Justice League: Gods & Monsters

[TurtleTitan97]

Coming out next year, Justice League: Gods & Monsters is a new 3-part animated series set to air on Machinima. What's most newsworthy about this is that Bruce Timm will serve as the executive producer of the show!

Variety reports that online network Machinima have secured the rights to air a new three-part animated Justice League series from Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. Titled Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, it's set to launch early next year, and the site reveals that it revolves around, "a newly conceived reality in the DC universe where Justice League members Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are much darker versions of the superheroes that people know." It sounds as if it's actually a feature which they'll be splitting into three parts, and Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series) is serving as an executive producer.



Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray a few weeks later, and the fact that they're putting the focus on this superhero team ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 and Justice League in 2018 (that's the year the trade gives) should come as no surprise. "Ever since we announced the Warner Bros. strategic investment, we have been looking for a new and exciting way to tap into the company’s unmatched content," said Chad Gutstein, Machinma’s CEO in a statement released today. DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson adds, "We are committed to delivering DC Entertainment’s extensive line-up of world-class characters and stories to audiences across all platforms and formats. ‘Justice League: Gods and Monsters’ is an exciting opportunity to bring alternate versions of DC Comics’ iconic Justice League characters to Machinima, and we look forward to bringing this new animated shortform series to life with our partners across Warner Bros."

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I'm pretty stoked about this, what about you guys?

[MrTMNT2012]

Super Stoked!

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Coming out next, Justice League: Gods & Monsters is a new 3-part animated series set to air on Machinima. What's most newsworthy about this is that Bruce Timm will serve as the executive producer of the show!



I'm pretty stoked about this this, what about you guys?

So its another one of those Elseworld type of things.

This has been done before, In the Justice League Unlimited cartoon, There were episodes that dealt with the Justice Lords, It was the Justice League from an alternate universe in which, They were a lot more darker and violent.

Even the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us did the Alternate Reality thing.

[blindturtle02]

I like anything Marvel or DC, so this definitely has me excited. Especially since Bruce Tim is involved. I'll have to give it a whirl. Pretty sweet news!

[CyberCubed]

This is just another DC animated movie, and the last couple have been dreadful. I'm not sure why this is a big deal?

Unless its set in the DCAU or is the return of Young Justice, all these DC Universe movies have been bad.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

This is just another DC animated movie, and the last couple have been dreadful. I'm not sure why this is a big deal?

The reason it's a "big deal" is because:

1) Even if it is just 3-part episodes, it's still the first Justice League animated series since Unlimited ended back in 2006, it's not a movie.

2) Bruce Timm is involved, so that's pretty much a guarantee this is going to some quality stuff.

Besides, he wasn't even involved with the recent DC animated films. He stepped down as the DC animation supervising producer back in 2013.

[CyberCubed]

Is it really 3 episodes or just a movie split into 3 airings? Also pretty sure this has nothing to do with the DCAU so its not the same.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Is it really 3 episodes or just a movie split into 3 airings? Also pretty sure this has nothing to do with the DCAU so its not the same.

Read the description, bub. It not only clearly states it's 3 episodes, but it's taking place in a new universe.

[tmntpower1988]

Nice, can't wait for this.

[TurtleTitan97]

Screencaps for the series/film have appeared online featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Darkseid, Lex Luthor, and Lois Lane.

Spoiler:

Superman of this world is the son of General Zod. He is a bit more violent. Well a lot more violent, and has seen the ugliness of mankind being raised by migrate farmers.

Batman is not Bruce Wayne. Instead, it is Kirk Langstrom, who has cancer. And in trying to find a cure injects himself with Bat-venom becoming a pseudo-vampire. He feeds on criminals to cure his bloodlust.

Wonder Woman seems to be of the “New Gods” She marries Orion but something goes wrong there and she comes to Earth.

Darkseid is in it, but don’t really expand on his role.

Lex Luthor is seen as the “Stephen Hawkings” of the world. He doesn’t seek power, but knowledge, but they warn that with Luthor always more than meets the eye.

The movie centers around the murder of prominent DC Universe scientists like Ray Palmer, Victor Fries, Silas Stone and others that the Justice League is being framed for. They attempt to investigate these murders while dealing with mounting pressures from outside sources. Didn’t get too deep into it.

http://nerdsontherocks.com/justice-l...gods-monsters/

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Nice to see Bruce Timm's character designs again!

I still hope that one day we get one last glimpse into the DCAU, even though "Epilogue" and "Destroyer" were really good sendoffs.

[snake]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

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Spoiler:

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Pretty cool. Sounds like an interesting elseworlds story.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

That sounds really REALLY weird. But I'm open to it.

Superman, son of Zod actually sounds pretty cool. Vampire Batman ala Kirk Langstrom is less appealing... I need more info on Wonder Woman before I can arrive at a preemptive opinion.

But hey, Bruce Timm.

[TurtleTitan97]

Managed to find the teaser trailer online:

[ToTheNines]

I really wish this interested me at all. Seeing the Bruce Timm character designs is sublime, but I'm not feeling the story. Not one bit.

[Leo656]

Sounds neat. New 52 sucks, so the animated films based on it have kind of sucked, so I'm totally up for something a little different. I'm always up for a good "Elseworlds". Those are fun.

[CyberCubed]

Almost all Elseworlds tales suck too, with the exception of a few. They almost always turn the Justice League into such unlikeable jerks in elseworld tales.

All of a sudden the heroes are as bad as the villains yet they're still treated as saviors of the planet.

[Leo656]

You have no room to throw your weight around on topics such as this, you non-comic book-reading heathen.

[Brodie]

You've said you haven't read comics in years also.

This does not look interesting.

[BabyTurtles]

I like the art-style ^_^

but....I'm kinda tired of dark and gritty honestly.