Batman: Gotham Knight Panel at Wizard World Chicago June 21, 2008 8:09 pm
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There will be a panel dedicated to the upcoming “Batman: Gotham Knight” DVD movie at this year’s Wizard World Chicago. Check out the details for the panel after the jump. Plus, several new photos from the film (which hits DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on July 8th) have been released. Check them out after the jump.
The press release follows below. Click here to skip directly to the new images.
DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE
BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT
WORLD PREMIERE & PANEL SET FOR
JUNE 28, 2008 AT WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO
Executive Producer Bruce Timm & Award-Winning Writers
Josh Olson, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka and Alan Burnett Headline Panel
following 7:00 pm Premiere of Third DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie;
Filmmakers Slated for Autograph Session on June 29 at Popular Comics Convention
BURBANK, CA, (June 19, 2008 ) – Animation legend Bruce Timm and award-winning writers Josh Olson, Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka and Alan Burnett will be the featured panelists when DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation present the World Premiere of the DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie, Batman Gotham Knight, at Wizard World Chicago on June 28, 2008, it was announced today.
The Batman Gotham Knight premiere will commence at 7:00 p.m. in the 1,500-seat hall within the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, and the screening will be followed immediately by a panel featuring executive producer Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday, Justice League: The New Frontier) and a quartet of the film’s writers: Academy Award nominee Josh Olson (A History of Violence), Eisner Award-winning writers Brian Azzarello & Greg Rucka, and five-time Emmy Award-winner Alan Burnett. The film will be introduced by DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz, and DC Comics Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck will moderate the panel.
As a capacity crowd is anticipated, the premiere is a ticketed event. Free tickets for convention attendees will be distributed starting at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 28 in the Wizard World Chicago ticketing area.
The panelists will be available for a 90-minute autograph session on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Fountain Area. An encore presentation of the film will screen Sunday at 2:00 p.m., and seating will be allotted on an un-ticketed, first-come, first-served basis.
Batman Gotham Knight is a fresh and exciting new entry into the Batman mythos, spinning out of a 40-year history in animation including the Emmy®-winning Batman: The Animated Series, widely considered a pivotal moment in American animation. A cross section of distinguished creators, award winning producers, and acclaimed writers weave six interlocking stories that reveal Bruce Wayne’s journey to The Dark Knight, each with stylish art from some of the world’s most revered animation visionaries.
Batman Gotham Knight will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-Ray disc, and will also be available On Demand via digital cable and for download through broadband sites.
DC UNIVERSE ORIGINAL MOVIES
DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video (WHV) and Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) began the production and distribution of “DC Universe,” a series of original, animated PG-13 movies in July 2006. This original made for DVD movie is part of the DC Universe series of animated PG-13 films written and directed by acclaimed comic book creators and animators and featuring recognizable talent. WHV will be the exclusive worldwide home entertainment distributor for all DC Universe movies, which will include a slate of 2-3 action-packed films per year. Superman Doomsday and Justice League: The New Frontier were the first DC Universe original animated movies. Other DC properties with films in development include Justice League, Green Lantern, Flash and Wonder Woman.
About Warner Premiere:
Warner Premiere is Warner Bros. Entertainment’s new direct-to-consumer production company focused on the development, production and marketing of feature-length content, as well as short form digital content for the growing home entertainment market. Warner Premiere is committed to being at the creative forefront in the evolution of quality product in the direct-to-DVD business and the digital space, creating material that exemplifies the commitment to story, production and brand equity for which Warner Bros. is known.
About Warner Home Video:
With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video’s film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
About DC Comics:
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics’ Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.
BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
About Warner Bros. Animation:
Warner Bros. Animation has been producing award-winning original animation since 1930, when it released its first cartoon, “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub.” Since then, Warner Bros. Animation’s characters have set the standard for innovative, quality animation. Producing for network and cable television, online, home entertainment and feature films both domestically and internationally, Warner Bros. Animation is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as maintaining the studio’s rich cartoon heritage. Warner Bros. Animation also oversees the creative use of, and production of animated programming based on classic animated characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. Warner Bros. Animation is one of the most honored animation studios in history, garnering a grand total of six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, a Humanitas Award, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
“Batman: Gotham Knight” (official site) will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on July 8, 2008. Check out some newly released photos.
Batman glares upward from the sewers of Gotham City — where Scarecrow and Killer Croc lurk — during “Batman Begins” screenwriter David Goyer’s segment “In Darkness Dwells” of the upcoming DC Universe film”Batman Gotham Knight.”
Academy Award nominee Josh Olson’s Man-Bat, one of his four unique visions of Batman during his film-opening segment, “Have I Got a Story for You,” flies toward camera in “Batman Gotham Knight.”
Wounded and bleeding, Batman crawls through a sewer while having flashbacks of his training in India during Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Azzarello’s segment “Working Through Pain” within “Batman Gotham Knight.”
OTHER “BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT” COVERAGE ON YOUR ENTERTAINMENT NOW:
Academy Award Nominee Josh Olson discusses Batman: Gotham Knight
Gregory Noveck, a Senior VP at DC Comics, discusses Batman: Gotham Knight
Greg Rucka Discusses Writing 2nd Segment of Batman: Gotham Knight
Voice of Batman Kevin Conroy Talks Gotham Knight + More Photos
Brian Azzarello Talks Batman: Gotham Knight + More Photos
Alan Burnett Talks “Batman: Gotham Knight” + New Photos
Source: Warner Bros.
Trademark information for the images:
“Batman Gotham Knight” (c) Warner Bros. Ent Inc.
“Batman” and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and
(c) DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.
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