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‘Batman: The Animated Series’ is coming to Blu-ray in 2018

Batman: The Animated Series is finally getting the remaster treatment it deserves. From this weekend’s New York Comic Con Warner Bros. announced that “later in the year” in 2018 it will release the influential animated show to high-def formats. As Polygon notes , the specifics are a bit fuzzy at this point. Will the 85-episode show come out all in one boxed set, or in volumes like the DVDs before? At this point that’s up in the air. However, any package will likely look and sound better than streaming the show on Amazon Prime . Plus, every episode will almost assuredly have the iconic opening credits sequence attached. This summer Warner released Batman: Mask of the Phantasm on Blu-ray, the PG-rated feature-length movie that takes place in the Animated Series universe. If you want a peek at how gussied up episodes of the old series might look on Blu-ray, that’s probably your best bet.

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‘Batman: The Animated Series’ is coming to Blu-ray in 2018

Invader Zim will return to TV “soon-ish” with creator, original cast

Invader Zim teaser for a new animated TV movie Invader Zim , the Nickelodeon animated series that ran for two seasons in the early ’00s, will end its longtime television absence “soon-ish.” The cable network announced its intentions on Tuesday in the form of a dry press release and a far-less-dry animated teaser. In the teaser, Zim, the series’ neurotic titular alien, announces his evil intentions under the veil of darkness—and then is interrupted by his longtime robo-pal Gir. “I like your voice!” Gir chuckles mid-video. “It’s funny!” “I’m not BEING funny!” Zim retorts. “I’m being, you know, terrifying and spooky!” Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments

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Netflix nabs ‘Archer’ team for its first animated feature

Netflix is making its animated feature film debut with the grandly titled America: The Motion Picture . According to Deadline , the original movie is an R-rated, comedic take on the founding of our country. The production team is stellar and will be led by Archer ‘s Matt Thompson (who will direct) and Adam Reed. The Expendable s’ Dave Callaham will write the script, and the team behind The LEGO Movie , (including Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Will Allegra) will also contribute . Channing Tatum gets a producer credit as well, and is on tap to voice George Washington in the film. Deadline calls the project an “R-rated revisionist history tale about the founding of the country, ” which makes a ton of sense considering the Thompson and Reed previous work, which includes the hilarious shows SeaLab 2021 and Frisky Dingo . This will also be the first feature-length animated project for Netflix, which has previously only made a foray into kid-friendly episodic shows like The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as well as the much more melancholy and adult animated series, Bojack Horseman . Source: Deadline

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Netflix nabs ‘Archer’ team for its first animated feature