Complete ‘Batman Beyond’ Box Set Details Announced
We’ve known this was coming for several weeks now, but Warner Home Video has finally announced the details for this product which should be appearing on most of your letters to Santa Claus.Here’s the press release:
BURBANK, CA (August 18, 2010) – Warner Bros. Animation’s breakthrough series Batman Beyond comes to DVD for the first time in its entirety. Featuring DC Comics’ iconic hero, Batman, Batman Beyond: The Complete Series presents nearly 20 hours of animated action spread over 52 episodes, as well as all-new bonus featurettes and a 24-page, 8”x 12” collectible booklet. Batman Beyond: The Complete Series will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 23, 2010 as a nine-disc limited edition DVD set for $99.98 (SRP).
Batman Beyond: The Complete Series centers on Terry McGinnis, an ordinary teenager … until his father is mysteriously murdered. Suspecting foul play at his father’s company, Wayne/Powers Corporation, Terry meets Bruce Wayne and learns of a secret identity hidden for decades. Now too old to don the cape and cowl as Batman, Wayne refuses to help – so Terry does what any brash young kid would do: steal the Bat-suit and take matters into his own hands! Vowing to avenge his father’s death, Terry dons the high-tech suit tricked out with jetpacks, a supersensitive microphone and even camouflage capabilities in search of his father’s assassin. It’s 52 action-packed episodes following the adventures of the partnership between an ex-crimefighter and his apprentice, starring Will Friedle (Boy Meets World) as Terry McGinnis and, reprising his seminal role, Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Bruce Wayne.
Casting throughout the series’ 52 episodes featured award winners from feature films, primetime television and the Broadway stage – from Paul Winfield, Stockard Channing and Seth Green to William H. Macy, Wayne Brady and Teri Garr – not to mention George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons), Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid), George Takei (Star Trek) and Henry Rollins (the front man for the rock band, Black Flag).
An all-star production team was headed by executive producer Jean
MacCurdy and producers Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Glen Murakami and Paul
Dini. Writers on the series included Burnett and Dini, as well as Stan
Berkowitz, Bob Goodman, Rich Fogel, Hilary Bader and John McCann.
Included
in the beautifully custom designed package is a 24-page, 8”x 12”
collectible booklet with the inside perspective and artwork from the
vaults especially compiled by DC Comics for this release.
Three new bonus features created specifically for the Batman Beyond: The Complete Series are:
TOMORROW KNIGHT: THE BATMAN REBORN
The Batman Beyond creative team gives you a peek into the character of Terry McGinnis, and what made him worthy to become the new Caped Crusader.
GOTHAM: CITY OF THE FUTURE
A
look at Gotham City, circa 2039, and how the team built a realistic
vision of the near future while remaining true to the city they created
in Batman: The Animated Series.
THE HIGH TECH HERO
Explore the technology behind the Bat-suit, its amazing powers and the real world science that inspired it.
The collection will also contain the DC 75th anniversary documentary, Secret Origin:The Story of DC Comics.
“Batman Beyond
was a landmark series as it created altogether new directions for the
iconic character, and added dimensions for fans both old and new to the
Batman mythology,” said Amit Desai, WHV Vice President of Family,
Animation & Sports Marketing. “Warner Home Video is proud to release
this important series in an all-encompassing box set, just in time to
make a perfect holiday gift for the ultimate fan.”
Can’t tell – Does it include the “Return of the Joker” movie? If not, I’d hardly call it complete, personally.
It’s the complete series. The movie is not part of the TV series.
And you have to leave room for the “Even More Complete Boxed Set,” to come out. That’s what the Beatles have done!
Can't tell – Does it include the "Return of the Joker" movie? If not, I'd hardly call it complete, personally.
It's the complete series. The movie is not part of the TV series.
And you have to leave room for the "Even More Complete Boxed Set," to come out. That's what the Beatles have done!
Available on blueray?
Available on blueray?
The thing I think is really missing is one of the best episodes set in the batman beyond universe. It was “Justice League Unlimited” season 4 episode 13 called “Epilogue” and was set after Terry was fully grown and provided a great capper to the series. I highly recommend checking it out if you love batman beyond. Also there was a cool appearance in “Static Shock” season 4 episode 1 called “Future Shock” that was fun. Return of the Joker really was a great movie, it is a bit sad that it isn’t included but I can see the reasons behind that.
The thing I think is really missing is one of the best episodes set in the batman beyond universe. It was “Justice League Unlimited” season 4 episode 13 called “Epilogue” and was set after Terry was fully grown and provided a great capper to the series. I highly recommend checking it out if you love batman beyond.
Also there was a cool appearance in “Static Shock” season 4 episode 1 called “Future Shock” that was fun. Return of the Joker really was a great movie, it is a bit sad that it isn’t included but I can see the reasons behind that.
The thing I think is really missing is one of the best episodes set in the batman beyond universe. It was "Justice League Unlimited" season 4 episode 13 called "Epilogue" and was set after Terry was fully grown and provided a great capper to the series. I highly recommend checking it out if you love batman beyond. Also there was a cool appearance in "Static Shock" season 4 episode 1 called "Future Shock" that was fun. Return of the Joker really was a great movie, it is a bit sad that it isn't included but I can see the reasons behind that.