Legion of Super-Heroes Trailer Brings Past and Future Heroes Together

While Warner Bros. has spent the final decade plus attempting to whip DC Comics films into some type of coherence in reside motion, its animated film output has typically remained constant. The 2010s noticed over a dozen films based mostly on or impressed by the New 52 line of comics, and later rebooted into a brand new sequence of movies starting with 2020’s Superman: Man of Tomorrow and Batman: The Long Halloween. Next yr’s Legion of Super-Heroes continues the now five-film franchise by utilizing Superman and Supergirl to highlight considered one of DC’s B-tier superhero groups.

The movie sees Supergirl (Meg Donnelly) present up on Earth and able to combat alongside her cousin, albeit with the velocity bumps that include being a first-time hero. To assist her get the grasp of issues, Superman (Darren Criss) takes her to the thirty first Century, the place the Legion Academy is completely happy to show her the superhero ropes. Having Brainiac 5 (Harry Shum Jr.) as a classmate isn’t nice for Kara Zor-El, however one thing she finally learns to cope with if it signifies that she received’t degree buildings whereas preventing crime.

During her time on the Academy, Kara and her fellow trainees, like Mon-El (Yuri Lowenthal), Timber Wolf (Robbie Daymond), and Phantom Girl (Gideon Adland) study that the varsity is being invaded by a felony group known as the Dark Circle. With the unique heavy hitter Legion members lacking in motion, stopping the Circle and saving the varsity falls to Kara and the remainder of the scholars.

Kara doing a team-up with the Legion isn’t new territory; even setting apart the futuristic group showing in Supergirl, each Superman (via the Legion of Superheroes cartoon from 2005) and his son Jon (in Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook’s 2019 comics run) have hung out within the thirty first Century. More not too long ago, Young Justice: Phantoms additionally included some members of the group throughout its run. What’ll be attention-grabbing to see is what else is within the Legion’s future, and what steps James Gunn and Peter Safran will take to make sure we see extra of those heroes going ahead.

Legion of Super-Heroes will launch on February 7, 2023.

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