Animated Series Episode 13 Review - "Homecoming"

For weeks now Green Lantern: The Animated Series has built to a crescendo and this week fans got to experience what we all hoped for - a finale filled with epic moments that illustrate what we love most about the Green Lantern mythology.  Like all the episodes before it, not a moment was wasted on screen during the thirteenth episode, "Homecoming", and in fact there was more to the story than the creators could fit in according a tweet by the episode's director, Sam Liu, who said that there were some great moments that had to be eliminated prior to the episode reaching the animation stage.  It's hard to imagine this episode being much better because the finished product is near perfect.

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Animated Series Episode 9 Review "...In Love and War"

It seems that each week we see a little morality play unfold during the newest episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series and this week continues the trend by delving into the nature of love and how it can consume us if we're not careful.  The latest entry in the series, "...In Love and War" follows up on plot threads that begun both in the two part debut and last week's episode, "Fear Itself" while introducing the Star Sapphires to the Green Lantern animated universe.

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Green Lantern: The Animated Series Behind the Scenes Videos

Cartoon Network has been producing a number of videos that go behind the scenes of the production of their new DC Nation programming block.  With the Bruce Timm helmed Green Lantern: The Animated Series one of the key elements of the new Saturday morning programming effort two of the video clips feature the new show.  One clip features show producer Giancarlo Volpe showing viewers how to draw the animated version of Hal Jordan.

         

Giancarlo Volpes shows how to draw Hal Jordan



Behind the scenes of the new DC Nation programming block

  
A look at the production of some of the animated shorts

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New Green Lantern Animated Series Promo

The Cartoon Network has begun airing a new thirty second promotional ad for Green Lantern: The Animated Series which begins airing on March 3rd.  Among the clips in the ad is one that shows a new Green Lantern at the five second mark.

The Bruce Timm produced series will serve as one part of a DC Nation block of programming which includes episode of Young Justice as well as original shorts and live action videos showcasing various DC Comics characters and fans.

 

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Justice League: Doom Review

Having never read the popular "Tower of Babel" story written by Mark Waid I was really interested in seeing how the late Dwayne McDuffie would adapt the story of how Batman's contingency plans to take out his fellow Justice Leaguers.  The new animated DC Universe direct to video feature, Justice League: Doom, represents the last script McDuffie completed before his untimely death in 2011 as a result of complications from heart surgery.  The film is suitably dedicated to him and is in fact being released as digital download on February 21st, exactly one year after his death.

Doom showcases how well McDuffie understood the need for powerful drama with these larger than life characters as well as how much he understood the characters wearing the masks.  While there is humor in places where needed, Justice League: Doom is first and foremost an action filled drama where the secrecy and insecurities lying beneath Batman's well protected exterior lead to events that not only drives a wedge between the Dark Knight and his fellow heroes, but could very well lead to a global cataclysm.  

The script does assume that the audience has some familiarity with the DC universe with there being no time spent on establishing background information so the uninitiated viewer understands things such as Hal and Carol's history or why there are two Martians, but that certainly should pose no problem for the film's target  audience.  I will say too that like some of the other DC animated films the short running time that the production team is forced deal with creates a problem for a story of this magnitude.  Not enough time is spent driving home how deeply the existence of Batman's plans drives a wedge in the League and the final sequence lacks the punch that the Justice League: Starcrossed movie had.

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Green Lantern Animated Series to Debut in March

Pictures in the article reveal some spoilers about what's to come, so be forewarned about the images that accompany this posting.

Since the Cartoon Network aired the two part special episode in November Green Lantern fans have been wondering when the show would makes its official debut as a part of the networks new DC Nation block of programming.  While the show has been touted to have a spring release, a new interview in Animation Magazine narrows that down a little by stating that the show will begin airing the first season of twenty six episodes starting in March of 2012.  

The article features an interview with one of the series' producers, Giancarlo Volpe, who worked on other CG animated series like Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  The interview features comments from Volpe about the challenges of working on a 3D animated series, such as having to really consider how a character moves in three dimensional space for the CG animation process to work correctly, an obstacle that traditional hand animation doesn't have to overcome.

Hal Jordan, Kilowog and friend

While CG animation is new to Warner Brothers animated veteran and Green Lantern Executive Producer Bruce Timm, the studio is relying on the same Taiwan CG studio behind the highly successful Star Wars series to bring the Green Lantern mythology to life.  The switch to CG animation was also one of the driving factors in moving the setting into "frontier space" since the cost of the animation made the ability to render large forces of Green and Red Lanterns cost prohibitive.  Series' writer Jim Krieg relates drawing inspiration for the writing challenges from an old World War II themed television series.

“My mind went to an old show called Rat Patrol, which is essentially a World War II story told with four guys fighting Rommel in North Africa,” says Krieg. “It’s a war story told with four characters instead of an entire army.”

The animated series producers are sharing a lot of information with DC Comics and some concepts and characters are leaking back and forth between the two production teams.  Recently the Interceptor, the ship used by Hal and Kilowog to reach frontier space, appeared in the Green Lantern #65 as a part of the "War of the Green Lanterns" storyline.  Blue Lantern Saint Walker appeared as one of three statues from the animated series at the New York Comic Con in 2011 and a new image from the show reveals that Queen Aga'po and her Star Sapphires will be appearing during the first season.

Source: Animation Magazine

The Interceptor made an early appearance in the Green Lantern comics

Queen Aga'po and perhaps Miri represent the Star Sapphires

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Green Lantern The Animated Series #0 Review

The Green Lantern animated series is as much of a success as you could hope it to be, garnering over 1.9 million U.S. viewers in its one airing and garnering two Annie Award nominations despite only airing one two-part special.  Like many other DC animated series, the Bruce Timm produced Green Lantern: The Animated Series has crossed back over to the comics medium with a special zero issue by the Eisner Award winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco.  The special issue is exactly what one would expect it to be - a fun light hearted romp in the Green Lantern universe with lots of action.

The Story -

This issue picks up after the two part special with Hal Jordan, Kilowog and Aya, the artificial intelligence behind the super light-speed craft the Interceptor, deep in frontier space.  In the first two pages we are given all we need to know about Green Lantern and what prompts Hal and Kilowog to be investigating an energy source floating in space.  When the source is identified as a owner-less power ring Hal leaps first with his trademark lack of caution and after looking over the ring the two lanterns discover that the Green Lantern ring was really a Red Lantern ring in disguise.

Hal Jordan - impulsive not matter what medium you use him in!

Instantly the two are surrounded by seven Red Lanterns.  Outgunned, Kilowog and Hal make a valiant attempt to hold their ground as the rage ensues.  It's not long before Aya brings the Interceptor in range to help them escape, but Kilowog is captured before he can get on board.  The Red Lanterns and their hostage disappear without a trace, leaving only the energy trail of the false ring as Hal's only clue.

Tracing the energy signature to a nearby planet Hal unearths a small black box which Aya identifies as a "Quantum Refractor", an up to now theoretical device capable of bending light around an object, rendering it invisible.  In this case the Red Lanterns were able to program the device to change the color of the Red Lantern ring from afar, and with it Hal now has a device he can use to help him free Kilowog.

A short time later Hal and Aya have somehow managed to find the place where the Red Lanterns are holding Kilowog, and we discover that their goal is to try to capture a Green Lantern ring but cutting of Kilowog's arm and ensnaring it before it can fly off to find a new owner.  Hal instructs Aya to use the Quantum Refractor to turn Kilowog invisible, leading the small squad of Red Lanterns to become distracted.

Kilowog chained

Hal launches an assault on the surprised Red Lanterns and Kilowog is set free to fight alongside his human companion.  The two Green Lanterns use the element of surprise to escape when Aya reminds them that the  Refractor was left behind.  Hal chooses to destroy it from afar, but when Aya informs him that there are two unique energy signatures coming from the device and one of them is coming from inside it, the mission becomes one of retrieval because the second signature is presumed to be coming from a living being.

I half expected them to name him Itty!

Kilowog provides some more distraction while Hal makes an end run for the Refractor and the two make a hasty retreat before the Red Lanterns can recover.  Back on board the Interceptor we learn that the being that was held captive feeds on the ions that float around space and was being used to power the Refractor by having those ion siphoned away before they could consumed by the hapless creature.  The issue ends with the Green Lanterns setting the creature free.  

In addition to the story, the comic includes a "Draw Your Own Hal Jordan"  feature and some artwork from the animated series.

The Writing -

Art Baltazar and Franco have a gift in taking crafting a story that is family friendly while not being too watered down for adults.  It's certainly not a complex story and the dialogue is clearly written for a younger audience, but that's fine.  There are four other comics in the Green Lantern family that I can read as an adult, but as a parent I wouldn't let a pre-teen child necessarily read them.  

This book is that one book I know I could let a child who is interested in comics read without having to pre-screen it - and one I'd be apt to read with my child.  So I can overlook some of the simplistic dialogue and goofiness that I wouldn't tolerate in a regular book for the sake of being able to have something to stimulate a child who might have watched the animated special or movie and wants to explore Green Lantern more.  And that's a wonderful thing.

The Art -

Like the writing the art is clean and simple and something that might spur an artistically inclined child to explore illustrations a bit more.  Darid Brizuela keeps it plain, but not without keeping that character design style we saw in the animated special.  As you might expect the constructs are a bit chunkier as you might think a young person might envision them to be.

What Do I Think?

I know fun is a four letter word that comics fans seem to scorn these days, but this book was just that and it had more action in it than some of the other Green Lantern family members of late.  Gone are the days when most kids can walk into a store and buy a comic book and find new exciting places and adventures to inspire and thrill them.  So this book is unashamedly fun, and captivating and silly sometimes.  But that's okay because for a few minutes there I kind of felt like a kid again...and that's worth $3 to me.  Four out of five lanterns.

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The Justice League Meets its Doom on February 28th

Warner Home Video issued a press release today for the upcoming Justice League: Doom home animated feature.   Based on the Mark Waid "Tower of Babel" storyline from his run on the Justice League, the next animated film also marks the last script penned by the late Dwayne McDuffie and the home video release will include a tribute to the late writer who passed away in  2011. 

Justice League: Doom is the latest in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line from Warner Home Video.

ENEMIES AT EVERY TURN …

EXECUTING A PLAN CONCEIVED FROM WITHIN

GET READY FOR THE NEXT ALL-NEW DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM

COMING FEBRUARY 28, 2012 FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO

Primetime TV stars & Justice League cartoon alums fill stellar voice cast led by Nathan Fillion, Tim Daly and Michael Rosenbaum;

Available as Blu-rayTM Combo Pack & DVD

Earth’s greatest super heroes face foes on all fronts – using a plan initiated from within – in the all-new Justice League: Doom, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives February 28, 2012 from Warner Home Video as a Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack ($24.98 SRP) and DVD ($19.98 SRP), On Demand and for Download. Both the Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack and DVD will include an UltraViiolet™ Digital Copy.

Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is inspired by Mark Waid’s much-heralded JLA: Tower of Babel.

Primetime television stars Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Tim Daly (Private Practice), the reigning voices of Green Lantern and Superman, respectively, join a group of eight actors reprising their famed Justice League cartoon roles. Fillion made his debut as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in the recent Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, and took his initial DC Universe movie bow as the voice of Steve Trevor in the 2008 hit Wonder Woman. Daly originated his role as Superman’s voice in the landmark cartoon, Superman: The Animated Series. He has reprised the role in two DC Universe films: the 2009 extravaganza Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and the 2010 thriller Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

The grand reunion of actors who provided the voices of the Justice League for the cartoon of the same name and its follow-up, Justice League Unlimited, includes Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman, Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Breaking In) as Flash, Susan Eisenberg (Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) as Wonder Woman and Carl Lumbly (Alias) as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter. Bumper Robinson (A Different World, Transformers: Animated) joins the cast as Cyborg.

Olivia d'Abo returns as Star Sapphire

The Justice League faces two sets of villainous teams in the film – The Royal Flush Gang and a sextet of notable evildoers. The latter group includes three voice acting alumni of the Justice League animated series: Phil Morris (Smallville, Seinfeld) as Vandal Savage, Olivia d’Abo (The Wonder Years) as Star Sapphire, and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Mirror Master. Also opposing our heroes are Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) as Bane, Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files) as Metallo, and Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as Cheetah.

David Kaufman (Danny Phantom) also reprises his Justice League role of Jimmy Olsen.

The film is executive produced by Bruce Timm (Batman: Year One), and directed by Lauren Montgomery (Batman: Year One), who is also credited as producer alongside Alan Burnett (Batman: The Animated Series). Justice League: Doom is the final DC Universe film script from the late Dwayne McDuffie (All-Star Superman, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths), who passed away in February 2011. Casting and dialogue direction is once again in the capable hands of Andrea Romano (Batman: Year One, Justice League).

“Justice League: Doom has all the classic ingredients of a great super hero film – a cavalcade of dynamic villains, internal strife amongst our heroes, treacherous twists and turns, and a cast that brings together some of today’s popular primetime television actors with many of the fans’ favorite voices from the original series,” said Hersin Magante, Warner Home Video Marketing Director, Family & Animation. “I think fans will embrace Dwayne’s McDuffie’s final DCU script, particularly as it has been nuanced by Bruce Timm and the Warner Bros. Animation team. Warner Home Video is proud to distribute Justice League: Doom as the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie.”

Justice League: Doom Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack has 3 hours of exciting content, including:

• Standard and high definition versions of the feature film
• UltraViiolet™ Digital Copy,
• Sneak Peak at Superman vs. The Elite, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie
• Featurette – “A Legion of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story” – The skilled writer penned some of the best stories which consistently entertained fans. From his early writing career to adapting the popular work of All-Star Superman, this is the story of Dwayne McDuffie, as told by his family and friends.
• Featurette – “Guarding the Balance: Batman and the JLA” – Everyone has a weakness and so do superheroes, yet when they go rogue, their power can topple more than a few egos, they can shatter worlds. The Justice League is the most powerful organization of superheroes on the planet, but what if the Justice League went rogue, and decided to use their power for harm?
• Mini-featurette – “Their Time Has Come: Cyborg and the DC Universe’s New Diversity” – 2011 will go down in DC Comics storied history as a year when a rich diversity of characters were re-introduced into the spotlight alongside Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. One of the most celebrated of the re-imagined characters is Cyborg, who became the new Man of Steel in Geoff Johns’ altered universe storyline, Flashpoint.
• Creative team commentary
• Two bonus episodes from the Justice League animated series handpicked by Bruce Timm: Wild Cards, Part 1 and 2, written by Stan Berkowitz and Dwayne McDuffie
• Digital Comic

About Warner Premiere:

Warner Premiere, part of Warner Bros. Entertainment, specializes in the development and production of both features and digital content for home entertainment platforms. Past projects include Another Cinderella Story, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Batman: Under the Red Hood, as well as the digital series Watchmen Motion Comics. Warner Premiere is at the creative forefront in the made-for-home entertainment marketplace, producing properties that exemplify the commitment to story, production and brand equity for which Warner Bros. is known.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group:

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.

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.

BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s11)

About Warner Bros. Animation:

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. For TV, WBA produces series such as Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, MAD, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, ThunderCats and Young Justice, for Cartoon Network. WBA will also produce series and additional original content for Cartoon Network’s multiplatform branded DC Nation programming block, which debuts in 2012. In addition to TV series, WBA produces theatrically released CG cartoon shorts featuring iconic Looney Tunes characters, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. The first three shorts premiered in 2010; the most recent short — I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat — was released in November 2011; and two additional cartoons will debut in 2012. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio’s rich cartoon heritage. It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with 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).

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Green Lantern Nominated for Two Animation Awards

ASIFA-Hollywood, The International Animated Film Society, announced the nominees today for the 2011 Annie Awards, considered by most to be the highest honor in the animation industry.  Among the nominees the Bruce Timm produced Green Lantern animated series garnered two nominations based on the Cartoon Network sneak peak for the new CGI animated show.

Green Lantern was nominated in the following categories:

Best General Audience Animated TV Production

Music in a Television Production (composer Frederik Wiedmann)

The 39th Annual Annie Awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Source: Annie Awards website

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Green Lantern Animated Series Special Watched by 1.9 Million

The November 11th one hour special "sneak peak" of Green Lantern: The Animated Series performed very well for the Cartoon Network, reportedly viewed by over 1.9 million people and ranked number one for boys ages nine to fourteen.  It was the network's most highly viewed program of the evening and was one of the most viewed cable shows for the 7-8 pm timeslot.  The Bruce Timm produced series is set to begin airing in the first Quarter of 2012.

For anyone who missed the show, it is available on a number of digital distribution services including the Playstation Network and Microsoft's Zune Marketplace where you can buy pre-purchase the entire first season.

Source: TV by the Numbers

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Ten Minute Justice League: Doom Preview

As previously announced the next DC animated film from producer Bruce Timm will be "Justice League: Doom", based on the "Tower of Babel" storyline from Mark Waid's Justice League run.  Doom features the last work from the late Dwayne McDuffie and the animation crew have gone all out to get fan favorite voice talent to reprise their roles from past DC Universe animated projects.

Nathan Fillion will be reprising his role from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights by voicing Hal Jordan.  Olivia D'Abo will also be returning as Carol Ferris / Star Sapphire.  A ten minute preview including cast and crew interviews shows some of the character design and animation from the upcoming feature. 

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Animated Series Images and Crew Details

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has provided cast and crew details for the one hour Green Lantern: The Animated Series debut on November 11th at 7PM EST.  The one hour special titled "Beware My Power" will also be debuting in Canada on the Teletoon Network at 8PM EST.  Here's the description of the first episode:

 

 

"As Earth’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is used to being in dangerous situations — but he’s never faced anything like this! Set at the farthest reaches of deep space, Green Lantern: The Animated Series finds Hal on the Guardian Frontier, where he must face down an invasion by the Red Lantern Corps. Powered by pure rage, the evil Red Lanterns have sworn to destroy the Green Lantern Corps and everything they stand for. Dispatched on the experimental spacecraft The Interceptor, Hal is soon joined by an all-new group of heroes on a mission to protect Guardian Space — and the Green Lantern Corps itself!"

 

 

Green Lantern: The Animated Series "Beware My Power"
Written by Jim Krieg, Ernie Altbacker
Directed by Sam Liu, Rick Morales
Executive Producer - Bruce Timm
Executive Producer - Sam Register
Producer - Giancarlo Volpe
Producer - Jim Krieg
Line Producer - Susan Ward
Green Lantern: The Animated Series Theme and Music by Frederik Wiedmann
Casting and Voice Director - Lisa Schaffer

Starring the Voices of:
Josh Keaton as Hal Jordan
Kevin Michael Richardson as Kilowog
Jason Spisak as Razer
Grey DeLisle as Aya
Ian Abercrombie as Ganthet
Jonathan Adams as Atrocitus
Susanne Blakeslee as Sayd
Brian George as Appa Ali Apsa
Jennifer Hale as Carol Ferris
Tom Kenny as Zilius Zox
Kurtwood Smith as Shyir Rev

Source: Worlds Finest Online

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Green Lantern Animated Series to Debut 11/11/11

During today's Cartoon Network panel session it was announced that the new Green Lantern animated series would debut on November 11th at 7 PM with a one hour special.  The Bruce Timm produced series is his first venture into CGI animation and the first of several DC CG series to come, with the next being Beware the Batman that was announced by Sam Register, the Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs for Warner Brothers.

Attendees at the New York Comic Con got to see the one hour special today, and Warner Brothers has provided the opening teaser sequence from the one hour special, provided by The Hollywood Reporter.

Update: Animated series producer Bruce Timm has announced that the series itself will begin airing in March or April of 2012.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Justice League Doom Trailer Debuts

The official trailer for the 2012 direct to video DC Animated feature "Justice League: Doom" debuted today, showing the animated adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" Justice League story arc.  The animated feature features the voices of many actors long associated with DC Comics characters, including Nathan Fillion returning to the role of Hal Jordan.  The trailer looks good, although the appearance of one of my pet peeves shows up - Hal Jordan using his power ring on the wrong hand.  Green Lantern goof up aside this looks like it's shaping up to be very good.

Source: IGN

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New Clip From Green Lantern Animated Series

Sam Register, Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs for Warner Brothers, recently did a presentation on a number of new projects either in production or pre-production for their partnership with the Cartoon Network.  The Green Lantern animated series was a major part of that presentation, as was the new DC Nation block of programming.  Register showed a clip from the Bruce Timm produced CG series which included some previously before seen footage but also contained some new scenes as well.

Register's comments about the new DC Nation programming accompanied a sizzle reel that gave a glimpse at what the live action sequences may look like as well as some of the short animated segments.  Register concluded with the announcement of the next Batman animated series, also CGI, titled Beware the Batman.

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First Look at JLA Doom's Star Sapphire

One of several images posted by #1 Nightwing Fan from the Justice League: Doom preview on the Batman: Year One DVD reveals the Star Sapphire character design that will be seen in the animated film.  Olivia D'Abo, who provided the voice of Queen Aga'po in the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters video game, will reprise the voice acting role for Carol Ferris.  D'Abo did the voice of Carol Ferris in the first Green Lantern animated feature, Green Lantern: First Flight and the few times Star Sapphire appeared in the Justice League animated series.  As you can see from the image, producer Bruce Timm is going with the modern version of Star Sapphire's uniform, which is sure to raise a few eyebrows for those who don't read the comics.

Source: #1 Nightwing Fan

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Josh Keaton Talks About Voicing Hal Jordan

Actor Josh Keaton is no stranger to voice acting, having worked on a number of animated projects and video games.  His most recent project, the Spiderman: Edge of Time video game, will be on store shelves starting on October 4th and next month he will be found being the voice behind Hal Jordan when Cartoon Network kicks off the Bruce Timm produced Green Lantern animated series with a one hour special.  The World's Finest Online recently interviewed Keaton about the video game and a part of the interview went on to discuss the new CGI show.   Here's an excerpt from the interview which can be found on their site in its entirety.

WF: Comparing Green Lantern to Spider-Man is like apples to oranges. Do you find them to be possibly two sides of the same coins, or on completely different ends of the spectrum. Do you find that you have to stretch a little when playing Hal as opposed to a character like Spider-Man (or even Flash in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths)?

JK: They're of the same coin but Hal's definitely different from Spidey. Spidey really tends to think things through whereas Hal has this pretty much unfailing instinct that keeps him out of hot water. I personally tend to approach problems the Spidey way so it was a change to play a character as immediately sure of everything he does as Hal. The humor was also a bit different to pull off. Spider-man is a ham even when you take away spider-pig and Spider-ham. Hal is drier and more off the cuff. Again, I tend to do things more the Spidey way so Hal's humor took a little thinking.

WF: Your voice work on Green Lantern sounds noticeably different than your work on The Spectacular Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Is it a plus to be able to stretch and play such characters in such different situations (like Hal in space or Spider-Man time-traveling to save his own life)?

JK: Without a doubt. It's always fun to get cast in something completely different from what I usually do. Yes, I've voiced several superheroes and Hal is a superhero, but most of my roles have been younger (teenage) roles. Hal's a man. He's taller than me and has the squarest jaw I've ever…er…voiced. I'm also working on a new to Nickelodeon show called Winx Club in which I play an evil wizard. It's definitely a plus to get to play parts different from my usual. It keeps things fresh and keeps the imagination sharp.

Source: The World's Finest Online

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Green Lantern Animated Series to Debut at NYCC

Fans attending the New York Comic Con in October will have the opportunity to be among the first to see the Cartoon Network CGI Green Lantern animated series.  Bruce Timm will be in attendance at the convention to unveil the new show and participate in a question and answer session with fans.

Here's the official information on the debut from the NY Comic Con

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 * 10:30–11:30 a.m. Green Lantern: The Animated Series World Premiere Screening and Conversation with Bruce Timm — World-renowned producer, artist, animator and Comic Con favorite Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series) will be on hand to unveil Green Lantern: The Animated Series, his latest television project from Warner Bros. Animation, coming soon to Cartoon Network. New York Comic Con attendees will be treated to the world premiere screening of this all-new CG action-adventure animated series, and will take part in a moderated Q&A with an animation icon. Room 1A10 * 1:30–2:00 p.m. Green Lantern: The Animated Series Signing at the DC Comics booth #1254.

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Nathan Fillion to Voice Hal Jordan in "Justice League: Doom"

Nathan Fillion, star of ABC's hit series "Castle" and long time geek friendly actor, is returning to the role of Hal Jordan in the direct to video Warner Brothers animated feature "Justice League: Doom" which is slated to be released in early 2012.  Fillion first voiced Hal Jordan in "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights" and was the first choice by many fans for the role in the live action film, spurring one fan to make a faux trailer for the film.  Bruce Timm is producing the film based on the popular Mark Waid story "Tower of Babel" and created from the last script penned by the late Dwayne McDuffie.  Kyle Rayner was the Green Lantern in the original story which focused on Batman's secret plans to deal with members of the Justice League should they go rogue being stolen and used by a group of super villains.

Voicing characters in the movie are a cast of actors very familiar to fans of the DC Animated Universe.  Tim Daly (Superman) , Kevin Conroy (Batman), Michael Rosebaum (Flash), Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman), and Carl Lumbly (Martian Manhunter) all return to the roles they created in the Superman, Batman and Justice League animated series.  Actor Bumper Robinson will be voicing Cyborg.

Source: TV Guide

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