‘Superman: Red Son’ Gets Release Date, Will Include ‘Justice League Dark’ Preview

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced the release date and special features for Superman: Red Son, which will include a preview of the animated film titled Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

Warner Bros. next entry in the DC Universe Animated Movie franchise will be an adaptation of the classic Elseworlds story Superman: Red Son, which will be available on Digital HD starting February 25 before being released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 17, 2020.

The 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack will cost $39.99 US while the digital and Blu-ray combo pack will retail at $24.98 US. Included with the home media release will be a selection of special features, including an animated story titled Phantom Stranger and a preview of the next  DC Universe Animated Movie Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

You can read the list of special features for Superman: Red Son below!

  • DC Showcase: Phantom Stranger (Animated Short) – Animation legend Bruce Timm helms Phantom Stranger as both executive producer & director from a script written by Ernie Altbacker (Teen Titans: The Judas Contract). Set in the 1970s, the short follows young adult Jess as she joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth … when odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, can Phantom Stranger intervene? Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick) gives voice to Phantom Stranger, and Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Impastor) provides the voice of Seth. Phantom Stranger also features the voices of Natalie Lander, Grey Griffin and Roger Craig Smith.

  • Cold Red War (New Featurette) – An exploration of the Cold War through the lens of the Elseworlds classic Superman: Red Son, as Superman rises to power and tension escalates between the United States and the Soviet Union.

  • Two episodes from Superman: Red Son – The Motion Comics.

  • A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War – An advanced look at the next animated film in the popular DC Universe Movies collection.

Are you going to pick up a copy of Superman: Red Son? Are you excited to see the preview for  Justice League Dark: Apokolips War? Let us know below!

You can also check out the cover art for Superman: Red Son below!

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Here is the official synopsis for Superman: Red Son:

Based on DC’s famed Elseworlds tale from 2003, Superman: Red Son takes place in an alternate reality where the spaceship bearing the last survivor of Krypton crash lands – not in rural Kansas, but in Stalinist Russia. Can this Cold War-era Earth survive the coming of a Soviet Superman?

Superman: Red Son features the voice talents of Jason Isaacs as Superman, Diedrich Bader as Lex Luthor, Amy Acker as Lois Lane, Vanessa Marshall as Wonder Woman, Phil Morris as James Olsen, Paul Williams as Brainiac, Roger Craig Smith as Batman, Sasha Roiz as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan, Phil LaMarr as Green Lantern / John Stewart, William Salyers as Stalin, Jim Meskimen as JFK, Travis Willingham as Superior Man, and Winter Ave Zoli as Svetlana.

Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on Superman: Red Son and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as it develops!

Sebastian Peris

Sebastian Peris

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