I absolutely loved the original run of Showcase shorts that were attached to the DVD releases of past DC animated movies, and now FIVE new shorts are in production to be released with future features:
Sgt. Rock
Adam Strange
Phantom Stranger
Death (of The Endless)
Batman: Death in the Family
Looks like that last one is intended to be a longer short, akin to the Superman/Shazam/Black Adam short of the first Showcase run.
@mae All of the existing Showcase shorts are here. They play after Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam.
My hope for these new shorts with regards to DCU, is that they’ll be attached to their respective feature and we can watch them before or after (depending on how they’re formatted) each movie.
I’m glad they are bringing the shorts back. They were special features in the early animated movies. The last one was the Catwoman short on Batman Year One in 2011. I loved the extra shorts.
If Batman Death In The Family short is going to be based off the comic of the same name, I hope Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their roles as Batman and Joker.
@TheBatman: There’s no official release date for Batman: Hush yet.
However, since it’s a summer release and DC/WB like to show new features at San Diego Comic Con (July 18th - 21st), I’d guess we’re looking at a late July, early August release window.