Red son is a threeissue prestige format comic book miniseries published by dc comics that was released under their elseworlds imprint in 2003. It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 eisner award for best limited series. Superior man has all of supermans powers but lacks the lifetime of practice and training with them to be effective. Its russian batman v superman in the trailer for superman. One fan on reddit managed to sneak a glimpse of what. Batman joins forces with luthorcorp and pyotr, now head of the kgb. How would the world be different if notable alien superman crashlanded in the soviet union instead of. Batmankoff is an elseworlds version of batman from earth30.
What if the man of steel was raised behind the iron curtain. Red son, the next entry in the popular series of dc universe movies. The concept is certainly fascinating, shining a light on just what aspects of supermans character are immutable versus those that are shaped by his upbringing. It is a tale that paints the hero that everyone knows in a completely different light. If you need to get your superhero kick in during this trying time, warner bros. Announced this evening at san diego comiccon during the batman. Why dont superman fans object more to this needless fight in red son like they do to tdkr. Set in the thick of the cold war, red son introduces us to a superman who landed in the ussr during the 1950s and grows up to become a soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of stalins brand of communism. With jason isaacs, amy acker, diedrich bader, vanessa marshall.
Red son will kick off next years threemovie lineup, which also includes an original superman tale and a sequel to one of dcs 2017 animated films. Batman agreed, and kidnapped wonder woman and bound her with her own lasso in order to draw superman into a. Like most dc animated movies, red son skews in a darker direction, even to the point of depicting superman and batman as killers. Based on dcs famed elseworlds tale from 2003, superman. Luthor sees what superman has done and he chooses to let go a little bit as well. If this were a product of the 1980s, it might just be ranked just underneath frank millers dark.
This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the film superman. While the animation may not always be the most consistent, a strong cast of voiceactors help carry those segments and help deliver a stellar dc animated film. The latest dc universe animated original movie, superman. Red son, is a strong adaptation of the classic elseworlds story that adds moral complexity to the tale by tweaking the original story in interesting ways. Red son is coming up in the early part of next year. Having the satellite sputnik plummet to metropolis to trick superman into saving the city, luthor harvests his genetic material to create a clone he then unleashes for his plans, later assisting the russian batman against. Red son remains a highly praised story in the dc lineup. Red son supposedly influenced the makers of the batman v superman movie but please, dont hold that against this book. He forced the weakened superman into a cellar, intending to lock him away forever. Cold red war new featurette an exploration of the cold war through the lens of the elseworlds classic superman.
Red son is among the most anticipated animated dc movies in latest reminiscence. The film is based on the 2003 comic book miniseries of the same name written by mark millar and penciled by dave johnson, andrew robinson, walden. So begins dcs acclaimed elseworlds story, superman. As one can see from the official trailer, the film aims to recontextualize the famed dc hero and puts him at the centre of a world war. Animation and dcs featurelength animated film, superman. The killing joke to talk about the upcoming dc comics adaptation, his interest in. The original character was created by mark millar and first appeared in superman. Superman leaves his own welcome parade after a chemical plant explodes, and stalins chief of police and son pyotr complains that superman will gain more power than he will in the soviet union. This version of batman is similar to flashpoints version as they both are more violent and ruthless than earth1s. Red son due to growing concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak.
The film is based on the 2003 comic book miniseries of the same name written by mark millar and pencilled by dave johnson, andrew robinson, walden wong and killian plunkett. Batman was a russian anarchist and a thorn in supermans side on earth30. The latest outing from dc comics and warner home media is the animated adaptation of one of dcs best elseworlds stories, superman. First, some context for this particularly brutal iteration of batman. Red son reveals simply how brutal batman will likely be within the animated dc movie.
Author mark millar created the comic with the premise what if superman had been raised in the soviet union. Its a fun watch, but fans of the graphic novel may be left wanting more. Red son, now out on bluray and 4k, offers a fascinating alternatereality premise. Batman tells kara and kalel that he got martian manhunter to get him a drop from kryptons red sun, and made the rod as a superpower suppressor. Red son is one of the most anticipated animated dc films in recent memory. Superman saves america from being hit by a soviet satellite, and meets lois lane for the first time. Batmans best weapon against superman is cooler than. This is actually one of the smartest mainstream, selfcontained, elseworldsstyle comics of the past couple of decades. Even when hes out powered superman, the red son can still easily outmaneuver him.
Red son is an adaptation of mark millars acclaimed dc elseworlds story that. Were just days away from the release of the muchanticipated warner bros. Director sam liu incorporates shades of the dark knight from batman v superman while trying to paint a man of steel as a somewhat sympathetic ussr leader in a wartorn world. Superman gets hit with multiple blasts of heat vision when batman shows up with a new weapon called the red sun generator. We wanted to end on a hopeful ending, instead of one where someone is definitively the villain, someone is the winner, and there is a loser. Red son does a clever job of adapting the elseworlds story of the same name to produce one of dcs most thoughtprovoking and sociopolitical animated movies ever. First announced early last year as the latest in a long line of dc comicsbased animated movies, red son is adapted from the acclaimed threeissue miniseries of the same name by writer mark millar and artists. That is the premise of this elseworlds tale from dc comics. Red son is an adaptation of mark millars acclaimed dc elseworlds story that explores what would have happened had baby kalel crashlanded in the soviet union during the cold war. Red son shows just how brutal batman will be in the animated dc film. Animation and dc, the featurelength animated film arrives along with a new dc showcase animated short, phantom stranger from warner bros.
Superman has all of his powers, but he doesnt use them with any grace or technique, and suffers when hes forced to fight batman without them. In the 1950s on earth30, superman is revealed as the newest soviet weapon in the cold war, turning the space race into a metahuman race. Red son animated adaptation of the acclaimed titular elseworlds storyline by mark millar and dave johnson that imagines what would happen if the man of steel landed not in the heartland of kansas but in the cold war era soviet union among the cast is roger craig smith as the voice of batman whos no stranger. Its russian batman v superman in trailer for superman.
Red son is an entertaining adaptation of one of the most famous stories featuring the man of steel. Last week we got the first details of the allstar cast and crew of the superman. Red son takes place in an alternate reality where the spaceship bearing the last survivor of krypton crash lands. Red son trailer which is an adaptation of the threeissue, 2003 miniseries by mark millar, dave johnson, and killian plunkett. This version of batman is similar to flashpoints version as they both are more violent and ruthless than earth1s batman. R labs seeking to defeat superman, the alien, to prove himself and humanity superior to all others. This version of batman is a drastic departure from the usual batman. An adaptation of mark millars threeissue elseworlds miniseries of the same name, the story sees kalel grow up in the soviet union instead of the united states. Red son, the new animated movie from wbhe, based on the classic 2003 elseworlds comic. The elseworlds story has been a basic for nearly twenty years and is about to lastly make its animated debut. Red son, and now the first clip of a soviet man of steel has arrived. What if baby kalels rocket landed, not in kansas, but in the soviet union. The new film features the voice talents of jason isaacs as kal. If anything, i find it more insulting that superman gets owned by.
The soviet batman is a stonecold killer as depicted in this scene from warner bros. Red son also stars amy acker as lois lane, diedrich baker as lex luthor, and vanessa marshall as wonder woman. Based on the trailer, the animated adaptation will accurately depict the events, from wonder woman breaking her own lasso, to batman being a major threat to the soviets plans. They capture wonder woman and use her as bait for superman, hoping to sap his powers. Home entertainment has officially released their animated dc adventure, superman. The first image has been released of the russian batman who will appear in the animated movie superman. The film adaptation was directed by sam liu wonder woman. Red son featuring the elsewordsrussian version of batman taking on a squadron of helicopters as the forces are attempting to capturekill him.