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Lucasfilm pulled back the curtain on its extensive plans to celebrate Star Wars at next year’s D23 Expo, and fans won’t want to miss what’s in store. According to Lucasfilm executives, the 2024 event—set for August 9-11 in Anaheim—will offer “unprecedented access” to the minds behind the beloved franchise through exclusive content and panels with top creatives.

Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, teased that attendees can expect “surprises galore” related to the past, present, and future of the saga. “We’re ecstatic to reunite with our fans to offer insights into Star Wars unlike anything they’ve seen before,” Kennedy said.

Friday’s Entertainment Showcase is sure to be the wildest night, with potential previews of projects like Skeleton Crew and the highly anticipated Acolyte panel. Fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at Lucasfilm’s groundbreaking Stagecraft technology powering recent productions and the intricate creature design...

Many times in life the anticipation is stronger than the fulfillment.

Few things were more anticipated in recent movie history than “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” On many levels, it did almost live up to the hype: It’s still the number-one domestic box-office hit of all time in the U.S., unadjusted for inflation. Its reviews were overwhelmingly positive. It opened up a whole new era of storytelling for the franchise and deftly balanced the return of beloved characters from the Original Trilogy — Harrison Ford, in particular, delivering the most moving performance he ever gave as Han Solo — while introducing dynamic rising stars. It may have been overly indebted to “A New Hope” and mired in a few too many callbacks, but on the whole, “Force Awakens” was a movie that mined the deep emotion fans have for the franchise while pointing a path forward.

Yet even still, the...

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.

Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot developments in the Season 1 finale of “Ahsoka,” currently streaming on Disney+.

There’s a brief moment in the penultimate episode of Season 1 of “Ahsoka” when characters from at least four different eras of “Star Wars” occupy the same scene. The most recent character is Capt. Carson Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), the New Republic ranger first introduced in 2020 on the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian.” Then there’s the focus of the scene, Gen. Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), first introduced in 2014 on the animated series “Star Wars: Rebels” as voiced by Vanessa Marshall. Presiding over it all is Chancellor Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), who has occupied three different eras of “Star Wars” on her own. She was first introduced (briefly) in 1983’s “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” as played by Caroline Blakiston, then showed up (even more briefly) in 2005’s “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith...

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the live-action actress for Hera Syndulla, broke her silence about having a son, Jacen Syndulla, in the Ahsoka series. 

Vanessa Marshall voiced the rebels general during the character's time on Star Wars Rebels from 2014-2018.

In the final episode of Rebels, it is revealed that Hera has a son, Jacen, whose father is Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus.

Read full article on The Direct.

Spoilers for "Ahsoka" follow.

What compelled Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), a Mandalorian, to remove and store her neon beskar armor in "Ahsoka"? Episode 4, "A Fallen Jedi," insinuates a depressing answer to this, as well as her fervor to find her long-lost battle brother Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi) in the far reaches of Wild Space. It's only when Sabine regains hope in Ezra's survival that she dons her beskar and Mandalorian weaponry again.

Sabine lands in a tight spot when she seemingly loses her Jedi master, Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson). Cornered by Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson), a former Jedi and Imperial-allied mercenary, Sabine holds the Wild Space map hostage. Through Force mind-reads and deduction, Baylan realizes that Sabine lost her Mandalorian birth family, which fuels her desperation to find Ezra. He tempts her to surrender the map in return for her survival, which gives the Thrawn loyalists the coordinates to Wild Space.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead received some great advice from another major Star Wars actor after landing her role as Hera Syndulla in Ahsoka.

Hera is a leading general in the New Republic and a close friend to both Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren. Winstead’s character was first introduced in the animated series Star Wars Rebels, where Hera was instead voiced by actress Vanessa Marshall.

So far, in Ahsoka, Winstead's Hera has been a key ally in the former Jedi’s mission. The general also successfully pushed both the titular hero and Sabine back together so the duo could try their training one more time.

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A brush of sadness crosses Hera Syndulla's (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) smile when her little green-haired son chirps, "I wanna be a Jedi," like his Aunt Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo). To a "Star Wars Rebels" viewer, the intriguing part is that little Jacen Syndulla (Evan Whitten), a Twi'lek-human child, doesn't utter, "Like my dad!" Pragmatically, "Ahsoka," a live-action sequel to "Rebels," would not want to dive into excessive past characters. Jacen's human father seems to be a story that Hera prefers to explain to him another day. This is as tantalizing as his evolution from his original cartoon incarnation, which was precedent-setting for "Star Wars" humanoid hybrids.

Long before Werner Herzog said it on "The Mandalorian" season 1, a "Rebels" viewer might have demanded, "I would like to see the baby." No, not Grogu, the Mando's baby. But Jacen Syndulla. So "Ahsoka" finally debuting the little guy in live-action has ended...

This Star Wars: Ahsoka article contains spoilers.

There’s never been a Star Wars show quite as jam-packed with easter eggs and references as Ahsoka, which is not just pulling from The Mandalorian-era shows but also two animated series and even one of the most celebrated Expanded Universe novels of all time. It’s easily the most ambitious Star Wars series to date, especially as it will presumably also set up the film set to be directed by Ahsoka showrunner Dave Filoni.

Featuring characters from both The Clone Wars and Rebels, and essentially serving as a sequel to the latter cartoon, Ahsoka wastes no time with its callbacks, as elements from those animated series make the jump to live action.

Here are all the biggest easter eggs and points of interest in “Master and Apprentice” and “Toil and Trouble”:

Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren

Two episodes in, it...

Get ready for another “jugs out, rugs out” season of Harley Quinn.

Max on Thursday dropped the official trailer for the animated series’ fourth installment, which finds Harley (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) and Ivy (Lake Bell) in an uncomfortable new position — quite possibly the only position we haven’t seen them in at this point. With Harley now fighting crime in Gotham City and Ivy heading up the Legion of Doom, their relationship is once again in serious jeopardy. But not too serious, of course. As Harley promises in the trailer, Season 4 brings “more #Harlivy. Like, a lot more. Because...

"Star Wars: Visions" Volume 2 seemed to have done its homework on Star Wars cartoons. For starters, the "Bandits of Golak" utters a quip like "All this for sweets?", which emulates a line like "All this for fruit?" in "Star Wars Rebels" season 1. But the Aardman stop-motion short "I Am Your Mother" takes its "Rebels" homages a step further through its Twi'lek character designs.

That is, if the creative and color choices aren't just a coincidence. The Aardman short concerns a teal Twi'lek mother and daughter, both of whom just happen to resemble the old teal concept art of Hera Syndulla, the Twi'lek pilot of the Ghost crew in "Rebels" voiced by Vanessa Marshall. This may feel coincidental until you spy Hera Syndulla floating in the background and suspect that the short's director, Magdalena Osinska, was deliberate about their nearly identical appearances to the Hera prototypes. After all, the young Twi'lek...

"The Clone Wars" cartoon introduced the Togruta padawan who won the hearts of many fans. George Lucas created Ahsoka Tano to give the famed Anakin Skywalker an apprentice, thus kickstarting a game-changing piece of canon outside of his "Star Wars" feature trilogies. Originated and voiced by Ashley Eckstein, the Togruta entered "Star Wars" with a coming-of-age arc that endured across several "Star Wars" cartoons, texts, and now the live-action realm beginning with "The Mandalorian" (portrayed in the flesh by Rosario Dawson).

The upcoming live-action "Ahsoka" series, developed by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, seems both exciting and daunting for Star Wars fans, since it heralds the live-action iterations of the fan-favorite Spectres of the Ghost crew in the "Star Wars Rebels" cartoon. If you want to (re)familiarize yourself with Ahsoka and her allies, /Film has gathered the necessary textual and illustrated projects you should read before the new show premieres.

"The Mandalorian" season 3 cameo of a hulking furry Lasat, Garazeb Orellios (voiced again by Steve Blum), excited "Star Wars Rebels" viewers. But the sighting also may have disillusioned fans who are already wary of Star Wars falling deeper into the referential everything-must-be-connected pit — not unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and this connection could have further fractured the identity of "The Mandalorian" show more than it already has. At the same time, it could have given fans more hope to see the "Rebels" cast in the upcoming live-action series "Ahsoka." The power of this cameo is that it can make Star Wars fans (myself included) feel many emotions — even hope and dread in the same space.

It also might have reminded "Rebels" fans that the CGI cartoon didn't do justice to the Garazeb (or Zeb) character. When "Rebels" closed out its final season in 2018, the Lasat probably got the most questionable...

"Justice League: Cosmic Chaos" is the upcoming video game following 'Superman', 'Batman', 'Wonder Woman', 'The Flash', 'Aquaman', 'Green Lantern' and 'Cyborg',  as they try and stop the machinations of 'Mr. Mxyzptlk' from turning the town of 'Happy Harbor' into his own personal 'Metropolis', available March 10, 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S:

Cast includes Dana Snyder, Nolan North, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall, Josh Keaton, Cooper Andrew, Delbert Hunt and Tc Carson.

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Features the voices of: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, James Adomian, Brett Goldstein, John Stamos, Vanessa Marshall, Natalie Morales, Matt Oberg, James Wolk, Michael Ironside, Rachel Dratch, Chris Diamantopoulos | Directed by Jennifer Coyle, Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton

Woe betide anyone who stumbles across the Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special without any prior knowledge of the animated TV series, because it’s safe to say they’d be in for something of a shock. Created by DC animation veterans Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, and written and exec-produced by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Dean Lorey, the show specialises in a raunchy, adult-themed and decidedly sweary take on the familiar DC Comics characters, and the Valentine’s Special pushes those limits to even further extremes.

Entitled Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special, the extended, 44 minute episode sees Harley Quinn (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) pulling out all the...

Exclusive: Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams will be lending their voices to the upcoming Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day special.

As DC superheroes Hawkman and Hawkgirl, in a brief cameo, Williams and Brunson explain how they fell in love in the upcoming special, titled Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special. Per the logline, the special “will feature Harley and Ivy celebrating their very first Valentine’s Day together, while also revealing how the rest of the ragtag crew spends the gushiest, mushiest, most romantic day of the year.”

“As a Harley Quinn fan, I’m thrilled to lend my voice to the special and to team up with my Abbott Elementary creative partners, Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker and co-star Tyler James Williams for this fun episode,” Brunson said.

Williams added, “Harley Quinn is such a brilliant series and it is an honor to lend my voice to this special.

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and no matter your thoughts on the day of love, it’s hard to deny that most of us could use a little affection, even super villains. HBO Max has released the trailer for Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special, a standalone 44-minute episode of the acclaimed animated series.

The trailer for Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special finds Harley going to obsessive lengths to ensure that her first Valentine’s Day with Poison Ivy is the best ever. Bane’s effects to impress an unexpected date go horribly awry. Meanwhile, after an unfortunate online dating encounter, Clayface engages in some self-love. The voice cast includes Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Matt Oberg, James Wolk , Natalie Morales, Chris Diamantopoulos, James Adomian, Jim Rash, Vanessa Marshall , Janet Varney, Rachel Dratch, Leila Birch, Tyler James Williams, Josh Helman, Casey Wilson, Michael Ironside,...

What does Harley Quinn love about Valentine’s Day? It’s the only day when there’s a built-in excuse for doing cheesy sh*t for your partner. (Her words – not mine!) HBO’s critically acclaimed adult animated comedy Harley Quinn will air a special love-themed episode in honor of the most romantic day of the year, according to candy companies and greeting card sales. Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special will stream a few days prior to the holiday it’s celebrating, premiering on HBO Max on Thursday, February 9, 2023.

The streaming service offered this description of the special:

“As Harley goes to obsessive lengths to ensure that her first Valentine’s Day with Ivy is the best ever, Bane’s efforts to impress an unexpected date go horribly awry. Meanwhile, after an unfortunate online dating encounter, Clayface engages in some self-love.”

Kaley Cuoco leads the voice cast as the titular character.

The Max Original adult animated special Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’S Day Special debuts Thursday, February 9 on HBO Max.

Synopsis

As Harley goes to obsessive lengths to ensure that her first Valentine’s Day with Ivy is the best ever, Bane’s efforts to impress an unexpected date go horribly awry. Meanwhile, after an unfortunate online dating encounter, Clayface engages in some self-love.

Cast

The voice cast of Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’S Day Special includes Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Matt Oberg, James Wolk , Natalie Morales, Chris Diamantopoulos, James Adomian, Jim Rash, Vanessa Marshall , Janet Varney, Rachel Dratch, Leila Birch, Tyler James Williams, Josh Helman, Casey Wilson, Michael Ironside, and others.

Credits

Based on characters from DC, the special is produced by Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions and Yes, Norman Productions in association with Warner Bros. Animation. Executive Producers are Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Dean Lorey,...

HBO Max has set a release date for Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special, as well as released a poster and a rrrrribald trailer.

Announced back in October and now set for a Thursday, Feb. 9 premiere, the holiday special finds Harley (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) going to obsessive lengths to ensure that her first Valentine’s Day with Ivy (Lake Bell) is the best ever. Elsewhere, Bane’s (James Adomian) efforts to impress an unexpected date go horribly awry, and Clayface (Alan Tudyk) engages in some self-love after an unfortunate online dating encounter.

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Love is in the streets of Gotham City — literally, all the citizens of Gotham are having sex in the streets in the first trailer for “Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special.”

The special holiday episode, which releases on HBO Max on Feb. 9, follows the same raunchy, R-rated tone of the main series, which stars Kaley Cuoco as Harley Quinn and Lake Bell as Poison Ivy.

According to the official synopsis, “As Harley goes to obsessive lengths to ensure that her first Valentine’s Day with Ivy is the best ever, Bane’s efforts to impress an unexpected date go horribly awry. Meanwhile, after an unfortunate online dating encounter, Clayface engages in some self-love.”

In the trailer, Harley and Ivy have such powerful sex that Ivy accidentally casts a spell over Gotham that causes all of its citizens to rip off their clothes and “do it in the streets,...

Popular adult animated series Harley Quinn is getting its very own Valentine’s Day special.

Based on characters from DC, Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special is set to premiere in February 2023 on HBO Max. Per the logline: It “will feature Harley and Ivy celebrating their very first Valentine’s Day together, while also revealing how the rest of the ragtag crew spends the gushiest, mushiest, most romantic day of the year.”

Voice cast includes Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Matt Oberg, James Wolk , Natalie Morales, Chris Diamantopoulos, James Adomian, Jim Rash, Vanessa Marshall, Janet Varney, Rachel Dratch, Leila Birch, Tyler James Williams, Josh Helman, Casey Wilson, Michael Ironside, and others.

Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special is produced by Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker’s Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions and Cuoco’s Yes, Norman Productions in association with Warner Bros. Animation. Halpern, Schumacker,...

Not only is Harley Quinn already renewed for a fourth season, but fans are getting a holiday special, to boot.

HBO Max announced on Friday that Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special will stream in February 2023.

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In addition to revealing how Harley (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) celebrate their...

A “Harley Quinn” Valentine’s Day special is coming to HBO Max.

Titled “Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special,” the new installment of the popular adult animated series will debut on HBO Max in February 2023.

Per the official logline, “The special will feature Harley and Ivy celebrating their very first Valentine’s Day together, while also revealing how the rest of the ragtag crew spends the gushiest, mushiest, most romantic day of the year.”

“Harley Quinn” recently concluded its third season, with HBO Max commissioning a fourth season in August. It was one of the DC projects that survived the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, in which a number of planned DC related films and shows were scrapped.

The voice cast of the special includes: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk, Matt Oberg, James Wolk , Natalie Morales, Chris Diamantopoulos, James Adomian, Jim Rash, Vanessa Marshall, Janet Varney,...

Vanessa Marshall has been a part of the Star Wars family for a long time now. As the voice of Hera Syndulla, she burst onto the scene with Star Wars Rebels and the character keeps making appearances. She featured prominently in the short lived Forces of Destiny cartoon, she has appeared in books like A […]

The post ‘Star Wars’ Voice Actor Vanessa Marshall on Making Her Surprise Return as Hera Syndulla in ‘The Bad Batch’ [Interview] appeared first on /Film.

Din Djarin doesn’t want to be involved in galactic war. He just wants to find a happy life for his kid, Grogu. But like Rebels, the animated show that took on the bulk of Star Wars storytelling outside of the movies before Disney+ was a thing, The Mandalorian has gradually become more connected to the rest of the saga. Set after the fall of the Empire, the live-action series has already touched on the Mandalorian civil war, Ahsoka Tano’s search for Grand Admiral Thrawn, and even brought in elements from Legends canon.

If Din’s destiny is tied up to the final battles against the Imperial remnant, Rebels regular Hera Syndulla is the perfect character to guide Mando through that larger saga story as someone who once fought on the fringes but is now a New Republic leader. She’s also a popular character with the versatility to...

Before “Earwig and the Witch”’s release, its press excitement seemed to build over the years. The film represents Studio Ghibli’s first foray into 3D CGI animation; furthermore, it signifies Goro Miyazaki’s own directorial debut, marking a significant departure from his father’s (Hayao Miyazaki) strictly traditional ways. Its release also promised glamor: with a premiere plan at Cannes 2020 and a star-studded English dub cast (including pop-country cameo Kacey Musgraves!), the film’s PR team seemed to tie all its loose ends together. In retrospect however, the hype feels more over-compensatory than is justified. “Earwig and the Witch” fails to live up to its expectations, making it difficult to forgive Studio Ghibli for staining its pristine filmography like so.

From the get-go, “Earwig and the Witch” squeezes itself into the Ghibli lineage. Like “Howl’s Moving Castle,” it is yet another adaptation of a Diana Wynne Jones novel. The...

Those familiar with Diana Wynne Jones’ children’s book Earwig and the Witch will be surprised to find Gorô Miyazaki’s cinematic adaptation beginning with a chase scene pitting a red-headed woman on a motorcycle against a yellow Citroën on her tail. They weave in and out of traffic with impossible speed and maneuvering before we see the first bit of magic used to create some extra distance. That’s when a cut occurs for us to watch the unknown redhead walk through a cemetery towards a large orphanage. With a rushed goodbye she leaves a baby at the door. All that’s with her to give any sign of identity is a cassette tape and a note asking for shelter until her mother’s promised return … even if it takes years.

Screenwriters Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji have thus given shape to Jones’ brief backstory, extrapolating on the note...

Erica Wigg, the main character of Goro Miyazaki’s made-for-tv feature “Earwig and the Witch,” is both a brat and an orphan. Those two traits seldom go together in children’s stories, and the combination provides a modest starting point for this intermittently amusing CG entry from Studio Ghibli — back in business but a shadow of its former glory. Erica also happens to be the daughter of a rock-star sorceress, who dropped her on the stoop of St. Morwald’s Home for Children with a note: “Got the other 12 witches all chasing me. I’ll be back for her when I’ve shook them off. It may take years.”

It will take closer to 75 minutes, actually, at which point the movie abruptly ends without providing any sense of those adventures. Judging by the opening motorcycle chase — in which this witch uses her flaming red, corkscrew-shaped hair to cast an impressive...

Gkids to release in North America in early 2021.

Richard E. Grant has joined the English-language dub cast for Studio Ghibli’s Cannes Label 2020 selection Earwig And The Witch.

Gkids has set an early 2021 awards-qualifying North American release in early 2021 while Elysian Film Group Distribution will handle a UK release in spring 2021.

Joining Grant as The Mandrake are Kacey Musgraves as Earwig’s mother, Dan Stevens and Taylor Paige Henderson in the title role are also on board the animation feature directed by Goro Miyazaki.

Earwig And The Witch follows Earwig on her quest to find the family she always dreamed of,...

“Earwig and the Witch,” the first CG-animated feature from Studio Ghibli, directed by Goro Miyazaki — and son of legendary Hayao Miyazaki — will get an English-language release for Oscar qualification from Gkids. The feature is slated to air on Nhk in Japan December 30, 2020. Gkids will release the film theatrically in North America in early 2021.

The voice work is headlined by Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”), Kacey Musgraves (“Golden Hour”), and Dan Stevens (“Legion”). The six-time Grammy-winning Musgraves will also record an English version of the theme song, “Don’t Disturb Me.”

Based on the children’s novel “Earwig and the Witch” by Diana Wynne Jones, the fantasy concerns the young Earwig (Taylor Paige Henderson) growing up in a British orphanage in the countryside with no idea that her mother (Musgraves) possessed magical powers. Her life changes suddenly she’s forced to live with a selfish witch,...

War! The Siege of Mandalore and Revenge of the Sith are both here in one of the best episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars yet. Just by virtue of its placement in the timeline, “Old Friends Not Forgotten” has tons of connections to the movie, plus some surprising additions. Ex-Jedi Ahsoka Tano arrives with her clone battalion to free Mandalore from the warlord Maul, but Darth Sidious is pulling all of the strings behind the scenes.

Here are all the easter eggs and references we found in the ninth episode:

Saw Gerrera and Fulcrum

Anakin Skywalker gets a call from someone he suspects is the agent using the codename “Fulcrum”: Saw Gerrera, the guerilla fighter on Onderon who will later become a Rebel Alliance extremist. This might be confusing to some fans since “Fulcrum” was originally Ahsoka’s nom de guerre in Rebels. Apparently, Ahsoka borrowed the comm...

What if the 'Man of Steel' was raised behind the 'Iron Curtain'?... begins DC's 'Elseworlds' story, "Superman: Red Son", the next animated entry in the 'DC Universe Movies' series, produced and directed by Sam Liu, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack, March 17, 2020:

"...'Superman: Red Son' takes place in an alternate reality where the spaceship bearing the last survivor of 'Krypton' crash lands – not in rural Kansas, but in 'Stalinist Russia'.

"Can the 'Cold War'-era Earth survive the coming of a 'Soviet Superman'?

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman', Phil Morris as 'James Olsen'...

...Paul Williams as 'Brainiac', Sasha Roiz as 'Hal Jordan', Phil Lamarr as 'John Stewart' and Roger Craig Smith as 'Batman'.

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The best of DC Comics’ Elseworlds stories where when the writers challenged the conventional wisdom, upending how we envisioned our heroes. Among the more celebrated of these stories was Mark Millar and Dave Johnson’s Superman: Red Son, imagining the Kryptonian rocket ship landing in Soviet Russia, not Kansas.

It has long been on people’s wish list for adaptation as either a live-action or animated feature. Those wishes have finally been granted in one of Warner Animation’s more successful adaptations. The film is out now from Warner Home Entertainment in all the usual formats including the popular 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD combo.

Superman (Jason Isaacs) arrives in the late 1930s and by the time his powers begin to manifest with his adolescence, we’re on the tail end of World War II and the arrival of Joseph Stalin’s (William Salyers) Iron Curtain. With a super-powered loyalist,...

Take a look at an extended fight between 'Batman' and 'Superman', from the animated feature "Superman: Red Son", based on the DC Comics mini-series, now available on Blu-ray and DVD, imagining baby 'Kal-El', the future 'Superman', crashlanding in the Russian 'Soviet Union' instead of Kansas, USA:

"...instead of landing in Kansas as a child, I've decided to explore what could have happened if his rocket would have landed on a collective farm in the 'Soviet Union'," said writer Mark Millar.

"Instead of working for the 'Daily Planet', he'll be a reporter for 'Pravda'. There's a reversal of the current situation, this time it's the Us that's splitting up, with Georgia and Louisiana demanding independence — tanks rolling through the streets of New Orleans..."

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman', Phil Morris as 'James Olsen'...

...Paul Williams as 'Brainiac',...

The animated feature "Superman: Red Son", based on the DC Comics mini-series, available February 25, 2020, imagines baby 'Kal-El', the future 'Superman', crashlanding in the Russian 'Soviet Union' instead of Kansas, USA:

"...instead of landing in Kansas as a child, I've decided to explore what could have happened if his rocket would have landed on a collective farm in the 'Soviet Union'," said writer Mark Millar.

"Instead of working for the 'Daily Planet', he'll be a reporter for 'Pravda'. There's a reversal of the current situation, this time it's the Us that's splitting up, with Georgia and Louisiana demanding independence — tanks rolling through the streets of New Orleans..."

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman', Phil Morris as 'James Olsen'...

...Paul Williams as 'Brainiac', Sasha Roiz as 'Hal Jordan', Phil Lamarr as 'John Stewart...

The animated feature "Superman: Red Son", based on the DC Comics mini-series, available February 25, 2020, imagines baby 'Kal-El', the future 'Superman', crashlanding in the Russian 'Soviet Union' instead of Kansas, USA:

"...instead of landing in Kansas as a child, I've decided to explore what could have happened if his rocket would have landed on a collective farm in the 'Soviet Union'," said writer Mark Millar.

"Instead of working for the 'Daily Planet', he'll be a reporter for 'Pravda'. There's a reversal of the current situation, this time it's the Us that's splitting up, with Georgia and Louisiana demanding independence — tanks rolling through the streets of New Orleans..."

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman', Phil Morris as 'James Olsen'...

...Paul Williams as 'Brainiac', Sasha Roiz as 'Hal Jordan', Phil Lamarr as '...

Rosie Knight Jan 3, 2020

Gotham's favorite commissioner takes center stage as Harley Quinn finally indulges in a heist episode.

This Harley Quinn review contains spoilers.

Harley Quinn Episode 6

In all the blood, violence, cursing, and stellar animation throughout Harley Quinn you might have missed the fact that Christopher Meloni is voicing Jim Gordon in DC's animated madhouse. Though we haven't seen much of the gruff cop, every moment the tired, paranoid, and utterly hilarious representation of Batman's most well known ally has been onscreen is perfect. In the sixth episode of Harley Quinn that all changes as Gordon takes center stage after being challenged by Batman on his questionable skills as a detective. And reader, it is absolutely wonderful.

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As we've come to expect from the seriously silly DC animated series this episode takes a well known trope--in this case a...

Burbank, CA – What if the Man of Steel was raised behind the Iron Curtain? So begins DC’s acclaimed Elseworlds story, Superman: Red Son, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives – along with a new DC Showcase animated short, Phantom Stranger – from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting February 25, 2020, and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack on March 17, 2020.

Superman: Red Son will be available on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (USA $39.99 Srp; Canada $43.99 Srp) and Blu-ray Combo Pack (USA $24.98 Srp; Canada $34.97 Srp) as well as on Digital. The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in 4K with Hdr, a Blu-ray disc featuring the film in hi-definition, and a digital version of the movie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack features a Blu-ray disc with the film in hi-definition,...

Just days after its first trailer arrived, Superman: Red Son has got an official release date. Warner Bros. Animation confirmed today that their next DC animated movie will be available to buy on digital from February 25th, 2020. A few weeks later, you can get it on physical media, too, from March 17th.

“Superman: Red Son will be available on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (USA $39.99 Srp; Canada $43.99 Srp) and Blu-ray Combo Pack (USA $24.98 Srp; Canada $34.97 Srp) as well as on Digital. The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in 4K with Hdr, a Blu-ray disc featuring the film in hi-definition, and a digital version of the movie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack features a Blu-ray disc with the film in hi-definition, a DVD with the film in standard definition, and a digital version of the movie.”

Superman: Red Son is based on the 2003 Elseworlds tale, one...

The interstellar, multi-generational saga of House Skywalker reaches its concluding and (hopefully) climatic chapter with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth installment in the space opera that has captivated moviegoers since the Carter Administration. The mega-release from Disney’s Lucasfilm and director/producer/co-writer J.J. Abrams premieres tonight and the live-stream will be available above beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pt/ 8:30 p.m. Et.

The PG-13 fantasy film opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 20. At tonight’s premiere Abrams will join Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Michelle Rejwan, executive producers Callum Greene and Jason McGatlin at the splashy premiere. Also on hand: composer John Williams, co-writer Chris Terrio, director of photography Dan Mindel, production designer Rick Carter, costume designer Michael Kaplan and editors Maryann Brandon and Stefan Grube.

The film’s cast members are expected to be on hand, including Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver,...

Sneak Peek the first footage from the animated feature "Superman: Red Son", based on writer Mark Millar's 3-issue DC Comics mini-series, set in an 'alternate reality,' that sees baby 'Kal-El', the future 'Superman', crashland in the 'Soviet Union', instead of Kansas, USA:

"...instead of landing in Kansas as a child, I've decided to explore what could have happened if his rocket would have landed on a collective farm in the 'Soviet Union'," said Millar.

"Instead of working for the 'Daily Planet', he'll be a reporter for 'Pravda'. There's a reversal of the current situation, this time it's the Us that's splitting up, with Georgia and Louisiana demanding independence — tanks rolling through the streets of New Orleans..."

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman', Phil Morris as 'James Olsen'...

...Paul Williams as 'Brainiac',...

Superman: Red Son is one of the most iconic Elseworlds stories ever created, and now it’s been adapted for the screen as the next DC animated movie to come from Warner Bros. Animation. Forget everything you know about America’s greatest superhero though as in this alternate universe, he’s no longer an American.

Based on the 2003 limited comic book series by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson and Killian Plunkett, Superman: Red Son explores what would happen if Kal-El’s Kryptonian pod hadn’t crashed into Smallville, Kansas but a farm in the Ukraine instead. The result is that Superman’s raised by Josef Stalin and becomes a key weapon during the height of the Cold War. The knock-on effect is that the DC universe changes around him, with different versions of the likes of Batman and Green Lantern turning up.

Starring in the Red Son movie is Jason Isaacs as the Soviet Superman,...

DC Universe has premiered a new trailer for the animated ‘Harley Quinn’ series starring the voices of Kaley Cuoco and Lake Bell.

The series will follow Harley Quinn‘s adventures after her break with the Joker as she, along with Poison Ivy and other DC castoffs, try to help each other in order to earn a seat at the biggest table in villainy: the Legion of the Doom.

Kaley Cuoco is the voice of Harley Quinn, Lake Bell as Poison Ivy, Alan Tudyk as Joker/Clayface, Diedrich Bader as Batman, Giancarlo Esposito as Lex Luthor, Christopher Meloni as Commissioner James Gordon, and Sanaa Lathan as Catwoman.

It doesn’t stop there, we also have Rash as Riddler, Vanessa Marshall as Wonder Woman, Ron Funches as King Shark, Rahul Kohli as Scarecrow, Jacob Tremblay as Damian Wayne along with Tony Hale, J. B. Smoove, Jason Alexander, Wanda Sykes, Natalie Morales and Phil Lamarr in other roles.

Now that Batman: Gotham by Gaslight has opened the door for various other Elseworlds tales to be adapted as animated films, Superman: Red Son will be the first to follow in its footsteps. To be quite honest, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise because the limited series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Dave Johnson has long remained one of the most popular in the line, not to mention DC fans demanding this become a reality for years.

To briefly sum up what that story entailed for those unfamiliar, what you need to know going into your first viewing of the animated flick is that it explored that possibility of baby Kal-El’s rocket landing in Soviet Russia instead of in Smallville, Kansas. As you can imagine, the Comrade of Steel had a very different upbringing than the hero we’ve come to know otherwise.

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"Superman: Red Son", a new animated full-length feature available in 2020, is part of the 'DC Universe Animated Original Movies' line, based on writer Mark Millar's 3-issue DC Comics minseries, set in an 'alternate reality' circa 1953-2001, that sees the baby 'Krypton' alien 'Kal-El', the future 'Superman', crashland in the 'Soviet Union', instead of Kansas, USA:

"...instead of landing in Kansas as a child, I've decided to explore what could have happened if his rocket would have landed on a collective farm in the 'Soviet Union'," said Millar.

"Instead of working for the 'Daily Planet', he'll be a reporter for 'Pravda'. There's a reversal of the current situation, this time it's the Us that's splitting up, with Georgia and Louisiana demanding independence — tanks rolling through the streets of New Orleans..."

Voice cast includes Jason Isaacs as 'Superman', Diedrich Bader as 'Lex Luthor', Amy Acker as 'Lois Lane', Vanessa Marshall as 'Wonder Woman',...

DC has offered a first look at their new animated adaptation of Superman: Red Son and the full voice cast has also been announced along with the characters they are playing.

The film is an adaptation of Mark Millar's 2003 famed Elseworlds tale, which posed the question, "What if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?"

The cast of the film includes Jason Isaacs (Batman: Under the Red Hood) as Superman; Diedrich Bader (American Housewife) as Lex Luthor; Amy Acker (The Gifted) as Lois Lane; Vanessa Marshall (Star Wars Rebels) as Wonder Woman; Phil Morris (Doom Patrol) as James Olsen; Paul Williams (Goliath) as Brainiac; Sash Roiz (Grimm); Phil Lamarr (Supergirl) as Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart; Roger Graig Smith (Arkham Origins) as Batman; Travis Willingham (Batman: Bad Blood) will voice John F. Kennedy and Russia's Superior Man, while William Sayers (Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders) will voice Joseph Stalin,...

Burbank, CA – A new generation of heroes joins the Young Justice team just as they face their greatest challenge yet in Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the DC Universe Original Series’ enthralling third season arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting September 24, 2019 and DVD ($24.98 Srp) on November 26, 2019. The DVD order due date is October 22, 2019.

Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season will be available on Blu-rayTM courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. The Blu-rayTM release includes all 26 episodes on the DVD and is also arriving November 26, 2019. Warner Archive Blu-ray releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.

In Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season, our heroes have survived the schemes of the Light and saved the Earth from the Reach Invasion – but the worst has yet to come. Now someone is kidnapping teens and transforming them into super-powered weapons!

In the midst of all the movie, TV and comic book announcements and trailers that we got at this year’s Comic-Con, the upcoming slate of DC animated films being revealed was one of the most exciting. After all, Warner Bros. Animation has a pretty good track record when it comes to these and they’ve got a lot of good stuff coming down the pipeline, with Superman: Red Son perhaps being the one that grabbed the most attention back in July.

If you’re not familiar with the source material, Red Son was initially published as an Elseworlds story written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Dave Johnson. In short, it explored what would’ve happened if baby Kal-El’s ship had landed in Soviet Russia instead of Smallville, Kansas. And now, we have our first look at what the animated version will be like thanks to the photo in the gallery down below.