The much-anticipated animated The Death of Superman movie from Warner Bros. Animation released a hot trailer today. The pic, which will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on August 7th, features the voices of Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romjin and Rainn Wilson as Superman, Lois Lane and Lex Luther.
Directed by Sam Liu (Suicide Squad: Hell to Play, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) and Jake Castorena (Justice League Action, Scooby Doo, and Batman: The Brave & the Bold) the film will serve as the prequel to Reign of the Supermen, which is slated for 2019. The cast also features Matt Lanter (Aquaman), Rosario Dawson (Wonder Woman), Nathan Fillion (Green Lantern), Shemar Moore (Cyborg), Jason Omara (Batman), Christopher Gorham (Flash),
Based on the CD Comics comic book storyline of the same name, the movie centers on the battle between Superman and Doomsday. When Doomsday is released from this ancient prison and carves a bloody swath across the world, Superman becomes the world’s only hope for survival and he must fight the notorious villain to stop his onslaught!
The Death of Superman is the 32nd installment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and the 10th film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. The film is exec produced by Sam Register, co-produced by Alan Burnett with supervising producer James Tucker.
You can see the trailer here.