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Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War Trailer
Watch the trailer for Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War here… From the looks of it, Apokalips War takes place some time after the post-credits scene in Reign of the Supermen. That movie revealed Cyborg Superman to be an Apokaliptian plant, working to destroy Earth on Darkseid’s behalf. In fact, an all-out invasion was only averted when Hank Henshaw’s ego overrode Darkseid’s programming, and he tried to take down Superman himself and closed the boom tube he had opened for Apokalips. In the post-credits scene, Luthor (voiced terrifically by Rainn Wilson) joined the League to take the fight to Apokalips. Here…yeah they’re all captured. Bad call. So that leaves the rest of the world this shared continuity has built. As a reminder, that includes Damian’s Teen Titans (as seen in Justice League vs. Teen Titans and The Judas Contract); the Suicide Squad (from the terrific Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay); and the assorted Bat-friends like Batwoman (from Batman: Bad Blood) and Bat-foes like Lady Shiva (from Batman: Hush). And, of course, it includes the members of Justice League Dark. The only evidence in the trailer for this being the end of the shared continuity is the general vibe of a “final battle” the trailer has. This doesn’t feel like the start of a new chapter for the DC Animated Feature Universe that’s been developing for 13 movies now. It feels like the last chapter of that story. The official synopsis plays into that vibe as well.. It’s worth noting that the only DC movies announced for after Apokalips War are Superman: Man of Tomorrow, about Superman’s early days and very possibly not in that continuity, and Batman: The Long Halloween, a movie that, barring a Hush-esque miracle, will probably only exist in a vague continuity space. So it remains to be seen if this is just the next step, or the DC Animated equivalent of the Twilight of the Superheroes.
Justice League Dark: Apocalype War Release Date
Justice League Dark: Apocalypse War arrives on digital on May 5, and Blu-ray combo pack on May 19. It also features an Adam Strange animated short, which should be really cool. We’ll update this with more information as it becomes available.
