’t use his voice.
It is sad that Luthor could convince the world to turn on Superman and even more surprising the other heroes would believe Luthor over Superman. I’m sure there is much more to the story that explains just how that came about.
I love the art style, Superman looks more “realistic.” Timm has yet to fail in any project involving Superman and Batman in my eyes, which is very difficult to do.
The clip really got me interested in the plot, exactly what it’s meant to do. I’ll have this the day it’s released.
I hope it’s better than Superman: Doomsday and Batman: Gotham Knights.
I’m not a fan of McGuiness’ artwork, but the designs in this don’t look as bad as they could have been.