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Next Year’s Straight-To-Blu JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie To Reunite Conroy, Lumbly, Rosenbaum & Eisenberg!! Plus Tim Daly As Clark Kent And Nathan Fillion As Hal Jordan!! Hot Damn!!
“Justice League: Doom” is a 2012 adaptation of Mark Waid’s “JLA: Tower Of Babel” graphic novel 
Voice talent returning from the “Justice League” TV series:
Batman: Kevin Conroy
Flash: Michael Rosenbaum
Martian Manhunter: Carl Lumbly
Wonder Woman: Susan Eisenberg
Jimmy Olsen: David Kaufman
Vandal Savage: Phil Morris
Star Sapphire: Olivia D’Abo
Mirror Master: Alexis Denisof
Plus! Tim Daly, who played Superman in the 1996-2000 animated series but did NOT participate in the 2001-2006 “Justice League” series, is back as Clark Kent!
Plus! Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who was NOT a character in the 2001-2006 “Justice League,” joins via the voice of Nathan Fillion, who played Jordan in this year’s “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights”!
Look! Press release!
Primetime Television Stars Nathan Fillion & Tim Daly join heroic cast of Justice League: Doom
Warner Home Video to distribute DC Universe Animated Original Movie in early 2012; Eight Justice League TV series alums featured in voice cast
Primetime television stars Nathan Fillion and Tim Daly, the reigning voices of Green Lantern and Superman, respectively, join an exciting group of actors reprising their famed cartoon roles in Justice League: Doom, an all-new entry in the popular series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies due in early 2012 from Warner Home Video.
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.”
Fillion, the star of ABC’s hit TV drama Castle, made his debut as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in the recent Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Fillion made his initial DCU bow as the voice of Steve Trevor in the 2008 hit Wonder Woman.
Currently headlining the cast of ABC’s popular Private Practice, Daly originated the title character’s voice in the landmark cartoon, Superman: The Animated Series. He has reprised the role in two DCU films: the 2009 extravaganza Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and the 2010 thriller Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.
In addition to current primetime stars Fillion and Daly, the cast is a grand reunion of the original group of actors who provided the voices of the Justice League for the cartoon of the same name and its follow-up, Justice League Unlimited. Reprising their roles are 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.
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 script from the late Dwayne McDuffie (All-Star Superman, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths). Casting and dialogue direction is once again in the capable hands of Andrea Romano (Batman: Year One, SpongeBob SquarePants).
Warner Home Video will premiere the Justice League: Doom trailer during its presentation at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 14 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the IGN Theater. Also premiering during that session will be the Catwoman animated short that is attached to Batman: Year One, the next DC Universe Animated Movie (streeting October 18).
Readers Talkback
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To get a decent live action JLA made?!?
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She's the definitive Wonder Woman, as far as I'm concerned.
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Dead Flash makes me sad.
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That's probably the reason.
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is mentioned at least three times, including the headline.
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I'm not sure how pathetic that is. Probably a lot. I wish Brian Cox would let me out of this box... Go Seuss!
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Though Marvel Animation is catching up fast, the DC Animated Universe is the gold standard. Could we ever get a big screen showing of one of these DTDVD movies? I think the last one I saw was "Mask of The Phantasm". These make solid movies and would be well worth the $10 to see. Way better than MOST of the movies in theatres now.
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This should be a good DCU release. I have enjoyed most all of the DCU's thus far. Good to see them pull together the best/fan favorite voice talent for the characters.
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Sept. 27, 2011, 5:58 p.m. CST
Sorry, but after Morrison's work on JLA, even Waid was a let down
by mdk
...as has been everyone since. They started to get the right idea with the Nu52 JLA (feature the top guns), but unfortunately ruined it with "hey' lets take 12 issues to get everyone together". Sadly lacking, yet again. As will be this DTB-R movie.
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I HATE THE ROYAL FLUSH GANG!!!! STUPID PLAYING CARD THEMED DOUCHEBAGS......
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Doesn't it make more sense to get Brian Cox to voice Superman? After all he was the voice of Superman in the short lived but critical acclaimed animated '80s series based on the Donner/Reeve live action movie.
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They're finally adapting SOLID comic book stories, instead of Superman/Batman stuff. Or Doomsday stuff. Or Red Hood stuff. Compared to those comics, Tower of Babel is like solid gold. You'd think DC would adapt their BEST comic stories first, instead of the lousy ones.
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I would love to see a JLA movie based on Alex Ross drawings/paintings either in CGI or cartoon version... but high-quality not some of these quick to video quality products. Anyone know if Alex Ross has ever been approached for a movie? Besides the opening montage in Spiderman live-action movie.
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Clancy Brown back as Lex. He's really the only way to go when it comes to the bald headed billionaire bad boy.
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You know he's in this!!!! . . . . . ...coxxed!
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Um, excuse me? Seriously, sir? "Under the Red Hood" was probably the best DC Animated feature since "Mask of the Phantasm."
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...handled Jason Todd better than the comics did!
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Was shit. I have NO idea why that movie gets so much love. I watched it once,hated it,and then actually went back and watched it again because so many Bat-fans were calling it TEH BEST ANIMATED BATMAN EVER!!!!! I can only assume that those people have never seen Batman The Animated Series. Or Mask if the Phantasm. Or Batman Beyond. Hell-I'd take Batman and the Super-Lame adventures of Wendy and Marvin and WonderDog before I'd sit through Red Hood again. Typical Judd Winick dreck.......
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Though not superior to Mask of the Phantasm or The Dark Knight.
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Sept. 27, 2011, 7:07 p.m. CST
No Plastic Man, no Aquaman, no Rayner, no Ra's al´Ghul :(
by hank henshaw
Okay, I guess. On the other hand it means the movie will be different enough from the comics, so it will have a few surprises.
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Of course it was awful. Dude is the Uwe Boll of comics.
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Sept. 27, 2011, 7:14 p.m. CST
A movie inspired by Alex Ross' art would require some other artist to revise the female designs.
by hank henshaw
All his heroines look like men in drag. All his heroes look older than they should, which was perfect for Kingdom Come or Eath X.
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Good. Another marketing buzz verb.
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That movie sucks. I would rather watch any of the other DCAU movies again than that one.
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Sept. 27, 2011, 8:09 p.m. CST
Can't we get a new JLU movie in the same continuity as the animated series?
by Nasty In The Pasty
I miss the HELL out of the Dini/Timm superhero shows, and I have yet to watch any of these recent DC animated movies out of sheer loyalty.
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I'm out! He is the proper villain for that movie, fuck the royal flush gang!!!
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as great as BTAS/Superman Adventures/Batman Beyond/JL/JLU, of course, but...Timm is still the producer. The recent Superman/Batman: Apocalypse I would recommend to you. Looking forward to the upcoming Catwoman DTV.
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A two film Lord of the Rings size live action Kingdom Come movie would be a dream come true. Yeah, it has every friggin hero and villain in the DC universe in it... It also has a crazy amazing story! "But everyone wont know who all the characters are"... So what! Most of America didn't know what the hell a Uruk-hai was until Peter Jackson showed us. If the Brothers Warner would have the gumption to produce it, and if we had a director with the vision to pull it together, they would have an instant classic on their hands. Hey, just sayin'.
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Will there be any other villains, not mentioned in the press release?
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Under the Red Hood comic was awful. Which was pretty much my point, since DC insists on adapting mediocre comic material. I will agree that Under the Red Hood animated feature was. . .good. . .? I'd have to watch it a second time. I was kind of conflicted on it actually. The ending with Jason Todd trying to get Batman to kill Joker was pretty moving, I'll admit. But Jensen Ackles' voice was kind of grating. And the resolution of the Jason/Joker/Batman standoff was a bit silly as well. I mean, it's definitely up there compared to the awfulness that was Superman/Batman. But it's not exactly Mask of the Phantasm (but what is, really?)
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if you've seen the DC universe online trailer then you know what I'm talking about. This would make a cool movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lGTfK4PmPw
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Live-action Kingdom Come would kick some ass. Does Warner Bros. have to balls to go that dark with its biggest franchises?
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KIMOTA!!
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So say we all.
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Hmmm...well, I have not read the comic, so I can't comment on it, but I'll take your word on it. I don't know, dude. You have some very insightful comments, and I respect your opinion, but I think I have to disagree with you. Jensen Ackles' voice - okay, fair enough. I disagree and thought he was fine, but I hear what you're saying. You have to admit, though, it was at least an improvement over the "Death in the Family" comic re: Jason Todd. I mean, in the comics, Joker became like a foreign dignitary and all this ridiculous crap, and at least DC Animation had the good sense to cut all that nonsense out. Man, it has been a long time since I have seen Superman / Batman. Probably at least since 7th or 8th Grade. I remember sort of enjoying it...but I have a feeling you're probably right about it being not that good. What was the plot anyway?
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I can't even finish typing the title!
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can't wait to see such a huge portion of the original cast back together - i really enjoyed JLA - Tower of Babel trade - our local library has it - good stuff.
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I'll see this free online.
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Can't they do a different style of animation than "Young Justice" in these DTV movies?
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Sept. 27, 2011, 10:19 p.m. CST
Still think this Batman vs the Justice League would be the way to go in a live action JL.
by the Green Gargantua
Not exactly like the comic, but maybe end it with him Joining.
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Seriously stop using the term wrong
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Sept. 27, 2011, 10:34 p.m. CST
Must Have A Scene With Hal Jordan, Shining Knight & Vigilante watching Dirty Harry in Surround Sound....
by Dyslexic_Palindrome
If only so Nathan Fillion can talk to himself with a yodeling nasal twang.
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Really? It...LITERALLY...sucked...anus? Huh.
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Hal Jordan and Star Sapphire together in the same movie, with Tower of Babel as a basis. Ooh, this could be quite good.. And to those complaining, don't you know the Royal Flush Gang always serves as the opening set of villains to establish the heroes and are always over and done with in the first half of the first act? Another note, Denisof is reprising his Mirror Master role from the JLU ep Flash and Substance. Highly recommended YouTube viewing.
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Seems like a better idea than whatever live-action bastich-ization Joel Silver tries to dust off every few years.
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Dude doesn't trust anyone, and always lectures others about how their gifts could easily be turned against the very people they claim to protect. I'm thrilled to see the tables turned on his sanctimonious self righteous butt, and I hope he gets the most shit from Superman and Martian Manhunter, considering the way he's treated both in the last few animated movies.
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Forget a live action Kingdom Come or JLA. Be thankful you got Watchmen. The only way KC or JLA becomes an economic reality at Warner Bros is if DiCaprio, Depp AND Downey star in it. Let it go.
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DC non-animated movies... well...
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He plays angry man #5. Quite possibly his finest performance to date.
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Seriously, the most important thing to mention about this film in any article (and seems to be remiss each time I've seen it) is that Doom will some of the last work we'll ever see from Dwayne McDuffie, who adapted this from Waid's Babel (which is awesome material to mine). The kind of work he put out, particularly in making Justice League (especially Unlimited) as standout an animated series on a character per character level will hopefully make this one something special. <P> The cast is a powerhouse, but the quality of design presented here in the stills, for McDuffie's animated JLA send-off and this kind of cast, worries me to say the least. It looks like the Crisis on Two Worlds designs when translated to a TV budget as seen on Young Justice. This, for a direct to DVD feature with the level of talent involved, is not a good thing. <P> Hopefully the finished produced is a stronger offering as a whole. In terms of one of posterity, I'm not wowed by what I see so far.
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I'm mixed on this because it kicked off the Batjerk era (or maybe more jerky), in which Batman paranoid self righteousness makes him more of a menace than a hero. On the other hand, I've enjoyed all the JL animated series.
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instead of just animating an old story we've all already read?
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Sept. 28, 2011, 8:55 a.m. CST
Someone must have given Kevin Conroy some serious dollars since he said ages ago that he was retiring from the Batman voice.
by Jeff Myers
Probably like the old Next Gen Star Trek cast making out that they're not sure if they're returning for each new film - holding out for bigger Green.
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Ra's Al Ghul isnt in it
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just use videogame graphics. how hard is that to do?
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Loved Apocalypse, Red Hood, Crisis on Two Earths, Phantasm. Meh for Doomsday and All-Star Superman. All-Star left out the single best scene in that entire comic run, and it would've taken about three minutes to cover it. Ridiculous.
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I would rather see a JL movie than stand alones... anyone know?
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I'm in!----later-----m
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Sept. 28, 2011, 9 p.m. CST
Crisis on Infinite Earths as a multivolume movie series
by Voice O. Reason
Think about it.
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Wouldn't Kingdom Come work nicely as a miniseries, ala Game of Thrones? And how come no one does an animated miniseries? '52' comes to mind immediately. Or Marvel's 'Secret Invasion'. Just Sayin'
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