No lei todo

Timm agregó que lo que estan buscando es hacen con los personajes en las peliculas algo como se hizo en las series animadas, destilar la escencia mas iconica de cada uno en formato pelicula. Con un potencial proyecto de GL la desicon seria facil: Hal Jordan, porque es la version clasica y volvio al frente del DCU. En el caso de Flash, Timm admitió que la decision es mas dificil, dados los ahora cuatros flashes, lo que abre la posibilidad de centrarse en uno mostrar a los cuatro en una pelicula que pase por sus generaciones. ( ) "cada uno tiene sus propios retos"

En cuanto a conexion entre las versiones animadas y las versiones de Comics de DC, Didio preguntó cuanto influyen los relanzamientos y renovaciones en sus planes.

"Una bocha" dijo Noveck, tomando al nuevo Atom como ejemplo,explicando que consideraron un proyecto o aparicion de Atom Ray Palmer, no van a poner la nueva version del personaje ni considerar los cambios de los ultimos meses. Noveck agrego que el reciente relanzamiento de GL fue muy util para capturar la esencia del personaje, asi como para proveer artwork (de Ethan Van Sciver) que se mostrara y discutira con los animadores para posible uso.

UF!

Y en resumen, dice que hacer la muerte de Superman con Doomsday, la muerte, el regreso, etc, seria un quilombo

Gracias!

La verdad que no puedo creer que esten teniendo en cuenta un proyecto para The Atom! Mi segundo favorito! Ya me veo llendo a comprar DVDS a Musimundo llebandome una Atom Movie, 2 GLs, Aquaman y algunas peliculitas de la JLA

Estaba de vacaciones y leí cualquiera, por un momento interprete que iban a poner al nuevo Atom y me quería matar.

EmaHal

aca les pongo un reportaje a Bruce Timm donde manda algunas postas de New Frontier, Doomsday y Judas Contract

NRAMA: Speaking of killing characters, the first one you’re doing is Superman: Doomsday. Now the final confrontation between Big Blue and that big green hulking character, pardon my French, was pretty darn bloody. Can you get away with as much blood and broken bones in the DVD as you could in the comic?

BT: Well….it won’t be as bloody as the original comic. For one thing, we found out that now Superman’s skin is totally invulnerable, at least according to DC Comics. We were going to have a lot more blood in there, they came back and said ‘You know, Superman’s skin is invulnerable. It can’t break.’ When we said it broke in the comics, they said ‘Well, that was ten years ago.’

What can you say but ‘OK. Whatever.”

But you know what? Even though these are technically going out under a PG-13 rating, probably, we are still very much aware that a big part of our audience is going to be 6-12 year olds. So, Doomsday isn’t going to be a blood bath. I just don’t think it’s going to be appropriate for superhero stuff anyway. You really don’t need characters wading knee deep in blood, although there will be a certain amount of bloodshed.

NRAMA: Now from what I understand, the length of Superman: Doomsday is about 75 minutes. Right?

BT: Yes.

NRAMA: And you are going to do the coming of Doomsday, the death of Superman, the period of mourning and the return of Superman ALL in that period?

BT: Yep.

NRAMA: That means there’s a ton of stripping out going down.

BT: Yes.

NRAMA: Do you have any of the Justice League characters showing up to take on Doomsday?

BT: No, and for a variety of reasons. The main reason is that’s not what the story is about. We needed to focus our story on the main characters. By having the Justice League show up, and again without spoiling the story, one of the reasons is once we have Superman dead, the story focuses on Lois, Jimmy and all the other characters of Metropolis that are especially close to him. Just talking in broad strokes, the people of Metropolis have over the years learned to rely on Superman. Whenever a threat showed up in Metropolis, Superman was always there. He became their big security blanket. Now that he’s gone, what does that mean? The point is if the Justice League were around, the people would have been reliant on them. They would be saying ‘We still got Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Batman and Wonder Woman to take care of us.’

Not only that, but we tried to treat this as if it was strictly a Superman movie. If you’re doing a Superman movie, you don’t talk about Batman or the Justice League. You don’t talk about people who are outside of the Superman mythos. You want to stay focussed on Superman himself and his world view.

That’s another reason why these are all stand-alones. They are not connected to each other. There is no overall continuity.

NRAMA: So what you are saying is what happens in Doomsday will not have much reflection on New Frontier or Judas Contract.

BT: Absolutely not.

NRAMA: But I understand Luthor is still involved, correct?

BT: Yep.

NRAMA: With a Supergirl of some variety there?

BT: No. It’s just the main Superman cast.

NRAMA: For the art direction, did you go back to the Superman series of 1996 or did you go another way?

BT: It’s a different direction. Again, we wanted to make every aspect of this production new and divorced from any other continuity we had from any other Superman or Batman series we had done. So we went with new cast, new designs, new backgrounds, new everything. Every step of the way it’s a reboot on every level.

NRAMA: Now one thing I remember is you loved using Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. Now you’re using James Marsters. What was it about Marsters?

BT: Because we wanted to try something different. I love Clancy. I thought he was a brilliant Luthor. I also love him as a person. I think he’s a great guy and really hope to work with him again someday. But as magnificent as Clancy was, that’s not the only interpretation of Luthor out there. There are so many different ways you can go with that character.

With Superman, Lois and Jimmy, they are all a little bit more finite. There are only so many ways you can change them. But there have been a number of different variations on Luthor. We’ve done a bunch of them in our own shows. We had the corrupt tycoon, the mad scientist, the jailbird and then back again. We just wanted a different way of defining Luthor that wasn’t Gene Hackman, Clancy Brown or Michael Rosenbaum. So we came up with what we think is a unique new spin on him. Then we came up with a new design and cast James Marsters for the voice.

NRAMA: Then there’s Adam Baldwin as Superman. His voice is a little deeper and rockier than your previous choices.

BT: That’s the irony of it. When we were first casting for Superman: The Animated Series, we were looking for somebody with a more mature, Bud Collyer/George Reeves kind of voice, and we couldn’t find anybody. We auditioned a lot of guys who had deep voices, but they all sounded like radio announcers. Their acting chops weren’t there.

That’s why we ended up going with Tim Daly. Even though he wasn’t the voice we were hearing in our heads, we couldn’t deny he was a really good actor and we could see how he would fit. Over the years, I actually started to turn around. Tim Daly and George Newburn, who did him in Justice League, were in the Christopher Reeve mold, the more idealistic Superman.

NRAMA: The Kansas farmboy.

BT: Yeah. They’re not the Curt Swan drawings.

With this one being we were going back to scratch. Adam’s name came up and we had already worked with him a couple of times on Justice League. He’s a great guy and a really good actor, and he’s really that kind of guy we were originally looking for. He’s got that really deep, macho voice but he can also bring that vulnerability to it. He’s just not the stern father figure. So I ultimately got the Superman I was originally looking for way back in 1995.

NRAMA: Who’s doing the character design on Doomsday?

BT: Me. I designed most of the characters.

NRAMA: The backgrounds?

BT: Lots of different people.

NRAMA: Next is New Frontier, correct?

BT: Yeah.

NRAMA: That would seem a little more difficult to do, considering its ripped-from-the-headline style as well as its multiple points of view.

BT: The newspapers were mostly used as transition phases.

NRAMA: Was that motif maintained?

BT: A little bit. Not too much.

NRAMA: How is New Frontier shaping up?

BT: I think it’s going to be really, really good. If anything, it’s more of a challenge than the Death of Superman. It’s a really big story, not in terms of page count but it was easier to cut stuff out of the Superman storyline. In the Superman story there were many stories that were tangents. New Frontier even though it’s a big sprawling thing kind of does dovetail. There’s all these great bits throughout the entire novel that don’t initially seem to go anywhere, but ultimately lead up to the big finish.

I hated to do it but some of my favorite parts had to be cut out just to get that whole story down to the 70-minute length. Ultimately we managed to keep what we think is really important without throwing the baby out with the bath water. I was amazed that when I watched the animatic a little while ago. All I could think is ‘Wow! That’s New Frontier,’ and not just a Cliff Notes version of it.

NRAMA: There’s a lot of characters in New Frontier. Who are the primary characters?

BT: That was actually part of the problem of turning it into a movie. We had to find the focus of it. It’s not that hard to figure out in the end, Hal Jordan is the primary ( ). He’s the guy who gets more focus than anybody else.

It’s an odd structure, because it’s not initially obvious that the story is about Hal. I jokingly say this but it’s true, it’s kind of structured like a Robert Altman movie. It’s got all these different stories happening at the same time. It’s only towards the end of the movie that you realize it’s dovetailing into the origins of the Justice League.

NRAMA: What’s it like trying to supervise something like this?

BT: Oh, it’s challenging. Again, I have really great people working on it. Everyone from Stan Berkowitz, who wrote the first few drafts of the script, to Darwyn Cooke, who polished up the final draft, to Micheal Goguen, who produced it and Dave Bullock, who directed it; they all just did a real good job of bringing the thing to life.

(ED NOTE: Voice cast includes Dave Boreanaz (Hal), Kyle McLauchlan (Superman), Neil Patrick Harris (Barry Allen), Brooke Shields (Carol Ferris), Phil Morris (King Farraday). Score by the late Shirley Walker).

NRAMA: So this is slated for like March, 2008?

BT: Yeah. Early next year, Spring ’08.

NRAMA: I’ve heard rumor that Judas Contract might not be the third. Is it still on schedule for being that?

BT: We hope so. We hope so. It really depends on which script we get to its final form.

NRAMA: So you also have some other scripts green lit?

BT: Well, not green lit yet. There are several things that are being developed at the same time. Judas Contract is one of them. It will either be the third or fourth of them. It will probably be the third one, the way I am thinking.

NRAMA: Can you name any other possibilities for the third?

BT: Not yet. It’s too early to say.

NRAMA: Usually with direct-to-DVD projects, the budgets are pretty tight. Is DC/Warners giving you enough to work with?

BT: Yes.

NRAMA: Well, you know, I’ve looked at some of the other direct-to-DVD products and have thought ‘Y’know, if they just had a little more money and/or time.’

BT: Time is always more of a factor than money. Honestly, time is the thing that trips you up. You never have enough time to do it right.

Put it this way. They always come out looking fine. I’m always proud of what I’ve done in the past. But you are always aware of the deadline and there’s always time where you would like to go back and finesse, but it all comes out in the end.

NRAMA: Who would you say are some of the other key people I haven’t asked about?

BT: For Doomsday there’s Brandon Vietti and Lauren Montgomery. With Doomsday I was much more hands on. I co-wrote it with Duane Caprizzi and then animated it with Brandon and Lauren. I oversaw all the art direction myself. Lauren and Brandon each had their own storyboard units working for them and did a lot of the storyboards themselves.

We kind of split the movie up three ways. Of course, I have final say on all of it. So I get to pull rank (laughs). But they’re all great people and all did great work. I can’t say enough good thing about them.

NRAMA: Now say this is a success. Do you see yourself working on DC superheroes for some time in the future?

BT: Definitely. We’re not going to run out of source material for any time soon.

fuente: newsarama.com

Buenismo! y acá se confirma que el Flash va a ser Barry Allen asique esta vez vamos a poder ver animada a la REAL Liga original! y Hal Jordan acaparando la historia, se hizo Justicia!

EmaHalJordan

y confirmaron la voz de Barry

'How I Met Your Mother' Actor Lends Voice to New Animated Film

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July 9, 2007

Thanks to his convincing portrayal of womanizer Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris has once again established himself as one of the biggest celebrities in the television industry. However, his success on the show has not hindered him from pursuing other notable projects, one of which is the upcoming animated film, Justice League: The New Frontier.

Although fans of the How I Met Your Mother star will not be able to see him acting on screen, they will be able to hear him as Barry Allen- aka The Flash- in the film. For those who are unfamiliar with Harris’ character, Barry Allen is actually the second Flash in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in October 1956 and has since then been incarnated in several other media.

Justice League: The New Frontier is an adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s award-winning six-issue graphic novel, DC: The New Frontier. The story is set in the 1950’s and serves as a bridge between the Golden and Silver Ages of Comics in the DC Universe. The film will center on Neil Patrick Harris’ Flash, Martian Manhunter and Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern.

David Boreanaz (Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bones) is set to voice Green Lantern. Other characters that will appear on the film adaptation are Superman (Kyle Maclachlan), Wonder Woman (Lucy Lawless), Carol Ferris (Brooke Shields), King Faraday (Phil Morris), Batman, Aquaman and Dick Grayson.

The film adaptation is written by Stan Berkowitz, and will be released alongside two other features, Superman: Doomsday and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, on January 28, 2008.

Also scheduled for release next year is the sequel to Harold & Kumar, of which Neil Patrick Harris is also part. In the comedy, the How I Met Your Mother star will again appear as himself. In the first installment, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) pick up Harris on the road, but the actor later steals their car while they are inside a convenience store. Towards the end, Harris returns on-screen, offering to pay for the lead characters’ food as a payment of sorts for the car.

-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist

Source: IGN, comicscontinuum.com

EmaHalJordan

alguien va a acotar algo?

bue sigo cubriendo el evento... PRIMERA FOTO !! de la New York Times!

Epic Comic Book Miniseries Is Animated for DVD
Warner Home Video
Wonder Woman frees imprisoned South Vietnamese women in “Justice League: The New Frontier,” a DVD due in February.

By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
Published: July 21, 2007
“The New Frontier,” an epic comic book story that follows Superman and other heroes of the DC Universe from the end of World War II through the cold war, will soon be seen in a new incarnation: a 70-minute animated film.
The saga, which began as a six-issue series in 2004, has been published in one hardcover and two softcover collections and has inspired a line of action figures. Next week those attending the 38th annual Comic-Con International in San Diego will get a preview of “Justice League: The New Frontier,” a direct-to-DVD animated film from Warner Home Video due out in February.
“The New Frontier” would be one of the first three adult-oriented DC projects to be given the straight-to-DVD treatment and will sit alongside similar full-length adventures of Superman and Batman; DVD collections of the animated television series “Superfriends,” “Justice League” and “Batman Beyond,” among others, have been popular with fans. “I was kind of floored by the call and the fact that this was being done,” said Darwyn Cooke, 45, the writer and artist behind the comic. The news came from Gregory Noveck, the senior vice president of creative affairs at DC Comics, a unit of Time Warner. The company wanted to produce a series of direct-to-DVD animated films that would, unlike its previous efforts, more closely follow the source material.
For Mr. Cooke, who was a storyboard artist on the WB network’s Batman and Superman animated series of the 1990s, working on the film version of “The New Frontier” was like coming home. “Having worked down there in the studio and been involved in similar projects, I couldn’t help being excited and moderately terrified,” he said during a telephone interview. “Experience in the industry informs you of the millions of ways things can go wrong. All of a sudden, it’s your baby.”
One of the biggest challenges was paring down the story from just under 400 pages into a 70-minute film. The comic book version has a sprawling cast and multiple subplots, from a nearly 40-page sequence that depicts the fate of the Losers, a squad of soldiers from DC’s war comics, to following Hal Jordan’s path from reluctant fighter pilot in Korea to his discovery of the power ring that will turn him into Green Lantern. In between, Wonder Woman and Superman debate their own involvement in Southeast Asia; the Martian Manhunter arrives on Earth; and John Henry rises in Tennessee to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
Mr. Cooke recalled another phone call, this time with Bruce Timm, a producer, writer and director on many of the animated cartoons featuring DC’s heroes. “Bruce said: ‘I told them not to make this! This is at least two DVDs!’ ” Mr. Cooke said.
Mr. Timm was the co-writer, co-director and producer of “Superman: Doomsday,” the animated version of best-selling 1993 comic books about the Man of Steel’s demise. (Rest assured, he recovered.) He said “The New Frontier” fit with DC’s goal of creating more adult-oriented superhero cartoons.
Stan Berkowitz, a writer who worked on “Justice League” and other animated series featuring DC characters, was called in to condense the plot. “He was able to bring it down to length and still keep a through line to the story,” Mr. Cooke said.
But the process was not without its bumps. In the first three drafts, neither Wonder Woman nor Lois Lane, both significant in the comic, was in the film. “You have to pick your battles,” Mr. Cooke said. “I had to give up a lot of things that would make me weep, not because they need to be in the film but because I wanted to see them animated. But Lois and Wonder Woman had to be in.”
Mr. Cooke worked on the design of all the characters in the film with Glenn Wong, whom he described as “secretly famous” because of Mr. Wong’s work on DC’s line of collectible maquettes (picture a group of Oscar statues, but each one colorfully resembling the animated version of the Justice League characters).
Mr. Cooke said he credits the director, Dave Bullock, who is also a friend, for putting in more of the story than he initially thought possible, even though some characters are only seen in the background and some subplots are relegated to newscasts watched by the heroes. “It’s much more complete than I would have thought,” Mr. Cooke said. “Even things we dropped, we reference in scenes. It won’t interrupt the story for people who don’t know, but for someone who has read the book, it’ll hit that trigger and be there for them.”

EmaHal

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alguien va a acotar algo?
EmaHal

No tengo mucho para acotar, lo único que tengo para decir es que estoy esperando todo esto con una gran ansiedad. Todo lo de Bruce Timm - para mi - merece la pena tenerlo.

Iniciado por EmaHalJordan

alguien va a acotar algo?

Que parece que va en serio, al final...

Yo estoy contando los días para que salga porque va a estar excelente.

Iniciado por Deadshot

Yo estoy contando los días para que salga porque va a estar excelente.

Me encantaría tenerlo , pero dudo mucho que salga por aquí, ¿no? AVH no saca más este tipo de cosas.....

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Me encantaría tenerlo , pero dudo mucho que salga por aquí, ¿no? AVH no saca más este tipo de cosas.....

¿Quién sabe? Mirá, a un amigo que tiene Video Club hace unos meses le llegó la gacetilla con lo que sacaría AVH de acá a fin de año, y figuraba Superman / Doomsday, por ejemplo. Es cierto que en cuanto a batman y Superman están editando todo, pero en lo que se refiere a la Liga solo editaron un par de DVDs y la cortaron.

Pero quién sabe.