Tuesday, June 02, 2015

   THE FATE OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE HANGS IN THE BALANCE AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT
AND THE LEGO® GROUP RELEASE
LEGO® DC COMICS SUPER HEROES:
JUSTICE LEAGUE: ATTACK OF THE LEGION OF DOOM!
ON BLU-RAYTM COMBO PACK, DVD and DIGITAL HD,
AUGUST 25, 2015

Includes Exclusive Trickster LEGO® Minifigure for Initial Ship!

Burbank, CA (MAY 29, 2015) – DC Comics and LEGO® fans can rejoice as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment and The LEGO® Group release their next animated feature, LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! on Blu-rayTM Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on August 25, 2015. The Blu-rayTM and DVD releases will include an exclusive Trickster LEGO® Minifigure, while supplies last.

LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! will be available on Blu-rayTM Combo Pack for $24.98 SRP and on DVD for $19.98 SRP.  The Blu-rayTM Combo Pack includes a digital version of the movie on Digital HD with UltraViolet. Fans can also own LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! in Digital HD on August 11 via purchase from digital retailers.

Crime is on the run as the newly formed Justice League keeps Metropolis safe and this makes evil genius Lex Luthor very unhappy. Together with Black Manta, Sinestro and a gang of ruthless recruits, Lex builds his own league and declares them the Legion of Doom. With this super powered team of terror and a plan to attack the top-secret government site, Area 52, can Lex finally be on the verge of victory? Sound the “Trouble Alert” and get ready for the bricks to fly when Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League face off against the world’s greatest Super-Villains! It’s the next all-new original movie from LEGO® and DC Comics.

The cast of LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!  features some of the top voiceover artists in the industry, led by Justice League heroes Troy Baker (Batman), Nolan North (Superman), Josh Keaton (Green Lantern), Khary Payton (Cyborg), James Arnold Taylor (The Flash) and Grey Griffin (Wonder Woman, Lois Lane). The Legion of Doom includes Mark Hamill (Trickster, Sinestro), John DiMaggio (Lex Luthor, Joker), Kevin Michael Richardson (Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta), Tom Kenny (Penguin), Cree Summer (Cheetah) and Tony Todd (Darkseid). Dee Bradley Baker is both hero and villain as Martian Manhunter and Man-Bat.

LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! is directed by Rick Morales from a script by Jim Krieg. Sam Register. Jill Wilfert, Jason Cosler and Keith Malone are executive producers. Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan are co-executive producers, and Brandon Vietti is supervising producer.

“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is excited to release LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!” said Mary Ellen Thomas, WBHE Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing. “This is a wonderful addition to the LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes franchise.  The Justice League is facing off against the most formidable villains yet, resulting in an action-packed and hilarious film.”

LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes - Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! Special Features include:
  • Featurette - “Click, Zap, Boom! Creating the Sound Design” - This fun documentary goes behind the scenes with the talented sound design and foley team to explore how LEGO® sounds are created live on stage and then edited into the final movie.  


IMPORTANT NEWS FOR RETAILERS
LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! will be available on DVD and Blu-rayTM from WBHE on August 25, 2015 for $19.98 / $24.98 SRP. Order due date is July 21, 2015. The release will be supported by a national TV and online media campaign, radio promotions in top markets, as well as promotional support through LEGO® channels.

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS
LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! will be available for streaming and download to watch anywhere in high definition and standard definition on their favorite devices from select digital retailers including Amazon, CinemaNow, Flixster, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. Starting August 11, LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom! will also be available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.

ABOUT DIGITAL HD WITH ULTRAVIOLET
Digital HD with UltraViolet allows fans to watch a digital version of their movie or TV show anywhere, on their favorite devices. Digital HD with UltraViolet is included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs. Digital HD with UltraViolet allows consumers to instantly stream and download movies and TV shows to TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones through UltraViolet retail services like CinemaNow, Flixster, VUDU and more. For more information on compatible devices, go to wb.com/ultravioletdevices. Consult an UltraViolet Retailer for details and requirements and for a list of HD-compatible devices.

About The LEGO® Group
The LEGO® Group is a privately held, family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark. It was founded in 1932 and today the group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of play materials for children. The LEGO® Group is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities. LEGO® products can be purchased in more than 130 countries.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the brick & knob configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group.  © 2014 The LEGO Group.  All Rights Reserved.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing both CG and traditionally animated projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. For TV, WBA produces series such as Teen Titans Go!, The Tom and Jerry Show and the upcoming Be Cool Scooby-Doo! and Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Production for Cartoon Network; original animated DC Nation shorts for Cartoon Network; and the forthcoming Mike Tyson Mysteries series for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. As the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies — for DVD. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. 
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner.  DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games.  Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

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