The name Giancarlo Volpe is familiar to animation fans young and old. Producer, Director, Writer, Character Designer, Volpe has lent his talents to a myriad of projects. His name can be seen on the classic King of the Hill animated series, fan-favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the action-drama Star Wars: Clone Wars, to name but a few. Now he’s working side-by side with animation legend Bruce Timm as Showrunner for the latest DC Comics-inspired project Green Lantern: The Animation Series. Volpe shares a few secrets and tells a few stories behind the new CGI action-adventure Green Lantern: The Animated Series, so click on the image below for more.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series recently received two nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards, including Best General Audience Animated TV Production and Best Music. More details on the awards can be found here.
Continue to the The World’s Finest Green Lantern: The Animated Series subsite for more content and details for the new Warner Bros. Animation production. Green Lantern: The Animated Series is set to return to Cartoon Network in 2012 with all-new episodes.
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Officially announced last week, with details available here at The World’s Finest, Warner Home Video has provided new package artwork for the upcoming Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season Two, Part Two DVD release. Continue below for higher-quality cover artwork and back cover package art for the forthcoming DVD title. The Batman: The Brave and The Bold Season Two, Part Two two-disc DVD release is set to hit shelves March 20th, 2012. Please click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at each image.
Please note the back cover lists the episode “Battle of the Super-Heroes!” in the disc breakdown, though “The Mask of Matches Malone!” is not included. Warner Home Video can not currently confirm if this episode will be included on this release, despite initial details for this title listing “The Mask of Matches Malone!” as part of this release. Producer James Tucker tells The World’s Finest that Warner Home Video has assured him the episode will be included on the Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season Two, Part Two DVD, either as a regular episode or special feature.
Tucker reaffirms this, stating there is no reason for fans to panic as “The Mask of Matches Malone” will find its way to home video on one release or another. Further comments from Tucker on this release can be found here. Warner Home Video does state that special features and included episodes are subject to change.
Further details on the Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season Two, Part Two DVD collection can be found at the The World’s Finest Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite. The Batman: The Brave and The Bold Season Two, Part Two two-disc DVD release is set to hit shelves March 20th, 2012 for the suggested retail price of $19.97.
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Officially announced last week, with details available here at The World’s Finest, the upcoming Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Season Two, Part Two DVD collection is set to include the episode “The Mask of Matches Malone.” The episode, which has yet to air on Cartoon Network despite airing in other regions worldwide, features Batman and all-female team Birds of Prey facing off against Two-Face. The World’s Finest caught up with Batman: The Brave and The Bold producer James Tucker to briefly touch upon the episode and its inclusion on the next Batman: The Brave and The Bold DVD home video release. The Batman: The Brave and The Bold Season Two, Part Two two-disc DVD release is set to hit shelves March 20th, 2012. Continue below for more.
The World’s Finest: Can you explain a little bit of the history behind the “The Mask of Matches Malone!” episode, namely why the episode remains unseen on Cartoon Network?
James Tucker: This episode was our answer to the fans who complained about the lack of females in the first season of the series. The teaser involved Black Orchid – one of my favorite C-listers – helping Batman take on Poison Ivy, and included henchwomen designed to look like Pam Grier, Tura Satana, and Honey West. The main story, The Mask of Matches Malone, is basically a romp featuring the Birds of Prey – in this incarnation Huntress, Black Canary, and Catwoman – teaming up with Batman to catch Two-Face. It was meant to be our take on a Damon Runyan-type story, with gangsters, molls, mystical cloaks, amnesia, resurrection of the dead, and a splashy musical number. I think its one of our best episodes and Im really proud of it. Ive never heard anything official as to why the episode wasnt aired but it would seem some of juvenile internet rumblings over the content in the musical number would be the obvious answer. I think, but have no confirmation, that the network wasnt comfortable airing the episode in its usual early time slot with the TV-Y7FV rating and there wasnt another viable slot to move it to that didnt displace the other series on that night, so it fell through the cracks.
WF: While there is a chance that Cartoon Network may air the episode before this DVD collection hits, are you excited that audiences will finally get to see The Mask of Matches Malone? Which version of the episode will it be the original or tweaked version?
JT: I believe it will be the final version we delivered, which could be called tweaked but I would call it improved. Since I storyboarded the sequence myself, I can give it my seal of approval because now the scene is subtler and more witty than Id originally boarded it. This was a case where we were asked to change something and it actually helped the content.
WF: Were you worried the episode might not make it on to the collection? Did you do anything to make sure it would be?
JT: We werent overly worried, but emails were exchanged to double-check and make sure the episode was going to be included.
WF: Any final comments – for now – on those fans who may havent picked up these great two-disc DVD sets as of yet?
JT: Ive been very pleased with the DVD volume sets that have come out overall. I urge folks who would like to see Batman: The Brave and the Bold get its own Direct-to-Video animated feature to support these releases when they come out. Thats the only way Warner Home Video will know that theres a desire for a long form Batman: The Brave and the Bold feature to cap off the series.
Stay tuned for further details on this title, including the official press release and further images, here soon at The Worlds Finest. The Batman: The Brave and The Bold Season Two, Part Two two-disc DVD release is set to hit shelves March 20th, 2012 for the suggested retail price of $19.97.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the new video game Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, now available exclusively for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. A spin-off of the successful Batman: Arkham City console video game, this new release features Batman going up against a host of different foes, and was created to run on the iPad and other related Apple products. Official press details, along with images and a trailer, are available below. Please note the first image leads to the trailer, the remaining to hi-res images.
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App Now Available Exclusively For iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
Critically Acclaimed Batman: Arkham City Franchise Debuts Combat Game on the App Store with a New Title from Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced that the Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store. Based on DC Comics core Batman license, the app brings the Batman: Arkham City franchise, one of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling videogame releases of 2011, to the App Store for the first time featuring stunning graphics and original combat gameplay created exclusively for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
Developed by NetherRealm Studios, creators of Mortal Kombat, Batman: Arkham City Lockdown features several of Gotham Citys most dangerous criminals, including The Joker, Two-Face and Solomon Grundy, as well as iOS-exclusive character Deathstroke, and engages players in one-on-one combat as they seek justice in a variety of Arkham City environments.
We here at NetherRealm Studios are huge fans of Batman: Arkham City, and we were very excited to develop Batman: Arkham City Lockdown to extend the franchise experience to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, said Ed Boon, Creative Director, NetherRealm Studios. The app delivers a different take on Batman gameplay in which players must combat against some of the fan favorite villains in Arkham City.
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown takes advantage of AirPlay, one of the newly released features in iOS 5, enabling players to wirelessly stream their gameplay experience on their iPad2 or iPhone 4S to their HDTV using Apple TV.
The Batman: Arkham City Lockdown App is available for $5.99 from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
Fans can also find us at https://www.facebook.com/batmanarkhamcity and http://twitter.com/#!/arkhamcitynews where they can view the latest Batman: Arkham City news and assets.
About DC Entertainment DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY LOCKDOWN software 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by NetherRealm Studios. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY software 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by Rocksteady Studios Ltd. Microsoft, Mortal Kombat software 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by NetherRealm Studios. All rights reserved.
Warner Home Video has provided cover art for the recently-announced Young Justice – Season One, Volume Three, the latest installment in the ongoing single-disc DVD volume releases from the studio. The DVD title will include four more episodes from the first season of the acclaimed Cartoon Network animated series, though no bonus features are expected. Official details provided by the studio are available below.
YOUNG JUSTICE SEASON 1 VOLUME 3
Synopsis: The third volume in the animated DC Universe cartoon Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis have become Young Justice – The Justice League’s secret weapon against the forces of evil. The teen heroes will take on under-the-radar missions that would be impossible for the Justice League to handle covertly. Red Tornado will be their supervisor; Black Canary will be in charge of their training and Batman will hand out their assignments. And of course, Young Justice will push their missions, often turning a simple assignment from Batman into something much larger, often discovering that what they’ve been tasked to do is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Young Justice – Season One, Volume Three will retail for the suggested price of $14.97. Details on each Young Justice DVD home video release can be found here. Young Justice – Season One, Volume Three arrives on shelves February 21st, 2012 from Warner Home Video. Additional artwork and details on this title are expected to be released shortly.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment present a new animated trailer for the upcoming Gotham City Imposters video game showing off the impressive arsenal of gadgets and firearms wielded by the Bats and the Jokerz as they vie for supremacy in Gotham City. Gotham City Impostors is a download only title that will be available beginning January 10th, 2012 in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStationNetwork and Windows PC. A console beta for the game is expected to go live worldwide this month. Fans can go to www.GothamCityImpostors.com to register for their chance to take part in the beta.
Gotham City Impostors is an original download-only first-person shooter where up to 12 players battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by Impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker. Gotham City Impostors is an online multiplayer game unlike any other, giving players the opportunity to rebel against conformity as they customize their own characters. Fighting for justice or creating chaos, gamers will create their very own version of the Bats or the Jokerz characters using unprecedented customization options including insane costumes, homemade gadgets and a wide range of traditional and inventive weapons. The game will feature maps and modes inspired by DC Comics Batman license.
Gotham City Impostors is scheduled for release on January 10th, 2012 and will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStationNetwork, as well as for PC. Fans can go to www.GothamCityImpostors.com for more information and to receive updates regarding the game.
The Canadian network Teletoon is scheduled to air the 2006 direct-to-video animated feature Superman: Brainiac Attacks later this month as part of the Superfan Friday programming block. Superman: Brainiac Attacks will air Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 7:00pm, pre-empting the usual programming for the night. Please note schedule details are subject to change without notice. Teletoon has provided the following details as seen below.
Superman: Brainiac Attacks Teletoon, Friday, December 16th at 7:00pm (ET) Embittered by Superman’s (voiced by Tim Daly) heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor (voiced by Powers Boothe) forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac (voiced by Lance Henriksen). Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor redesigns Brainiac specifically to defeat the Man of Steel.
In additional Teletoon Superfan Friday programming news, Young Justice will be pre-empted for the month of December 2011 on Teletoon due to special programming events. The series will return January 2012 with new-to-the-network episodes. The series will resume airing on Superfan Fridays starting Friday, January 6th, 2012 at 7:00pm (ET0
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today released a new trailer for the acclaimed Batman: Arkham City video game. The trailer promotes the new downloadable content featuring a host of different character skins. Batman: Arkham City is currently available on Xbox360 and Playstation3. Click on the thumbnail below to view the footage in the MP4 format, along with additional press details for the release.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have confirmed that the Batman: Arkham City Skins Pack is available now in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points and for Games for Windows for $4.99. The pack is also available in North America in the PlayStationNetwork for $4.99.
Included in the pack are seven skins: 1970s Batsuit Skin Year One Batman Skin The Dark Knight Returns Skin Earth One Batman Skin Batman Beyond Batman Skin Animated Batman Skin Sinestro Corps Batman Skin
Batman: Arkham City is out now for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows.
Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum and the new maximum security home for all of Gotham Citys thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new, all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham City is based on DC Comics core Batman license. Fans can find us online at www.batmanarkhamcity.com.
Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their respective roles as Batman and Joker in Batman: Arkham City, the highly-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, along with Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini again penning the story. Click here for more content from the Batman: Arkham City video game. To discuss the video game below, please click on the links below.