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More than two decades after its television premiere, the popular Ruby-Spears Superman animated series returns to TV screens via Warner Home Video as a two-disc DVD collection of cartoons. The DVD is available today, November 3.
Debuting in 1988, the Ruby-Spears Superman series brought back some familiar foes and new unfriendly faces for battles against the Man of Steel. In addition to the thrills of Superman’s weekly adventures, each episode included a mini-segment called Superman Family Album that told the “real” story of what it was like to grow up as the most powerful boy in Smallville.
Viacom has purchased the world wide rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise for a real steal at $60 million. Nickelodeon is now in the process of developing a new animated television series, and a feature film to be released through Paramount Pictures.
Its goal with TMNT is to reintroduce the franchise to existing and potential fans across various media platforms. The deal also gives Nick all merchandising rights, and the company will continue to work with the franchise’s longtime partner, Playmates Toys.
Both the feature film and animated series are scheduled to arrive in 2012.
Haven’t had a chance to check out Marvel’s Super Hero Squad, but I’ve heard good things from the under 10 demographic, and this weekend, Dr. Strange joins the show battling the dread Dormamu.
This family-friendly, action packed episode features Robert Englund as the voice of Dormammu and Jennifer Morrison’s (House, Star Trek) returns as the Wasp!
Marvel also let us know that The Super Hero Squad #1 is now available in comic book stores, and might be a perfect way to get your young one into the four colored world.
If you fell in love with The Simpsons Movie, and were hoping to see more of the yellow skinned family on the big screen, you’re going to have to wait a while. Simpsons creators Matt Groening and Al Jean that the task of producing a movie and a television show was just too much to handle, so they’ve put any new movie plans on hold, at least until the television series wraps production.
When might the television show end? The show, now in its 21st year shows no signs of slowing, and as long as Groening and Fox can get along, we could see the animated series go for another five years, easily.
“It took 18 years to get around to doing the movie,” Groening said. “We got very frustrated. We thought it would take two years but it ended up taking four. Some day maybe we’ll do another one — but don’t hold your breath.”
If you’ve liked what you’ve seen so far in Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Show, prepare to dive into the world of the Gray Hulk on Saturday as the Green Goliath changes color and gets a few additional brain cells too.
After a battle with Klaw and Screaming Mimi, the Incredible Hulk is now the Intelligent Hulk! As the Squad battles the Legion for the fate of Super Hero City, the duo of Falcon and Wasp must now babysit this radically altered Hulk. Plus, don’t miss House and Star Trek star Jennifer Morrison as the voice of Wasp!
Look for Abomination, Toad, M.O.D.O.K. and more to show up this week as well.
So the big question is, who is watching, and how does it rate with you?
LucasFilm sent Major Spoilers another sneak peek of this week’s premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2.
Led by the brutally ruthless Cad Bane, bounty hunters and merciless mercenaries hijack the series’ spotlight in “Holocron Heist” and “Cargo of Doom,” the must-see one-hour premiere of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS – RISE OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, October 2nd on Cartoon Network. It’s a special, hour-long CLONE WARS event!
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2 Sneak Peek
More previews as we get closer to premiere day.
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I’ve been watching the reruns of Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series in high definition these past couple of weeks on the Cartoon Network, and I’m really jazzed to see what awaits in season 2, debuting this Friday (October 2, 2009).
If you like what is going on with The Clone Wars, check out the Major Spoilers interview with Tom Kane and Dee Bradley Baker who voice Yoda and Captain Rex.
LucasFilm sent along more information about the season premiere along with a clip from the season opener that pits Jedi against bounty hunter.
If you’re looking for something to do this Saturday morning (September 19) at 8:30 AM EDT, the check out the Cartoon Network’s Super Hero Squad, featuring your favorite Marvel heroes and villains all kid friendlied up for your weekend pleasure.
Take the jump for a gallery of images from Marvel.
If you missed yesterday’s sneak peek premiere of Marvel’s The Super Hero Squad Show, you have plenty of opportunities to see the first two episodes again on September 16 at 7:00 AM on the Cartoon Network.
The greatest heroes in the universe unite against the deadliest villains in an exciting, family friendly Super Hero team up unlike any in history! The Super Hero Squad unites to protect Super Hero City for VillainVille, as they must stop Dr. Doom and his allies from gathering pieces of the powerful Infinity Sword, or the bad guys will rule the universe! Luckily, the City is filled with Marvel Super Hero guest-stars to help out in a pinch. These brave heroes totally deliver the action – but with plenty of humor on the side as they “Hero Up!” to save the day.
Who voices the characters from the show? Take the jump and find out!
As the voice of Black Lightning, LeVar Burton adds another level of fanboy cache to a cast thick with legends of the super hero genre in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies.
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies boasts a cast headed by the definitive voices of its three central characters – Kevin Conroy (Batman), Tim Daly (Superman) and Clancy Brown (Lex Luthor), the original voices from the landmark Superman: The Animated Series and Batman: The Animated Series.
Burton is forever beloved by the sci-fi crowd for his memorable performance as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its feature film versions. However, Burton has done far more than go “where no man has gone before.”
In a career that essentially launched with his breakthrough performance in the landmark miniseries Roots, Burton has garnered seven Emmy Awards, three Image Awards, a Peabody as well as a Grammy, and in 1990 was permanently enshrined as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Adult Swim has an extended trailer for the upcoming fourth season of The Venture Brothers.
This issue: Josh Keaton, the voice behind Peter Parker and Spider-Man in the Disney XD Spectacular Spider-Man series swings by for a visit to talk about his long career in Hollywood, video games, and music.
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If you don’t have the Disney XD channel on your cable box, or if you are someone who just refuses to pay for overpriced drek, you can still get your 1990’s Spider-Man animated series fix over on the Marvel website. The first episode kicked off this week, and Marvel plans on releasing one new episode each week until all 65 of the original episodes are online for your amusement.
Best of all, the streaming video is free, so you won’t be out anything besides 30 minutes of your day.
Well this sounds pretty cool, Kelly Hu will voice Sha Shan Nguyen on Monday’s episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man.
VENOM is back and framing SPIDER-MAN. Meanwhile, alien spores infect JOHN JAMESON, increasing his size, strength and mass. J. JONAH JAMESON convinces his son to become a super-hero to capture Spidey.
via Disney
Since taking the Sci-Fi world by storm as Number Six in Battlestar Galactica, Helfer has seen her star rise on the entertainment front, scoring a key role throughout the second season of USA Network’s hit series Burn Notice, being featured in NBC’s Chuck and the upcoming Human Target, and dipping into the super hero realm as the voice of Black Cat in The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Helfer expands her voiceover career with her first feature-length film role as Boodikka, the most prominent female member of the Green Lantern Corps. Helfer joins Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber and Michael Madsen as the core quartet of voices in the film, supported by fine performances from Juliet Landau, John Larroquette, Kurtwood Smith and a host of others.
Green Lantern: First Flight will also have its world premiere at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Thursday, July 23.
Helfer is as genuine as she is beautiful, and she shared her thoughts on a variety of subjects in a Q&A following her final recording session for Green Lantern: First Flight. The topics of conversation included psychology, rod weeding, an unfulfilled mastering of Frogger, a Star Trek-based fear of earwigs, and … well … read it for yourself.
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