“LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!” will be a new direct to video movie released on August 25th. The last several direct to video movies have built up the Justice League, now Lex Luthor is gathering villains to form the Legion of Doom. From the press release:
Crime is on the run as the newly formed Justice League keeps Metropolis safe and this makes evil genius Lex Luthor very unhappy. Together with Black Manta, Sinestro and a gang of ruthless recruits, Lex builds his own league and declares them the Legion of Doom. With this super powered team of terror and a plan to attack the top-secret government site, Area 52, can Lex finally be on the verge of victory? Sound the alarm and get ready for the bricks to fly when Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League face off against the world’s greatest Super-Villains! It’s the next all-new original movie from LEGO® and DC Comics!
…now that I look at it, it looks more like the Justice League is attacking the Legion of Doom. Poor Lex Luthor. Poor Gorilla Grodd.
Like most of the LEGO direct to video releases, the DVD/blu-ray versions will include an exclusive minifigure; this time the Trickster, a member of the Flash’s rogues gallery. He’s the character played by Mark Hamill on both the 1990 “The Flash” and the current series, and he’s voicing the Trickster in this feature as well. This makes him one of only a few actors to have been immortalized as three different characters as a LEGO minifigure — Luke Skywalker, the Joker, and Trickster. Other members include Chris Pratt and Alfred Molina. But I digress.
These little LEGO movies are consistently funny, with enough adventure for true superheroics, but safer for kids than DC’s standard direct to video fare. With no version of the Justice League on tv in animation, or in the theaters, this is the way to get your fix. And a keen Trickster minifigure.
That’s the trailer — see you on August 25th!
