WARNER
ARCHIVE COLLECTION CELEBRATES
20th
ANNIVERSARY OF AWARD-WINNING ANIMATED FILM
BATMAN
& MR. FREEZE: SUBZERO
COMING
MARCH 27, 2018 TO BLU-RAY™
SPECIAL
WONDERCON WAC PANEL TO SPOTLIGHT MR. FREEZE ON 3/23/18
BURBANK, CA (March 1, 2018) –
Warner Archive Collection (WAC) celebrates the 20th
anniversary of Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
with a remastered Blu-ray™ release of
the award-winning animated film. Now available for preorders, Batman
& Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero will
be available March 27, 2018 via wb.com/warnerarchive and your
favorite online retailer.
To hail the
arrival of Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
on Blu-ray™, WAC will host an
hour-long panel at WonderCon on Friday, March 23 at 1:00pm in Room
300B. Warner Archive Podcast hosts D.W. Ferranti & Matthew
Patterson and some surprise guests will show remastered footage
and discuss the film and the evolution of Mr. Freeze from a goofy
villain into an endearing multi-dimensional character who just wants
to find a cure for his dying wife.
Originally
released as a direct-to-video film on March 17, 1998, Batman
& Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
will be released on Blu-ray™ in its original 4x3 Fullframe aspect ratio. The 67-minute film will be accompanied by several special features, including Art of Batman: Music Montage; Get the Picture: How to Draw Batman; the film’s theatrical trailer; and the Batman: The Animated Series/The Bew Batman Adventures/Batman Beyond “Mr. Freeze Saga” in chronological order – four episodes entitled "Heart of Ice," "Deep Freeze," "Cold Comfort" and "Meltdown." The episodes will be presented in standard definition.
will be released on Blu-ray™ in its original 4x3 Fullframe aspect ratio. The 67-minute film will be accompanied by several special features, including Art of Batman: Music Montage; Get the Picture: How to Draw Batman; the film’s theatrical trailer; and the Batman: The Animated Series/The Bew Batman Adventures/Batman Beyond “Mr. Freeze Saga” in chronological order – four episodes entitled "Heart of Ice," "Deep Freeze," "Cold Comfort" and "Meltdown." The episodes will be presented in standard definition.
In Batman
& Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero, Batman
faces his coolest case ever when Mr. Freeze returns to Gotham City
and kidnaps Batgirl. While unraveling the mystery of Batgirl’s
disappearance, Batman and Robin discover that she is part of Mr.
Freeze’s frigid plan to save his dying wife – no matter what the
cost. With time running out, Batman and Robin must find Gotham’s
most cold-blooded villain and prevent him from putting Batgirl “on
ice” forever.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
is directed by Boyd Kirkland, who also helmed 21 episodes of Batman:
The Animated Series as well as serving as a sequence director on
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The script is written by
Kirkland and Randy Rogel, who penned nine episodes of BTAS –
but is probably best known for his prolific songwriting on Steven
Spielberg Presents Animaniacs. Andrea Romano (of course) served
as casting and dialogue director.
The film was honored as the Annie Award
winner for Best Home Video/Animation.
The voice cast is led by Kevin Conroy,
the preeminent voice of Batman, who went head-to-head with Michael
Ansara (Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Harum Scarum) as he
also reprised his BTAS role of Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze.
“Watching Michael Ansara portray the
anguish and passion in Freeze’s love for Nora was beautiful,”
recalls Conroy. “It was an acting lesson.”
Batman &
Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero also reunites key members of the Batman:
The Animated Series cast, including Loren Lester (Robin/Dick
Grayson), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Alfred), Robert Costanzo (Detective
Harvey Bullock), Robert Hastings (Commissioner Gordon), Marilu Henner
(Veronica Vreeland), Mari Devon (Summer Gleeson) and Liane Schirmer
(Lt. Renee Montoya).
George Dzundza (The Deer Hunter, Law
& Order), who voiced several characters in BTAS,
joined the Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero cast as
Dr. Gregory Belson. The film also features Mary Kay Bergman in her
first and only turn as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, and Dean Jones (The
Love Bug) as Dean Arbagast. The cast also includes Rahi Azizi as
Koonak, Lauren Tom as Mariko, and veteran voice actors Frank Welker,
Tress MacNeille, Townsend Coleman, Neil Ross, Randy Thompson and Ed
Gilbert. Notable on-camera actors Brian George (Seinfeld) and
Carl Lumbly (Alias, Justice League/Justice League Unlimited)
also provide voices for the film.
BATMAN
and all related characters and elements are
trademarks of and © DC Comics. © 2018 Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc.
Warner
Archive Collection (WAC)
continues to serve as host to some of the most beloved films,
television series and animated entertainment in history – and many
are now available on Blu-ray. WAC’s canon runs the gamut from
restored and remastered Blu-ray classics such as The
Americanization of Emily, The
Big Sleep, The Great Race, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Victor/Victoria
and Yankee Doodle Dandy to adored TV
offerings such as Longmire (on
Blu-ray), Alice
and Family Matters (on
DVD) to
feature-length animated films, including the recent Blu-ray release
of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,
to animated TV series headed by recent Blu-ray releases such as
Justice League Unlimited
and Young Justice
and a wealth of classic animated series on DVD including dozens of
Hanna-Barbera classics. WAC offerings can be found via
wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.
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