More Animated Comic cover goodness by Kerry Callen.
(You may need to click to expand to see what Batman’s doing.)
IGN report that during last night’s premiere screening of Batman: Year One, executive producer Bruce Timm revealed the next wave of DC universe animated features. The first, Justice League: Doom, we already knew about. The next was an adaptation of one-shot Superman story, Superman vs. The Elite. Pretty good so far, eh?
Well, here’s something even more exciting. The third movie they’ll be releasing in 2012 is none other than Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, it’s first ever two-parter. “It’s going to be very, very faithful to the comic,” Timm thankfully promised the lucky fans in attendance. No further details were revealed, although a question from the audience did prompt voice director Andrea Romano to say they would consider using Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill for the voices of Batman and the Joker.
Other bits of info which were let slip during the Q&A included Timm saying that The Killing Joke HAS been considered (but is not currently being worked on) and that Kingdom Come will probably never be produced in the form of an animated movie. “It’s just not made for 2D animation. It’s not a good fit.”
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Whoa whoa whoa! a CONFIRMED 2-Part Dark Knight Returns animated movie?! Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will be considered to voice?! count me in!! I didn’t love the book as much as most people that consider it a classic, but I’m totally on board with this news. via comicbookmovie |
It’s been a couple days since we’ve posted anything here. I think think the All Star Superman trailer will do nicely. it made me poop my pants.
p.s. i love the white solar suit.
Scott Pilgrim vs the Animation!!!
A few weeks ago I got news of a pretty cool little project: as part of the promotional efforts for Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Universal approached [adult swim] about making something related to the film. The idea concocted by the folks at the network was to animate a piece of one of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels that didn’t end up in Edgar Wright’s movie.
Universal, Wright and O’Malley all got behind the idea, and the result is a four-minute animated short that illustrates the beginning of the friendship between Scott Pilgrim and Kim Pine.
Here’s what producer Jason DeMarco had to say about the animation:
“We were approached by Universal to do something cool around the release of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Being huge fans of the comic, and very excited about the film, we asked if we could produce an animated short in the style of the comic. The filmmakers and Bryan Lee O’Malley were into the idea, so we actually made it! Edgar Wright was kind enough to secure some of the talent from the film for us, so we have Michael Cera as Scott, Allison Pill as Kim, Mae Whitman as Lisa and Jason Schwartzman as Simon Lee doing voices in the short.”
And here’s a commercial for the short:
