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October 16, 2021: Battle of the Super Sons will be CG animated and releases fall 2022. IGN Article
March 16, 2022: Battle of the Super Sons will be rated PG-13 for violence and language. Anime Superhero Post
June 20, 2022: A U.K. Listing for the movie has a title of "Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons" with a logline of "the sons of two superheroes must join forces to save the planet." The director is Matt Peters and cast includes Jack Dylan Grazer, Jack Griffo, and Laura Bailey. Runtime listed as 79 minutes. Page lists "moderate violence, threat, bloody images, implied strong language" but ratings section describes in more detail, "There is occasional bloody detail, including a slow-motion blood spurt in the aftermath of a punch. Alien starfish explode bloodily," "there is implied strong language," "there is moderate body horror when alien starfish erupt from victims' mouths. Two young teenagers must fight their possessed parents," and "there is moderate violence in which blades, fists, guns and fantastical powers are used. A woman uses a lit aerosol to burn an alien". BBFC
June 25, 2022: Battle of the Super Sons set for a September 21, 2022 release on a French website. DCAUR Tweet
June 29, 2022: An iTunes listing for Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons has appeared with front cover art, a new logline, a still of a Starro on a woman's face, directors listed as Rick Morales and Matt Peters, screenwriter listed as Jeremy Adams, producer listed as Alyessa Ornelas, and cast listed are Jack Dylan Grazer, Jack Griffo, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Darin De Paul, Tom Kenny, Nolan North, Zeno Robinson, Myrna Velasco, and Travis Willingham. On his 11th birthday, Jonathan Kent learns his dad is Superman and he has his own latent super powers. He also meets Batman and Robin. Damian is a reluctant sidekick. Jonathan and Damian are forced to team up to protect their loved ones from a hostile alien force. DCAUR Tweet
June 30, 2022: 1:10 trailer posted. Releases on October 18, 2022. WBHE YouTube
June 30, 2022: Press release confirms title is Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons and releases under the DC Animated Movie line. Matt Peters is the director and the writer is Jeremy Adams. Starro confirmed. Jack Dylan Grazer voices Jonathan Kent, Jack Griffo voices Damian Wayne, Troy Baker voices Batman, Travis Willingham voices Superman, Laura Bailey voices Lois Lane, Darin De Paul voices Lex Luthor and Starro, Tom Kenny voices Green Arrow and Penguin, Zeno Robinson voices Jimmy Olsen and Melvin Masters, Nolan North voices Jor-El, and Myrna Velasco voices Wonder Girl and Lara. Jim Krieg is a producer. Rick Morales is the Supervising Producer. Special feature is "Rival Sons: Jonathan and Damian" a featurette about the Super Sons. Running time is 79 minutes and rated PG-13. WF Article
July 1, 2022: Dynamic Music Partners composed the music for the movie. Kristopher Carter Tweet
July 3, 2022: Studio Mir provided animation services for this movie. Studio Mir instagram
July 8, 2022: Dynamic Music Partners wrote the main theme on July 8, 2021. Kristopher Carter Tweet
September 8, 2022: Premieres at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 7 at 3:30pm on Main Stage, followed by a panel featuring members of the cast and crew. Comicsbeat Article
September 26, 2022: New York Comic Con panelists will be Jack Dylan Glazer, Jack Griffo, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, director Matt Peters, screenwriter Jeremy Adams and supervising producer Rick Morales. Superman Homepage Article
October 4, 2022: 1:23 clip featuring Jonathan learning he has powers and who his father is. Cinema Blend Article
October 5, 2022: 0:53 second clip with Batman taking on Penguin and his goons on a roof while Superman and Jonathan observe and comment. Comic Book Article
October 5, 2022: 1:00 clip with Lois showing concern about Jonathan's powers. Coming Soon Article
October 6, 2022: 1:13 clip with Robin and Jonathan meeting. Den of Geek Article
October 7, 2022: 2 second "Trouble in Watchtower" clip featuring Green Arrow clip. Screen Rant YouTube
October 7, 2022: Comments from Jeremy Adams. Rick Morales wanted to make a Super Sons movie since he worked with Adams on the LEGO DC movies. Adams was not constrained by the recent change in the comics that Jonathan was gay. They chose Starro before the live action The Suicide Squad movie was revealed to also be using Starro. Hall of Justice 304
October 7, 2022: 38:07 cast and crew interview at New York Comic Con. Superman Homepage YouTube
October 8, 2022: 11:22 cast and crew interview at New York Comic Con. CBR YouTube
October 13, 2022: 30:41 cast and crew interview at New York Comic Con. Hall of Justice Episode 305
October 14, 2022: Interview with Jack Griffo. CBM Article
October 14, 2022: Interview with Matt Peters. CBM Article
October 14, 2022: A soundtrack will release on October 18, 2022 through Dynamic Music Partners. WF Article
October 15, 2022: Interview with Jeremy Adams. CBM Article
October 17, 2022: 00:40 clip released. CBR Article
October 18, 2022: 00:57 clip "Watchtower" released. WBHE YouTube
December 14, 2022: Score submitted to SCL Awards for Outstanding Original Score. Interview and link to reel of entire score included. Kristopher Carter Tweet
December 20, 2022: The movie will premiere on HBO Max on January 17, 2023. WBD Press Release
Janaury 17, 2023: Jeremy Adams leads a watch party on Twitter Spaces. Around the time of LEGO Aquaman, Rick Morales went to Adams about Super Sons and handed him a trade to read. They pushed for it ever since but theatrical was trying to do one but it never happened. Morales and Adams kept trying for years and talked about it at lunch when they worked on other movies. Morales was in a meeting for another movie and brought up Super Sons. Home Video checked. It was a go during that window when Warner Bros. and Discovery were merging. The movie was originally titled Super Sons, but due to legalities and such, it was renamed. Adams made Lois a little scatter-brained to hint at her wild times as a reporter. Jack Grazer recorded in his closet during the pandemic. The story was almost set during Christmas but Adams and Morales were working on a Christmas project at the time so it was changed to a birthday. There is a specific idea in mind for a sequel if it's greenlit. Adams originally pitched the movie as G-rated then they were told to make it PG-13 by Home Video. Adams was not happy. Jim Krieg told Jeremy "all we have to do is write an 80s PG movie" then things clicked for Adams. Adams wanted to use the cat being killed scene from the Tomasi run but no one else was up to doing it. They increased Jonathan to 10-12ish years old from 7 in the comics because 7 felt to adolescent for the stakes involved. Adams tried to write Damian somewhat likeable in terms of his logic like taking the wrong lessons from his father, i.e. knocks Jon over to activate more powers. It was purposeful nod to the Super Sons with the two pairs facing off. No one had any no idea Starro was in The Suicide Squad. Super Sons was written about a year before it. Adams had the original Teen Titans in mind. Executives were confused about Bat-Cow but Adams explained that was in the comics. There was a bit more about Batman using a passcode when he hails the Watchtower. They were only allowed so many assets in a CG movie at this level so it had to be strategic like with the Titans line-up, not because of personal preference. Krieg came up with Starros coming out of host's mouths around time when Adams was resisting PG-13. "Cunningham," the name of principal was a nod to a relative of Adams'. Adams loves DC/martial arts stuff so had to put in the two finger paralysis move. A "bend with your knees!" when the giant key is lifted was cut for time as well as Jon trying the giant key a couple times and failing. Adams emulatated Big Trouble in Little China with the in-and-out Watchtower set up. Lois Lane's lighter was kind of a nod to Margot Kidder's Lois being a chain smoker. One of first things pitched was Jon taking the arrow and discovering invulnerability. There was more cat-and-mouse between the hive mind and the boys. Originally, the movie was going to end it on the Watchtower landing on Earth. Twitter Spaces
November 2, 2023: Nominated for an Emmy in the Sound Mixing & Editing category. Variety Article
