Cartoon Network has passed along the episode synopsis, video clips, and over thirty new images for the upcoming Batman: The Brave and The Bold episode “Hail the Tornado Tyrant!” To get a closer look at the images, click on the thumbnails below.
The all-new Batman: The Brave and The Bold “Hail the Tornado Tyrant!” episode, scheduled to air in June 2009, is described as seen below.
Red Tornado attempts to create a being that will possess the one thing he lacks: human emotion. His experiment goes awry after an attack from Major Disaster and his “Tornado Champion” quickly turns to the dark side as “Tornado Tyrant” whose only goal is to destroy all humans!
Cartoon Network has also provided three clips from the episode, which are available to view here at our Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite. Other details for “Hail the Tornado Tyrant!”, including cast and crew credits, are also available at our Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite.
Be sure to catch the all-new Batman: The Brave and The Bold episode “The Color of Revenge!” airing tonight, May 22nd, 2009 at 8:30pm (ET) on Cartoon Network.
Teen Titans Star in Boomerang’s Memorial Day Marathon Twelve Action-Driven Hours of Original Animated Series Hail Start of Summer on Monday, May 25, 12 p.m.-12a.m.
Fighting for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza, the D.C. Comics Teen Titans are five super heroes who are living proof that you’re never too young to save the planet. Twenty-nine hand-selected episodes of the hit animated series will air uninterrupted over 12 hours on the commercial-free Boomerang network, Monday, May 25, starting at 12 noon and culminating at 12 a.m. (ET). Teen Titans originally premiered on Cartoon Network in 2003 to great viewer and critical acclaim, making the series an instant classic for younger generations and a TV favorite for comic book fans of all ages.
Based on the long-running DC Comics series, Teen Titans features five teenage superheroes who each exhibit special powers. The team is led by Robin, the acrobatic and daring group leader with a stocked utility belt and no fear. Beast Boy, small in stature and quick with a joke, can shift into the form of any animal, from a tiger to a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Starfire is new to Earth and nave to its ways, but when it is time for a throw-down, she fights as hard as any of the others. The spooky, deadpan Raven can control inanimate objects with her powerful mental abilities. Hulking Cyborg is half-man, half-machine and the most powerful member of the team.
But Teen Titans is not all about superpowers and bad guys. Like most teens, they love hanging out with their friends, playing video games and going to parties. And also like most adolescents, they each are trying to find their place in the world and deal with their growing pains as best as they can.
“A Teen Titans marathon is the perfect way to ring in the summer,” Said Stacy Isenhower, senior vice president of programming and scheduling for Boomerang and Cartoon Network. “Teen Titans shows us that we can be capable of great things while still having a little fun.”
Highlights of the marathon include:
* 12 p.m. (ET): “How Long is Forever?” – A super-thief from the future called WARP travels back in time to steal a priceless antique. But when the Teen Titans show up to stop him, the villain tries to escape.
* 2:05 p.m. (ET): “Date with Destiny” – A creepy criminal known as Killer Moth threatens to destroy the city with a flying army of mutant moths unless Teen Titan Robin agrees to take Killer Moth’s spoiled-rotten teenage daughter Kitten to her junior prom!
* 3:45 p.m. (ET): “Betrayal” – After a few weeks as a Teen Titan, Terra has everything she ever wanted: a nice home, good friends, and even a little romance with Beast Boy. Everything seems perfect…but is it?
* 4:35 p.m. (ET): “Aftershock: Part One” – A long-lost friend of the Teen Titans returns with a vengeance , and Slade orders Overload, Cinderblock, and Plasmus to launch a series of sinister strikes all over the city. Can our heroes stop three monsters, Slade, and their newest enemy?
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BUFFY, ANGEL STAR JULIET LANDAU GOES SULTRY ALIEN IN GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT, THE NEXT DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL FILM COMING TO DVD JULY 28, 2009
Actress Juliet Landau, a fanboy favorite from her devious appearances on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel, easily glides into the voice of sultry alien Labella in Green Lantern: First Flight, the next DC Universe animated original PG-13 movie coming to DVD on July 28, 2009.
Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation are set to release the all-new Green Lantern: First Flight on July 28, 2009. The Blu-ray Hi-Def edition, the special edition 2-disc DVD, and a single disc DVD will be distributed by Warner Home Video. The action-packed movie will also be available OnDemand and Pay-Per-View as well as available for download day and date, July 28, 2009.
Turning her attention behind the camera, Landau has received notable praise for her initial pair of directing gigs. She helmed Take Flight, a documentary centering on the creative process of actor/director Gary Oldman, which drew rave reviews at a recent advance screening. Her co-direction of the Godhead music video, “Hero,” is garnering widespread Internet acclaim. She also has been busy at the keyboard, co-writing the Drusilla story line for the Angel comic books as well as scripting Its Raining Cats and Cats, a short film in which she intends to play seven different roles.
Christopher Meloni provides the voice of Hal Jordan, the alter ego of the title character in Green Lantern: First Flight. The cast includes Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer and Michael Madsen. Landau offers a Cajun-style vocal performance for Labella, a mistress of the seedier side of the universe in which the Green Lantern Corps patrol.
Landau and Meloni have worked closely together in the past, starring as brother and sister in the 1999 award-winning independent film Carlos Wake. Landau is also another member of the growing legion of Whedonverse actors to figure prominently in a DC Universe film. Among Whedon/DCU alums are Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, James Marsters and David Boreanaz, with a few more on the DCU horizon.
Fortunately for the masses, Landau carved a few minutes out of her busy schedule to chat about voiceover work, the development of her Green Lantern: First Flight character, and the ability to grow and create in the entertainment business. So sit back and enjoy an intriguing Q&A with Juliet Landau
QUESTION: What is the enticement of voiceover for animation?
JULIET LANDAU: It is so much fun! You get to sit with a bunch of actors and play. Really play! Theres no hair and make-up, no primping just absolute, uninhibited creativity. Thats the real joy of acting. And it doesnt get any better than working with Bruce Timm and Andrea Romano.
QUESTION: Do you have a preference for the type of characters you play?
JULIET LANDAU: I like playing all different kinds of characters. Each one is its own little puzzle. Aliens are fun because you have a lot of freedom. The voice of Labella just came to me when I read the pages in a kind of organic in a way. I immediately felt like she had to sound the way I played her. When I came in for looping (pick up sound work) Andrea Romano described my Labella sound as honey-voiced. I think that really captures it.
QUESTION: Tell us about Labella?
JULIET LANDAU: There was a lot of room for invention in this character, especially with the device they use with her. I dont want to give it away, but she does go through a bit of torture and it causes a rift between Sinestro and Hal. I really liked the sexuality and the flirtatiousness of the character. Shes very different from any of the characters Ive voiced on Justice League Unlimited or Ben 10: Alien Force shes a completely unique character.
QUESTION: You spent some time acting alongside Christopher Meloni as brother and sister in Carlos Wake. Do you have any good tales to tell about our Hal Jordan?
JULIET LANDAU:Carlos Wake revolved around a big Italian family gathering together at the patriarchs funeral. The immediate Torello family rehearsed at my house prior to shooting. I remember working on this funny scene where (Chris Melonis character) Benny tells me about his existential crisis while out on the fishing boats catching tuna. With despondency, he asks something like, What is it all for? And my character Anna, who was not the sharpest tool in the shed, says something akin to I thought it was sos we could have tuna salad sandwiches
Chris was flown to New York while we were shooting to meet with Garry Marshall about Runaway Bride. Upon returning, he came into the make-up room and told us about the meeting and we were all saying, It sounds like youre gonna get this! And indeed, he did.
QUESTION: When did you start comics writing, and whats the attraction of the written word?
JULIET LANDAU: My first foray into comics is a two-issue arc about Drusilla for Angel: After the Fall. I am co-writing with Brian Lynch and enjoying it immensely. The first issue will be out in July, the second in August. I have been working with 3 different artists on some of the imagery and cover art as well. I also wrote a short film called Its Raining Cats and Cats, which I will co-direct. Exploring these different facets of creativity has been truly inspiring. As an actor, youre a component; but when youre writing and directing, it is your vision of the whole project, which is very appealing. Take Flight has been an amazing experience. Gary Oldman directed a music video shot entirely on Nokia cell phones. Initially he asked me to direct the Making Of. But what started out solely as a behind-the-scenes Making Of, bloomed into a short documentary film about Garys creative process. He loves the movie because it shows him in a light hes never been seen.
For more information, images and updates, please visit the films official website at www.greenlanternmovie.com
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Labella sin.jpg Labella (left) attempts to dissuade Sinestro from pursuing additional, potentially harmful interrogation during Green Lantern: First Flight, an all-new DC Universe animated original movie set for distribution July 28, 2009 by Warner Home Video. Actress Juliet Landau (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) performs the voice of Labella.
labella ball3.jpg Labella fears the power of the purple sphere and what Sinestro intends to do with it in a telling scene from Green Lantern: First Flight, an all-new DC Universe animated original movie set for distribution July 28, 2009 by Warner Home Video. Actress Juliet Landau (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) provides the voice of Labella.
JulietLandau.jpg Actress Juliet Landau (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) conjures a Cajun sultriness to her voice for the character of Labella in Green Lantern: First Flight. The all-new DC Universe animated original movie will be distributed July 28, 2009 by Warner Home Video.
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A co-production of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation, the direct-to-video Green Lantern: First Flight animated feature will debut Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray disc. Stay tuned for further Green Lantern: First Flight updates.
The new Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories hardcover release from DC Comics, collecting The Batman Adventures: Mad Love and a host of other The Batman Adventures comic stories, arrives in comic book stores today. Official details on this new collection can be found below.
BATMAN: MAD LOVE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm and Glen Murakami Art by: Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson and Glen Murakami Cover by: Bruce Timm
Tales by two of the creators behind the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series TV series are collected for the first time in hardcover! The centerpiece of this fantastic collection is the Eisner Award-winning The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, the surprisingly dark origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy as well as Batman. Also included are tales by Dini, Timm and others that feature the Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Batgirl and more, from The Batman Adventures Annual #1 – 2, and stories from the The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, Adventures in the DC Universe #3 and Batman: Black & White #1!
The cover price for the Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories hardcover release is $19.99US.
Click on the thumbnail below for a closer look at the trade ad for the upcoming The Batman Double Feature DVD Release.
The Batman Double Feature, featuring both the The Batman/Superman Movie and The Batman Versus Dracula full-length features, is slated to hit shelves August 11th, 2009. The press release for this title is available here. Stay tuned for further updates on this upcoming DVD title.