Back in late April, DC Comics animation producer Bruce Timm told Think McFly Think that a sequel to the direct-to-video animated movie Green Lantern: First Flight wasn’t on their schedule because sales had been only been slow but steady, and even though it was profitable it wasn’t up to what Warner Bros wanted. Now, a little over a month later, Warner Bros told investors that a “made-for-video” Green Lantern product would arrive in June 2011 as part of the character’s big yearlong push, spearheaded around the live-action film. So which is it? Do plans change that quickly over there or is this not an original product and it’s just some sort of repackaging? The latter would seem like an odd thing to single out to investors as a significant merchandising element alongside the games, summer blockbuster movie and TV series, so it seems like we’ll be getting a new DC Comics animated movie for Green Lantern next June. This isn’t overly surprising given the obvious marketing possibilities and that Warner Bros previously had Batman: Gotham Knight ready to go around the release of The Dark Knight, but it’s weird given the recent comments Bruce Timm made. One way or another, it looks like one way or another we’ll be seeing an animated Green Lantern next June.
Before then, the other DC Comics DTV movies include Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and presumably a February/March release next year.
