LIMITED EDITION COMPILATION SET! INCLUDES ALL 52 ACTION-PACKED EPISODES PLUS THREE NEW BONUS FEATURETTES<\/p>\n
WARNER HOME VIDEO TO DISTRIBUTE DVD SET NOV. 23<\/p>\n
BURBANK, CA (August 18, 2010) \u2013 Warner Bros. Animation\u2019s breakthrough series Batman Beyond comes to DVD for the first time in its entirety. Featuring DC Comics\u2019 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\u201dx 12\u201d collectible booklet. Batman Beyond: The Complete Series will be distributed by Warner Home Video on November 23, 2010 as a nine-disc
\nlimited edition DVD set for $99.98 (SRP).<\/p>\n
Batman Beyond: The Complete Series centers on Terry McGinnis, an ordinary teenager … until his father is mysteriously\u00a0 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 \u2013 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\u2019s 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
\n(Batman: The Animated Series) as Bruce Wayne.
\nCasting throughout the series\u2019 52 episodes featured award winners from feature films, primetime television and the Broadway stage \u2013 from Paul Winfield, Stockard Channing and Seth Green to William H. Macy, Wayne Brady and Teri Garr \u2013 not to mention George Lazenby (On Her Majesty\u2019s 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).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Included in the beautifully custom designed package is a 24-page, 8\u201dx 12\u201d collectible booklet with the inside perspective and artwork from the vaults especially compiled by DC Comics for this release.<\/p>\n
Three new bonus features created specifically for the Batman Beyond:<\/p>\n
The Complete Series are:<\/p>\n
TOMORROW KNIGHT: THE BATMAN REBORN
\nThe “Batman Beyond” creative team gives you a peek into the character
\nof Terry McGinnis, and what made him worthy to become the new Caped
\nCrusader.<\/p>\n
GOTHAM: CITY OF THE FUTURE
\nA look at Gotham City, circa 2039, and how the team built a realistic
\nvision of the near future while remaining true to the city they
\ncreated in Batman: The Animated Series.<\/p>\n
THE HIGH TECH HERO
\nExplore the technology behind the Bat-suit, its amazing powers and the
\nreal world science that inspired it.<\/p>\n
The collection will also contain the DC 75th anniversary documentary,
\nSecret Origin:\u00a0 The Story of DC Comics.<\/p>\n
\u201cBatman 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,\u201d said Amit Desai, WHV Vice President of Family, Animation & Sports Marketing. \u201cWarner 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Warner Home Video:
\nWith operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
About DC Entertainment:
\nDC Entertainment, home to such iconic DC Comics properties as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, MAD Magazine, and Fables, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner.\u00a0 DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its superheroic characters across all media, including but not\u00a0 limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing over 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Comics is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.<\/p>\n
DC SUPER HEROES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and \u00a9 DC Comics.
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About Warner Bros. Animation:
\nWarner Bros. Animation (WBA) has been producing award-winning original animation since 1930, when it released its first cartoon, \u201cSinkin’ in the Bathtub.\u201d Since then, WBA\u2019s characters have set the standard for innovative, quality animation. Producing for network and cable television, online, home entertainment and feature films both
\ndomestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the studio\u2019s rich cartoon heritage. WBA also oversees the creative use and production of animated programming based on classic cartoon characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. WBA is one of the most-honored animation studios in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LIMITED EDITION COMPILATION SET! INCLUDES ALL 52 ACTION-PACKED EPISODES PLUS THREE NEW BONUS FEATURETTES WARNER HOME VIDEO TO DISTRIBUTE DVD SET NOV. 23 BURBANK, CA (August 18, 2010) \u2013 Warner Bros. Animation\u2019s breakthrough series Batman Beyond comes to DVD for the first time in its entirety. Featuring DC Comics\u2019 iconic hero, Batman, Batman Beyond: The<\/p>\n