DC is about to have a huge year on the big screen in 2023, but they’re also starting off the year strong with their next direct-to-video animated featureLegion of Super-Heroes. The film just dropped its first trailer earlier this week and now the next DC adventure has a release date. Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has announced thatLegion of Super-Heroesis releasing on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and Digital on June 28, 2025.
The film will come with five new featurettes titled “The Legion Behind The Legion”, “Meet the Legionnaires”, “Brainiac Attack: The Intellect Behind the Super-Villain”, and “Down to Earth: The Story of Supergirl”. This film is exciting for so many reasons, but the main reason being its introducing Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes into the new animated continuity started bySuperman: Man of Tomorrow. This will be the sixth film in this continuity and comes from the director ofGreen Lantern: Beware My PowerJeff Wamester.
From the trailer,Legion of Super-Heroeslooks to be another well animated, action-packed, and fun adventure in the DC Universe. The story will see Superman bring a newly minted Supergirl to the 31st century to train with the Legion of Super-Heroes. It’s all about Kara adjusting to her new life while honing her powers as a new threat looms on the horizon. Any long time DC fan who has read the comics or consumed the company’s many classic TV series will be familiar with this kind of story. Both Superman and Supergirl have fought alongside the Legion of Super-Heroes countless times before. The Legion has shown up in TV shows likeSmallville,Justice League Unlimited,Superman: The Animated Series, and they even had their own underrated self-titled animated series in the mid 2000s that ran for two seasons.
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The futuristic team also had major roles in the popular CWSupergirlseries and the animated filmJustice League vs. the Fatal Five. The Legion has been all over the DC Universe, so it will be interesting to see what this particular film brings to the table. So far the new DC Animated Universe that started withMan of Tomorrowhas been nothing but quality.Justice Society: World War II,Batman: The Long Halloween, andGreen Lantern: Beware My Powerhave simply raised the bar for DC animation. All signs are pointing to theLegion of Super-Heroescontinuing that heroic upward trend.
Legion of Super-HeroesstarsMeg Donnellyas Supergirl,Harry Shum Jr.as Brainac 5, andMatt Bomer(Justice Society: World War II),Darren Criss(Superman: Man of Tomorrow), andJensen Ackles(Batman: The Long Halloween) returning as Flash, Superman, and Batman from their respective films. DC’s next generation of superheroes are coming to our century February 7 on 4k Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and digital.
