Green
Lantern: First Flight Premiere At Con!
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| On
his way to San Diego... |
It's
always nice to know what you're doing on your birthday, and
I'm guessing that I'm going to be sitting with 4,000 of my
closest friends enjoying the animated adventures of Hal Jordan.
Oh, it's happened before, but I'm going to hazard a guess
that it's never been done so well. Director Lauren Montgomery
blew me away with the Wonder Woman animated film -- she's
got the chops for action AND character-driven storytelling.
Green
Lantern: First Flight, the highly-anticipated
fifth entry in the popular DVD series of DC Universe animated
original PG-13 movies, will have its world premiere at Comic-Con
in San Diego on Thursday, July 23, 2009.
More
than 4,000 fans will have the opportunity to see Green
Lantern: First Flight on the big screen five days before
the latest DC Universe film is distributed on DVD and Blu-Ray™
Hi-Def. The film will premiere in the San Diego Convention
Center’s Ballroom 20 at 8:00 p.m.
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| What?!?
Comic-Con is sold out?!?!? |
A panel comprised of filmmakers and voice
cast will be presented on the following day, Friday, July
24. Details on that panel and its participants will be announced
next week.
Acclaimed
actor Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit) fills the lead voice of Hal Jordan aka Green
Lantern. Meloni is joined by fellow Emmy Award nominee Victor
Garber (Milk, Titanic) as the villainous Sinestro,
Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as the voice
of Boodikka, and Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs)
as Kilowog. The cast also includes Juliet Landau (Buffy
the Vampire Slayer), John Larroquette (Night Court),
Kurtwood Smith (That ‘70s Show), and David
Lander (Laverne & Shirley).
Produced
by animation legend Bruce Timm, Green Lantern: First
Flight is helmed by heralded director Lauren Montgomery
(Wonder Woman, Superman Doomsday) and scripted
by four-time Emmy Award-winning writer Alan Burnett (The
Batman).
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| That's
a very different look for Kanjar Ro -- is this who
David Lander plays? |
Green
Lantern: First Flight finds Hal Jordan recruited to
join the Green Lantern Corps and placed under the supervision
of respected senior Lantern Sinestro. The earthling soon
discovers his mentor is actually the central figure in a
secret conspiracy that threatens the philosophies, traditions
and hierarchy of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Hal must
quickly hone his newfound powers and combat the treasonous
Lanterns within the ranks to maintain order in the universe.
A co-production
of Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation,
the illuminated hero’s first-ever full-length animated
film is set for release by Warner Home Video on July 28,
2009. Green Lantern: First Flight will be available as a
special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™
Hi-Def, as well as single disc DVD. (Click the contest
image below to enter to win the Blu-Ray disc and a whole
heck of a lot more...)
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