Superman: Brainiac Attacks
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| Directed by | Curt Geda |
| Produced by | Duane Capizzi Margaret M. Dean Curt Geda Kyle Jolly Sander Schwartz |
| Written by | Duane Capizzi Christopher Simmons |
| Starring | Tim Daly Dana Delany Powers Boothe Lance Henriksen |
| Music by | Thomas Chase Jones |
| Cinematography | Dongwoo |
| Editing by | Margaret Hou |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 20 June 2006 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Language | English |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks is a direct to video animated film from Warner Bros. Animation released on June 20, 2006. It aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block three days before release on June 17, 2006. [1] It was released on DVD as a tie-in with the live-action Superman Returns.
The film features Superman battling the combined forces of Lex Luthor and Brainiac. It also focuses on the relationship between Superman and Lois Lane.
The film's visual style is based on the Superman animated series that ran in the late 1990s. Series alumni Tim Daly and Dana Delany are reunited to voice the characters of Superman and Lois Lane. This is the first time that Daly has returned to the Superman role since the 2002 video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, as he was not part of the cast of the Justice League animated series where the part of Superman was played by George Newbern. Clancy Brown and Corey Burton, who voiced Lex Luthor and Brainiac in the animated series and in the Justice League Unlimited series are noticeably absent in the cast of the movie. Powers Boothe and Lance Henriksen instead provided the voices of Luthor and Brainiac, respectively.
Duane Capizzi has confirmed that it was not his intent that this story become part of the DC animated universe.
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[edit] Synopsis
The description from the back of the DVD jacket says:
"Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel. But when Brainiac betrays Luthor and reveals its sinister plans for world domination, Superman must brave the mysterious Phantom Zone to find the strength to survive this deadly showdown."
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role | |
| Tim Daly | Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El (Voice) | |
| Dana Delany | Lois Lane (Voice) | |
| Powers Boothe | Lex Luthor (Voice) | |
| Lance Henriksen | Brainiac (Voice) | |
| George Dzundza | Perry White (Voice) | |
| David Kaufman | Jimmy Olsen (Voice) | |
| Mike Farrell | Jonathan Kent (Voice) | |
| Shelley Fabares | Martha Kent (Voice) |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Comics Continuum
- [2] Interview with writer Duane Capizzi explaining the film's place in continuity.
- [3] Director Curt Geda discusses his intentions in using the Superman: The Animated Series art style for the movie.
- Superman: Brainiac Attacks at the Internet Movie Database
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