The World’s Finest has published its review of the Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated feature, now available to own on home media. In short, the feature-length crossover adventure is not only a welcome return for one of the best animated iterations of Batman, but it’s also a solid outing for Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. crew as well. It’s riddled with easter eggs and callbacks to both properties, features a legitimately engaging story that’s full of solid action beats, and has a cool little mystery with great gags. To read the complete review, click on the image below.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has also provided a new clip from the Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated feature, featuring the mystery Inc. gang accompanying Batman on a visit to Arkham Asylum. Check out the clip in the player below.
For much more coverage on Batman: The Brave and The Bold – including extensive interviews and production content, along with exclusive interviews, commentary and much more – check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite. Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold is now available on DVD and Digital HD by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released the first clip from the Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated movie. The feature-length animated crossver will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on both DVD and Digital HD starting January 9, 2018. Check out the clip in the player below, with additional content following.
Note: Post updated with alternate clip due to loss of original clip
Additionally, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided images from the recent World Premiere of Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and The Bold, held on Saturday, January 6 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Among the cast and crew in attendance was Diedrich Bader (the voice of Batman), John DiMaggio (the voice of Aquaman), Kate Micucci (the voice of Velma Dinkley), director Jake Castorena, supervising producer James Tucker, producer Michael Jelenic and screenwriter Paul Giacoppo. Click on the thumbnails below for images of the cast and crew members.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment describes Batman: The Brave and The Bold as follows:
Super sleuths Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma join forces with the world’s greatest detective, Batman, when they discover that villains from both of their respective rogues’ galleries have also combined efforts to terrorize the city. With Scooby snacks in tow, the crime-fighting teams encounter classic Batman foes (Joker, Catwoman, Riddler, Penguin, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn) and allies (The Question, Aquaman, Plastic Man, Martian Manhunter) along with a bevy of fiends from Scooby-Doo lore (Spooky Space Kook, Gentleman Ghost, Miner 49er, Ghost Clown). As always, you won’t know who the ultimate villain is until those “meddling kids” pull off the mask!
Diedrich Bader, who voiced the Dark Knight in the fan-favorite Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated television series, reprises his role for this all-new film alongside the longtime Scooby-Doo voice cast of Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo & Fred), Grey Griffin (Daphne and Black Canary), Matthew Lillard (Shaggy) and Kate Micucci (Velma). The guest cast includes Jeff Bennett (Joker), Jeffrey Combs (The Question), John DiMaggio (Aquaman), Nika Futterman (Catwoman), Nicholas Guest (Martian Manhunter), John Michael Higgins (The Riddler), Tom Kenny (Penguin, Plastic Man), Kevin Michael Richardson (Detective Chimp), Tara Strong (Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy) and Fred Tatasciore (Harvey Bullock).
Check back for The World’s Finest review of Scooby-Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, coming soon!
For much more coverage on Batman: The Brave and The Bold – including extensive interviews and production content, along with exclusive interviews, commentary and much more – check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite. Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be distributed January 9, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on DVD and Digital. Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest.
Warner Bros. Animation has provided The World’s Finest with the trailer, press details and package artwork for the upcoming Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated feature. Batman joins the Mystery Inc. gang to catch a gaggle of villains wreaking havoc in the all-new animated feature produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be distributed January 9, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on DVD and Digital. Continue below for the trailer, press details and package artwork.
MYSTERY INC. & THE DARK KNIGHT UNITE AS
WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT
AND DC ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE
SCOOBY-DOO! & BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD
ON DVD AND DIGITAL STARTING JANUARY 9, 2018
TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER 45 YEARS IN AN ALL-NEW ANIMATED FILM
The ultimate crime-solving combination reunites when Batman joins the Mystery Inc. gang to catch a gaggle of villains wreaking havoc in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the all-new original film will be distributed January 9, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on DVD ($19.98 SRP) and Digital.
Super sleuths Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma join forces with the world’s greatest detective, Batman, when they discover that villains from both of their respective rogues’ galleries have also combined efforts to terrorize the city. With Scooby snacks in tow, the crime-fighting teams encounter classic Batman foes (Joker, Catwoman, Riddler, Penguin, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn) and allies (The Question, Aquaman, Plastic Man, Martian Manhunter) along with a bevy of fiends from Scooby-Doo lore (Spooky Space Kook, Gentleman Ghost, Miner 49er, Ghost Clown). As always, you won’t know who the ultimate villain is until those “meddling kids” pull off the mask!
Avid Scooby-Doo fans know this isn’t the first time the Caped Crusader has partnered with Mystery Incorporated. Forty-five years ago, Batman (and Robin) were the featured guest stars in a pair of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. Premiering in 1972, the renowned detectives worked to solve crimes together in the hour-long television movies entitled The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair and The Caped Crusader Caper.
Diedrich Bader, who voiced the Dark Knight in the fan-favorite Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated television series, reprises his role for this all-new film alongside the longtime Scooby-Doo voice cast of Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo & Fred), Grey Griffin (Daphne and Black Canary), Matthew Lillard (Shaggy) and Kate Micucci (Velma). The guest cast includes Jeff Bennett (Joker), Jeffrey Combs (The Question), John DiMaggio (Aquaman), Nika Futterman (Catwoman), Nicholas Guest (Martian Manhunter), John Michael Higgins (The Riddler), Tom Kenny (Penguin, Plastic Man), Kevin Michael Richardson (Detective Chimp), Tara Strong (Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy) and Fred Tatasciore (Harvey Bullock).
Jake Castorena directs the teleplay by Paul Giacoppo, based on a story by supervising producer James Tucker. Michael Jelenic is the producer. Executive Producer is Sam Register. Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan are Executive Producers.
“Scooby-Doo continues to be one of the most popular kids’ brands in the Warner Bros. canon, and we are thrilled to reunite the gang with Batman, the ultimate crime-stopper,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Vice President, Family and Animation Marketing. “Fans and families of all ages are in for a treat – and hopefully some Scooby snacks, too – when watching this all-new original movie on DVD and Digital.”
Digital Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be available to own on Digital starting January 9, 2018. Digital allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices. Digital is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital Copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment’s home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC (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 one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s TV series include Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go! and the upcoming DC Super Hero Girls and Unikitty! for Cartoon Network; Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Tom and Jerry Show, New Looney Tunes and Wacky Races for Boomerang; Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim; Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix; and Young Justice: Outsiders for the upcoming DC-branded digital service. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Original Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
For much more coverage on Batman: The Brave and The Bold – including extensive interviews and production content, along with exclusive interviews, commentary and much more – check out the The World’s Finest Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite. Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be distributed January 9, 2018 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on DVD and Digital. Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest.
The World’s Finest has reviewed the new Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three Blu-ray and Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two DVD titles from Warner Archive. For fans of DC Comics-based animated series, these are three titles that fans should definitely consider adding to their collection. Not only does Warner Archive bring the final episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold and The Zeta Project to home video, the label finally gives Static Shock the attention it deserves with the complete first season finally collected. To check out each review – which includes images and a closer look at each respective title – click on the images below.
Please note Warner Archive provided The World’s Finest with review copies of each title.
Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two are all available to order directly from Warner Archive and from select digital retailers. Further details on each title can also be found in the reviews linked above.
Stay tuned for further updates right here at The World’s Finest. More home video title news is coming, so check back soon!
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Warner Archive is slated to release new Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Static Shock and The Zeta Project home video titles in March. Both Batman: The Brave and The Bold and The Zeta Project will see their respective final seasons released while Static Shock will finally get a proper release of its first season. Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two will all be available to order from Warner Archive in March through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets. Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be a Blu-ray title, while Static Shock and The Zeta Project will be DVD titles.
An official press release for all three titles has yet to be issued, but Warner Archives has released details on each, which can be found below.
Batman: The Brave and The Bold – Complete Season Three Blu-ray Release Date: March 21st, 2017 MSRP: $21.99 Run Time: 297 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1, Widescreen (16×9) Audio: English (DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0)
Synopsis: Join the Caped Crusader and a wealth of DC’s finest as they team up to battle injustice in the third and final season of this cutting-edge series! Evil never sleeps in these diabolical schemes plotted by the world’s most infamous criminals, including The Joker, Lex Luthor, Equinox and Ra’s Al Ghul! Fortunately, Batman and his many allies, including Superman, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Wonder Woman, are always up for the challenge! Circle this globe and others, and even travel through time, in these 13 action-packed, fun-filled episodes!
Static Shock: The Complete First Season DVD Release Date: March 28th, 2017 MSRP: $24.99 Run Time: 275 Minutes Aspect Ratio: (Dolby Stereo 2.0) Audio: Original Aspect Ratio – 1.33, Standard
Synopsis: Synopsis: Based on characters from the DC Comics series, superhero Virgil Hawkins and his classmates confront real problems and issues faced by today’s teens: peer pressure, gangs and growing up in an ethnically diverse, urban neighborhood.
Meet Virgil Hawkins, a mild-mannered teen in the wrong place at the wrong time when a chemical explosion rocks the streets of Dakota City- changing him from supergeek to super-hero. Based on the Milestone/DC Comics property, this animated series about the adventures of the first African-American teenage superhero follows quick-witted Virgil, who finds himself imbued with electromagnetic superpowers after being exposed to a mutagenic gas. Taking on the guise of Static, an urban hero of his own creation, he must learn to control his powers, figure out how to patrol the skies at night and still make it home in time to study for school. Virgil’s greatest discovery becomes the real “charge” he gets out of helping people and making a positive difference as a super-hero in his community. The series confronts real problems and issues faced by today’s kids, including peer pressure, gangs and growing up in an ethnically diverse urban neighborhood.
The Zeta Project: Season Two DVD Release Date: March 14th, 2017 MSRP: $24.99 Run Time: 269 Minutes Aspect Ratio: (Dolby Stereo 2.0) Audio: Original Aspect Ratio – 1.33, Standard
Synopsis: They created him to kill their enemies, but he refuses to destroy anymore…
Renegade “synthoid” Zeta (voice of Diedrich Bader, Batman: The Brave and the Bold), marked for reprogramming after developing a conscience and defying his evil orders, flees from a ruthless government agent. Capable of transforming himself at will into any human shape and possessing amazing cybernetic resources, Zeta joins Ro (voice of Julie Nathanson, Beverly Hills 90210) a 15-year-old street kid in her own kind of trouble with the law. In this spin-off from the blockbuster animated series Batman Beyond, futuristic vehicles, weapons and technology meld with the touching and humorous story of two misfits who need each other to survive in a dangerous world.
Warner Archive will also re-release The Zeta Project: Season One to DVD on March 14th, 2017. The original The Zeta Project: Season One DVD release, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, has long been out of print.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Warner Archive are expected to release further details on these titles. For additional details on each series, please check out the Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Static Shock and The Zeta Project subsites right here at The World’s Finest. Batman: The Brave and The Bold: Complete Season Three, Static Shock: The Complete First Season and The Zeta Project: Season Two will all be available to order from Warner Archive in March through the Warner Archive website, WB Shop and select digital outlets.