Warner Bros. will release its first PG-13 animated superhero feature this summer and is offering fans a sneak peek via an online trailer available at popular movie info site imdb.com. Based on DC Comic’s The Death of Superman, the best-selling comic book of all time, Superman Doomsday will be released directly to DVD on Sept. 18.
Produced by Bruce Timm (Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Animated Series), Superman Doomsday is the first in a new series of animated features to be released under the DC Universe banner. The movie will feature the voices of Adam Baldwin (Serenity) as Superman, Anne Heche (Men in Trees) as Lois Lane and James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Lex Luthor. Written by Duane Capizzi (The Batman, The Batman vs. Dracula), the story has Superman taking on intergalactic serial killer Doomsday and making the ultimate sacrifice to save Metropolis and those he loves.
The DVD will come with collectable packaging and more than 70 minutes of bonus materials. A featurette titled The Clash of the Juggernauts will take a retrospective look at the mayhem that ensued when millions of fans were subjected to the death of the Man of Steel. Paul Levitz, other DC staff and comic book artists throughout the industry go on record about The Death of Superman as news clippings, reports and archival testimony from fans tell the rest of the story. The doc will also include a closer look at the dark Superman that emerges in the graphic novel The Return of Superman.
Another featurette titled The Artists’ Playground’From Art to Sound Design in Superman Doomsday will have Timm and his creative team of writers, animators and designers taking fans on an exciting journey of character evolution. This documentary will focus on early character concept drawings, final character art, various stages of modeling, storyboards, animatics, layering of colors, voice talent and final animation. The disc will also include a sneak peek at the next DC Universe original movie, Justice League: The New Frontier, as well as a game called Defeat Doomsday: Battle Challenge, a test of dexterity lets the users relive the epic battle with footage from the movie inter-cut with gameplay. The DVD will carry a suggested retail price of $19.98.
The Superman Doomsday trailer can be viewed at http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0934706/trailers-screenplay-E32340-10-2.
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