"DC Super Hero Girls" News & Discussion Thread, Part 1 (Spoilers)

[Yojimbo]

Eclipso is the big bad, interesting.

 

[Troy Troodon]

Eclipso's voice sound familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on who it might be, ditto for the other big bad.

Also, I can see Barda is being involved as well.

 

[Frontier]

Just going by that trailer, I think this is shaping up to be the best animated DC Super Hero Girl product yet .

A female Eclipso as the main villain is cool .

Hey, Dark Opal! Great to have more Amethyst references .

Katana vs. Dark Opal looks cool, and it's nice to see Katana getting an action scene .

"This is a school for Superheroes, not Supervillains!" Even though several of the student body and faculty are traditionally villains .

The Kents and Commissioner Gordon are back and playing a semi-big role in the movie? I guess they're now official supporting cast members .

 

[Yojimbo]

I was surprised to see a Batplane at the end of the trailer. And to boot Hippolyta appears to be in there with them and some one else, not sure yet -- maybe Citrina, another Gemworld character.

EDIT: Could be Mala (of Bana Mighdall) or Kadesha.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Looks pretty cool to me. It's probably to early to tell from this single trailer, but it seems to me this will have more action than the TV Special. I like the villains' designs.

Does anyone know how long this movie is supposed to be?

 

[Frontier]

Looks pretty cool to me. It's probably to early to tell from this single trailer, but it seems to me this will have more action than the TV Special. I like the villains' designs.

I think Shea Fontana mentioned in an interview that, while the webisodes are more focused on the daily lives and tribulations of the cast at Superhero High, the graphic novels and bigger animations projects like the special and this movie will be more action-y .

 

[James Harvey]

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment officially announced the home media release of the DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year animated feature. Details are available at The World's Finest or below!

WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL FEMALE SUPER HEROES NAVIGATE THE
TWISTS AND TURNS OF HIGH SCHOOL AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: HERO OF THE YEAR
ON DVD AUGUST 23, 2016​

Where can you find the most powerful and prominent Super Teens in the galaxy? Super Hero High of course! Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Bumblebee, Poison Ivy and Katana band together to navigate the twists and turns of high school in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) on August 9 on Digital HD and August 23, 2016 on DVD (SRP $19.98).

These young Super Heroes discover unique abilities, develop powers, and combat an abundance of overwhelming, exciting and awkward moments to master the fundamentals of being a hero – one day at a time! The group includes:

· Wonder Woman was raised on Themyscira, a paradise island overflowing with female leaders. This natural born leader has super strength, the power of flight and a magic lasso that forces anyone to tell the truth.

· Batgirl is crazy smart – she was accepted to Super Hero High based on her brainpower alone (she wasn’t born with super powers). But this crime-fighting sleuth may be the most influential of all! Her unparalleled intellect, expert martial arts skills, photographic memory and legendary detective skills are a formula for an incredible Super Hero.

· Supergirl is the most powerful teen on earth, but also incredibly clumsy. She has super strength, super hearing and super speed but will need to be sure she doesn’t trip over her own two feet en route to saving the world.

· Harley Quinn is the resident class clown who lives for jokes and over-the-top pranks. Nonetheless, this quick-witted gymnast is sneaky and full of surprises.

· Bumblebee has the ability to shrink, allowing her to sneak around without being spotted. She makes sure her team is never surprised by any villains or enemies up to no good.

· Poison Ivy, got caught up in a botched lab experiment, and now has the ability to control and summon plants. She’s gradually adapting to her amazing new powers and blossoming into her new life.

· Katana is an artist with an edge – this fearless martial arts fashionista is up for any crime-fighting test and is never without her sword.

Together, these seven fearless Super Heroes prove that we all have the power to make the world a better place - even while school is in session!

Girls around the world now have their very own Super Hero world to play, watch, read and be inspired! To further bring this all-new universe to life, DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts and TV specials will continue to release over the next year, allowing girls 6-12 to continue reaching their full potential alongside these superstars. Additionally, Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment, in partnership with Mattel, have brought the DC Super Hero Girls to life, beyond the animated shorts and website, with the first-ever line of 12-inch Action Dolls, 6-inch Action Figures, as well as role play and playsets now available exclusively at Target in the U.S., along with other product, including apparel, accessories, publishing and more. The DC Super Hero Girls global merchandise program will hit retail worldwide, beginning in July 2016, offering a wide range of product to fans around the world. Random House and DC Comics are also releasing an exciting array of DC Super Hero Girls books and graphic novels. Fans can discover more at DCSuperHeroGirls.com and through dedicated social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year features some of the top voice actors in the industry. Grey Griffin (Wonder Woman), Anais Fairweather (Supergirl), Mae Whitman (Batgirl/Barbara Gordon), Tara Strong (Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy) Teala Dunn (Bumblebee), and Stephanie Sheh (Katana) join forces to portray some of the newest students to attend Super Hero High.

“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is thrilled to team with DC Entertainmentto release DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year on DVD,”said Mary Ellen Thomas, WBHE Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing. “We’re excited to bring DC Super Hero Girls to life and create an immersive world to help inspire young women like never before. These characters were developed with girls 6-12 in mind and will deliver epic story lines featuring strong females. It truly embraces and celebrates girls as they discover their own unique abilities.”

SPECIAL FEATURES
· Six Animated Shorts:
o Hero of the Month: Wonder Woman
o Fall into Super Hero High
o Hero of the Month: Bumblebee
o Hero of the Month: Poison Ivy
o Clubbing
o Saving the Day

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year will be available for streaming and download to watch anywhere in high definition and standard definition on their favorite devices from select digital retailers including Amazon, CinemaNow, Flixster, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. Starting August 9, DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year will also be available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.

ABOUT DIGITAL HD WITH ULTRAVIOLET
Digital HD with UltraViolet allows fans to watch a digital version of their movie or TV show anywhere, on their favorite devices. Digital HD with UltraViolet is included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs. Digital HD with UltraViolet allows consumers to instantly stream and download movies and TV shows to TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones through UltraViolet retail services like CinemaNow, Flixster, VUDU and more. For more information on compatible devices, go to wb.com/ultravioletdevices. Consult an UltraViolet Retailer for details and requirements and for a list of HD-compatible devices.

BASICS
Street Date: August 23, 2016
Run Time: 72 minutes (approx.)
DVD Price: $19.98 SRP
DVD Audio – English


About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s TV series include Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go!, The Tom and Jerry Show, Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Production for Cartoon Network, Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim and the forthcoming Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix. As the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies — for DVD. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.

DC Super Hero Girls and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and ©DC Comics. (s16)

 

[Frontier]

I wonder if the six shorts are all-new? They do have some webisodes and Hero of the Month episodes listed as well...

 

[Yojimbo]

I wonder if the six shorts are all-new? They do have some webisodes and Hero of the Month episodes listed as well...

Those are all from season 1.

 

[Frontier]

Those are all from season 1.

Oops .

 

[Yojimbo]

Oops .

It's cool. I zoomed at Special Features, too, then disappointment, "Aw, man." Nothing new.

6/9: Hmm, I wonder if they'll make Eclipso a being or still something that needs a host. It would be neat if the host is Jean Loring, at least maybe as an easter egg at the end when she comes to in a daze and they tend to her.

EDIT2: Shea Fontana just posted her Denver Comic Con schedule.

"DC Comics - Superhero Girls, the TV Series and Comics"
June 17 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm MDT
Room 607

The Screenwriting Process
June 17, 5:15pm - 6:05pm MDT
Room 502/503

Reading "DC Superhero Girls" with writer Shea Fontana & Susan Eisenberg
June 18 2 to 2:30 pm MDT
Lab All Age Stage

Getting a Show from Someone's Head to Someone Else's TV
June 18, 2:45pm - 3:35pm MDT
Room 505

Comics Kids Should Be Reading
June 19, 1:30pm - 2:20pm MDT
Rooms 708-712

Hmm, wonder if there's anything to a panel with Susan Eisenberg. I mean, upon seeing Hippolyta in the Hero of the Year trailer...Hmm. I wonder. I mean, we know a few things about Hippolyta thanks to the first novel -- she's a legend and a hero who didn't attend Super Hero High. Coupled with her character design, you could speculate she was the first Wonder Woman back in the day -- and heck maybe had prior experience fighting Eclipso.

6/10: Kellee Riley did the art for the Katana action doll box.

 

[Frontier]

EDIT2: Shea Fontana just posted her Denver Comic Con schedule.
Hmm, wonder if there's anything to a panel with Susan Eisenberg. I mean, upon seeing Hippolyta in the Hero of the Year trailer...Hmm. I wonder. I mean, we know a few things about Hippolyta thanks to the first novel -- she's a legend and a hero who didn't attend Super Hero High. Coupled with her character design, you could speculate she was the first Wonder Woman back in the day -- and heck maybe had prior experience fighting Eclipso.

Kevin Conroy's played Thomas Wayne enough times, and we have Dean Cain as Jonathan Kent, Susan Eisenberg as Hippolyta would be both completely fitting and awesome .

 

[veu]

Amazing.
I love this show.

SuperHero Girls are similar in look to Disney Princess.

Wonder Woman is a mix between Snow White and Cinderella
Batgirl is very similar to Ariel
Supergirl resemble Rapunzel and Aurora
Harley Quinn is a mix between Cinderella and Aurora
Poison Ivy resemble Ariel and Merida
Bumblebee resemble Tiana
Katana resemble too much Mulan
Hawkgirl resemble Belle.

In dolls: Batgirl and Poison Ivy are simply Mattel's Ariel dolls.

 

[Yojimbo]

6/17: A bit more info appeared on the Amazon page for Hero of the Year

A voice actress named Anna Vocino and a logline

It's time for the annual Hero of the Year ceremony and the students of Super Hero High compete for the top prize. But the festivities take a turn when Dark Opal targets the heroes and steals some of their most valued possessions to form the ultimate weapon! It's up to the students at Super Hero High to spring into action! But can Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl and Bumblebee stop Dark Opal - and his mysterious partner-in-crime - to save the day?

6/20: On June 10, Lisa Yee confirmed the third novel is Batgirl at Super Hero High. And yesterday, she was working on it. Also, a recent interview with her.

6/22: More action dolls in the summer. First look at a new Supergirl one.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BG-IxL0M2RL/

6/27: The comic book store release date for the first graphic novel Finals Crisis got bumped up. It's out this Wednesday June 29. Everywhere else July 5.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

6/27: The comic book store release date for the first graphic novel Finals Crisis got bumped up. It's out this Wednesday June 29. Everywhere else July 5.

I don't think that anything has been "bumped up". That is a pretty standard release schedule for comic shops vs. book stores and other retailers.

 

[Yojimbo]

I don't think that anything has been "bumped up". That is a pretty standard release schedule for comic shops vs. book stores and other retailers.

The initial release schedule was July 6 then July 12 for the GN.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

The initial release schedule was July 6 then July 12 for the GN.

I take it back. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Yojimbo]

Here's the cover for the second graphic novel "Hits and Myths" - which gives us a first look at Etrigan and Trigon - and a new logline

“Intro to Epics” is one of Wonder Woman’s favorite classes at Super Hero High, but even for an overachiever, balancing high school literature assignments with learning to be a super hero can be tough. But you know what they say about learning—experience is the best teacher! So when Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Bumblebee, Poison Ivy, Katana, and Harley Quinn fight a cyclops, a witch, and a bevy of sirens, they’re sure to learn a thing or two about The Odyssey—if they survive their epic battle in the underworld!

 

[Frontier]

Here's the cover for the second graphic novel "Hits and Myths" - which gives us a first look at Etrigan and Trigon - and a new logline

The cover keeps coming up as all-blackwhen I look at it .

 

[Yojimbo]

The cover keeps coming up as all-blackwhen I look at it .

That's odd. How about now?