justice league the new frontier

Stan Berkowitz

Sander Schwartz

Gregory Noveck

Bruce Timm Written by Stan Berkowitz

Darwyn Cooke Starring Kyle MacLachlan

Jeremy Sisto

Lucy Lawless

Neil Patrick Harris

David Boreanaz

Phil Morris

Miguel Ferrer

Brooke Shields

Kyra Sedgwick Music by Kevin Manthei Distributed by Warner Home Video

Warner Bros. Animation

DC Comics Release date(s) February 26, 2008 Language English IMDb

Justice League: The New Frontier is a direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the DC Comics limited series DC: The New Frontier. The film was written by Justice League writer Stan Berkowitz, with Darwyn Cooke serving as story and visual consultant.

The video has received a rating of PG-13 for violent content/images and was released on February 26, 2008.[1] It is the second in the line of DC Universe Original Animated Movies released by Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation; with the first release being Superman: Doomsday and the next release being Batman: Gotham Knight. Its US broadcast premier was Saturday, Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Critical reception 4 DVD 5 Soundtrack 6 References 7 External links //

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The film begins with an unknown entity explaining how it has witnessed the evolution of life on Earth: “ Like all things on this hurtling sphere, I emerged from the molten center of creation. But mine has been a unique path. Isolated, I developed attributes beyond those of lesser beings. Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone. Black chunks of death filled the skies and the world became a chaotic garden of doom. Soon the sphere began to nurture new kinds of life. And there was one that stood above the rest. Its fragile shell belied its vicious nature. And in what seemed like a heartbeat, these things proliferated in both number and destructive needs. Now they have harnessed the most destructive force. And I, The Center, have concluded that the sphere must be cleansed of them. ”

This explanation is shown being written and illustrated under the title "The Last Story" by a mysterious person who then shoots himself.

The film cuts to the end of the Korean War, where United States Air Force pilot Hal Jordan and his wingman, Kyle "Ace" Morgan, are attacked by enemy pilots not yet informed of the cease-fire. Hal is shot down in the ensuing conflict, and forced to kill a Korean soldier after ejecting to safety. The trauma of this event leads Hal to a mental ward within a hospital for two years.

Elsewhere, at Gotham Observatory, the last survivor of the Green Martian race, J'onn J'onzz, is inadvertently teleported to Earth by a scientist, Dr. Saul Erdel. The shock of