Written By Kieran Bugg • U.K. Editor
Justice League: Warworld trailer which recently dropped online has teased an action-packed animated adventure for DC’s iconic team of superheroes. While DC has mostly struggled to build a cohesive cinematic universe, the company always had better luck with TV and animation.
The Arrowverse being a prime example of this with six main interconnected TV shows that’re also adjacent with several others. Nonetheless, their various animated universes still remain to be their most popular.
Justice League: Warworld Trailer Teases An Action-Packed Animated Adventure
Image: Warner Bros. Animation
Fans mostly remember Bruce Timm and Paul Dini’s DCAU which brought us multiple fan favourite animated shows and tie-in movies. In addition, there’s also the Tomorrowverse, which currently consists of six animated movies and two short films.
The next instalment, Justice League: Warworld is scheduled to be released on July 25th. Originally announced at San Diego Comic-Con last year, Justice League: Warworld will loosely adapt the 2021 Superman comic book storyline.
Like other entries in the Tomorrowverse, the movie will be R-rated. Moreover, it will feature the returns of Jensen Ackles and Darren Criss as the respective voices of Batman and Superman.
Jensen previously voiced Batman in a two-part adaptation of the critically acclaimed graphic novel The Long Halloween. Criss has portrayed Superman in two Tomorrowverse movies so far, Superman: Man Of Tomorrow and the Legion Of Superheroes.
Furthermore, the trailer for the upcoming animated film was just released by Warner Bros. Animation. which teases an action-packed adventure. The trailer shows Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman all marooned on Warworld and separated from each other in different settings.
Each hero finds themselves stuck in an environment based on a certain time period from Earth history. Batman being stuck in the Prehistoric era, Wonder Woman in the Wild West and Superman in the 1940’s.
Justice League: Warworld Trailer Teases An Action-Packed Animated Adventure
Image: Warner Bros. Animation
During the trailer, The Dark Knight is seen donning a caveman inspired costume. Wonder Woman becomes a gunslinger and Superman takes on the role of a detective.
An official synopsis for Justice League: Warworlds reads:
“Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to Warworld, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.”