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News culture DC Comics: Four new animated shorts announced, including Constantine and Blue Beetle

As part of its DC Showcase program, Warner Bros. announced that four new animated short films are planned between 2021 and 2022 featuring characters known to comic book fans such as Blue Beetle, but especially John Constantine, who will have the right to a longer adaptation than the others.

Intends to accompany their series of animated feature films, The DC Showcase program contains several animated short films that often feature lesser-known characters from the DC Comics team like Adam Strange, Death, Sgt. Rock, The Phantom Stranger … Lately some other famous heroes had the right to their short film like Catwoman, Green Arrow or Batman with Death in the family that took the form of an interactive video.

Warner Bros. has therefore planned four new short films for 2021 and 2022. The first is about Kamandi and will accompany the upcoming DC animated feature film. Justice Society: World War II planned for next spring.

It will be inspired by the comics Kamandi: The last boy on earth Created by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, who chronicle the adventures of Kamandi, a young man wandering in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have returned to the wild stage on a planet dominated by intelligent animals.

Another creation by Jack Kirby, The losers The story of a commando unit launched in the most dangerous missions of World War II is also entitled to its adaptation

without knowing which feature film it will accompany. The same goes for the last two short films, slated between 2021 and 2022, dedicated to more modern heroes and better known to the public. namely Blue Beetle and John Constantine. The latter will even have the right to do so A short film that is longer than the others as it will serve as the focus for a compilation planned for 2022.

Source : Batman News