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DC
Universe Previews Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths
If
I just read this promo piece accurately, the Blu-Ray edition
will include the never broadcast Aquaman pilot, Mercy Reef.
BOTH Blu-Ray and regular will include a short animated story
of The Spectre?!?!? Holy crap. Why isn't this out for Christmas?
From
Warner:
To save our world and all those
like it, SUPERMAN, BATMAN and their caped colleagues must
go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in Justice League:
Crisis on Two Earths, the seventh entry in the successful
ongoing series of DC UNIVERSE Animated Original PG-13 Movies
coming February 23, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Comics
and Warner Bros. Animation. The full-length animated film
will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Special Edition
2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def for $24.98
(SRP) and $29.99 (SRP), respectively, as well as single
disc DVD for $19.98 (SRP). The film will also be available
On Demand and Download.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is
an original story from award-winning animation/comics writer
Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’
popular canon of “Crisis” stories depicting
parallel worlds with uniquely similar heroes and villains.
Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday) is executive producer. Lauren
Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: First Flight) and
Sam Liu (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) are co-directors.
In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths,
a “good” LEX LUTHOR arrives from an alternate
universe to recruit the JUSTICE LEAGUE to help save his
Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters
with virtually identical super powers to the JUSTICE LEAGUE.
What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in
a war that threatens both planets and, through a diabolical
plan launched by OWLMAN, puts the balance of all existence
in peril.
The
movie features an all-star voice cast led by Mark Harmon
(NCIS) as SUPERMAN, James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi)
as OWLMAN, Chris Noth (Sex and the City, Law & Order)
as LEX LUTHOR, William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) as BATMAN,
Gina Torres (Serenity, Firefly) as SUPERWOMAN and Bruce
Davison (X-Men) as the President.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - 2
Disc Special Edition version will have more than two hours
of incredible bonus features, including:
• DC Showcase - The Spectre: The first
animated short in the all-new DC Showcase series focuses
on a detective story with an ethereal twist, featuring the
otherworldly character originally introduced by DC Comics
in 1940. The short is written by Steve Niles (30 Days of
Night), and the voice cast includes Gary Cole (Entourage)
and Alyssa Milano (Charmed).
• Featurette – “The New
World”: From Identity Crisis forward, DC Comics raised
the stakes with talent writers, editors and artists pushing
the boundaries of what it means to be a modern day Super
Hero. This documentary covers the riveting and often harrowing
tale of New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer’s
“Identity Crisis,” and why this story struck
the right chord with the comic book audience. The story
is a personal one for the creator, as well as the DC Comics
executives’ fortunate enough to have been a part of
this mature comic book publication. While revealing the
strategy and sentiments behind this comic book, the documentary
film goes a step further to explore the continuing and recent
publications of “Infinite Crisis” and “Final
Crisis,” while crafted with the narration of “The
Dark Knight” Executive Producer Michael Uslan. The
tension is high, the story is personal, and the stakes have
been raised!
• Extended Sneak Peek at the next DC UNIVERSE Animated
Original PG-13 Movie.
• Digital Copy Download
• Widescreen (1.78:1)
• Two Episodes of Justice League Unlimited
hand-picked by animation legend Bruce Timm
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Blu-Ray
versions will have more than three hours of bonus materials,
including all the great extras from the 2-disc Special Edition
and two additional episodes from Justice League Unlimited,
both personally selected by fan-favorite Bruce Timm, plus
television pilot episodes from the DC live-action shows:
Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.
“Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is an outstanding
representation of the DC Universe series of groundbreaking
animated films coming from creative forces within DC Comics,
Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home
Video,” said Matt Bierman, Senior Vice President Production,
Warner Premiere. “It is a testament to the team effort
between those four divisions that brings forth a feature-length
animated original PG-13 film bursting with great storytelling,
memorable characters and impressive animation. This is truly
a blockbuster animated film.”
“We’re very excited to present an original story
from renowned writer Dwayne McDuffie that takes the JUSTICE
LEAGUE mythology and spins it on its ear with parallel worlds
echoed in so many classic DC ‘Crisis’ tales,”
said Gregory Noveck, Senior VP Creative Affairs, DC Comics.
“This is a thinking man’s hero movie with a
set of villains determined to succeed and one focused on
complete intergalactic annihilation – so just as the
stakes are that much higher, so is the intensity of the
action with these legendary characters.”
“DC UNIVERSE films continue to stretch
the creative boundaries of comics-to-film presentations,
and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths offers fans another
vision of these iconic characters brought forth by outstanding
animation talent – led by executive producer Bruce
Timm – and an inspired voice cast featuring the stellar
talents of Mark Harmon, Chris Noth, William Baldwin, Gina
Torres and James Woods,” said Amit Desai, WHV Vice
President of Family, Animation & Partner Brand Marketing.
“The co-direction of Lauren Montgomery
and Sam Liu merges the best of the last three DC UNIVERSE
films with a fine balance of intelligence, emotion and more
action than even two Earths can handle,” said Sam
Register, Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Animation.
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