Even though Warner Brothers can’t seem to get their act straight with their DC Comics characters on the big screen, in the animated world, they have been doing a good job pleasing fans for a while, going as far back as Batman: The Animated Series.
Today, they released a trailer through IGN for their latest direct-to-video animated film Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War features the largest Super Hero cast in the history of DC Universe Movies with dozens of actors/characters spotlighted in a grand ensemble of talent reprising their roles from this six-year story continuum. Matt Ryan, Jerry O’Connell and Taissa Farmiga anchor the cast as Constantine, Superman and Raven, respectively – the triumvirate determined to assemble the forces necessary to lead humanity’s final attack.
Alongside that trio are the long-running core of Justice League voices — Jason O’Mara as Batman, Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman, Shemar Moore as Cyborg and Christopher Gorham as The Flash – as well as JL-adjacents Rebecca Romijn and Rainn Wilson as the voices of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor, respectively.
Even though it’s a Justice League Dark film, which is composed of characters who specialize in the supernatural, as you can see it also heavily features the regular Justice League cast such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman as well.
Fans seem to enjoy the animated DC features, but as I’ve said a million times before, they’re all pretty hit or miss to me. They all feel kind of rushed like they’re trying to pack in 2 hours of script into something only budgeted for 80 minutes.
As you may remember, a few weeks ago it was announced that J.J. Abrams production company Bad Robot was going to be developing properties based on Justice League Dark for the studio.
This is not one of the projects from that group, but it may be the last time you see something Justice League Dark based from Warner Brothers for a while until the man who ruined Star Wars gets his hands on it.
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War comes to video this spring.
