Blue Beetle Images Take Center Stage Today For 'Constantine: The House Of Mystery'

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Jump on the couch, pull up your cereal bowl, and relax right into the late 1960s era of Saturday morning cartoons with Blue Beetle, one of the four shorts comprising DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY, the third compilation of Warner Bros. Animation’s DC-centric shorts.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY – which also includes the shorts Blue Beetle, The Losers, and the title subject Constantine: The House of Mystery – will be available everywhere on Blu-ray and in 4K on Digital starting May 3, 2022.

Sufferin’ Scarabs! Silver Age Blue Beetle is back! And had he ever starred in a 1960s Saturday morning limited-animation cartoon with its jazzy earworm of a theme song, it would have been just like this short! Welcome to the adventures of Ted Kord, alias the Blue Beetle, as he teams up with fellow Super Heroes Captain Atom, The Question, and Nightshade to battle that nefarious finagler of feelings, Doctor Spectro. Blue Beetle is directed by Milo Neuman (Freedom Fighters: The Ray) from a screenplay by Jennifer Keene (Phineas and Ferb) based on a story by Jeremy Adams (Mortal Kombat Legends franchise).

• Ted Kord’s Blue Beetle travels in style, skying high above traffic in The Bug. Matt Lanter (Timeless, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 90210) stars as the voice of Blue Beetle.
• Dr. Spectro shows off his prize – an enormous diamond key to setting all of his nefarious plans in motion. Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) gives voice to Dr. Spectro.
• As one of the more conflicted yet effective pairings of Super-Heroes, Blue Beetle and The Question must combine their individual talents to solve the mystery at hand. Matt Lanter (Timeless, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 90210) stars as Blue Beetle alongside David Kaye (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, He-Man, and the Masters of the Universe) as The Question.
• Super Heroes Captain Atom and Nightshade make their first appearance in the DC Showcase – initially under the spell of Dr. Spectro – in the Blue Beetle animated short. Jeff Bennett (Johnny Bravo, Curious George) voices Captain Atom and Ashly Burch (The Ghost and Molly McGee) gives voice to Nightshade.

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A band of misfit soldiers, led by a mysterious special agent, wages war with the unexpected inhabitants of a secluded island in The Losers, one of the four shorts comprising DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY, the third compilation of Warner Bros. Animation’s DC-centric shorts.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY – which also includes the shorts Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth!, Blue Beetle and the title subject Constantine: The House of Mystery – will be available everywhere on Blu-ray and in 4K on Digital starting next Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

In The Losers, the legendary rag-tag team of World War II outcasts – Captain Storm, Johnny Cloud, “Mile-a-Minute” Jones, rookie Gunner and Sarge – find themselves marooned on an uncharted island in the South Pacific that is completely overrun with dinosaurs! Their would-be ally on this deadly mission, the mysterious and beautiful Fan Long of the Chinese Security Agency, tells them their job is to rescue the scientists that have been sent to study a time/space anomaly. Perhaps… but what is her mission? The Losers is directed by Milo Neuman (LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash) from a script by Tim Sheridan (Batman: The Long Halloween).

• Making their way through the jungle, the team hears something suspicious in the distance. The group – and the actors voicing them – includes Dean Winters (John Wick, 30 Rock) as Captain Storm, Dave B. Mitchell (Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms) as both Gunner & Sarge, Eugene Byrd (Bones, Arrow) as Mile-a-Minute Jones, and Martin Sensmeier (Westworld, The Magnificent Seven) as Johnny Cloud. And, of course, Pooch.
• Somebody is watching our heroes … and probably considering a marinade. You’ll have to watch The Losers to discover what’s behind that enormous eye. The Losers is directed by Milo Neuman (LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash) from a script by Tim Sheridan (Batman: The Long Halloween).
• Leading the rag-tag team is special agent Fan Long … and nobody but Fan Long knows what the true mission entails. Ming-Na Wen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Book of Boba Fett) leads the cast as the mysterious Fan Long.
• Once the secrets of the island are revealed, sheer mayhem reins the day – which is ironic given that Dean Winters, known for roles in John Wick & 30 Rock, and probably most easily recognized as an insurance company’s advertisement character Mayhem, provides the voice of Captain Storm.

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It’s basically Groundhog Day in Purgatory for the Hellblazer in Constantine: The House of Mystery, the never-before-seen centerpiece of the four DC-centric animated shorts that comprise DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, DC SHOWCASE – CONSTANTINE: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY – which also includes the shorts Blue Beetle, The Losers, Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth! – will be available everywhere on Blu-ray and in 4K on Digital starting May 3, 2022.

Matt Ryan (Constantine, Legends of Tomorrow) reprises his live-action and animated role as the Hellblazer himself in Constantine - The House of Mystery. In the all-new short, John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and ripping him to shreds, over and over again!  Constantine - The House of Mysteryis directed by Matt Peters (Injustice) from a script by Ernie Altbacker (Batman: Hush).

• Zatanna torments Constantine in an unending number of methods in Constantine - The House of Mystery. Camilla Luddington (Grey’s Anatomy) reprises her role from Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Zatanna.
• There’s nothing like being popular, and Constantine knows that all too well – especially when three of the nastiest creatures – Nergal, Bellzebub & Ashox – show up to get their share of the Hellblaser’s flesh. Robin Atkin Downes (The Strain) revisits his animated role as Nergal, while Damian O’Hare (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) gives voice to Ashox and Grey Griffin (Scooby-Doo franchise) provides the voice of Beelzebub.
• No Constantine tale would be complete without his pal Jason Blood and his rhyming alter ego, Etrigan. Ray Chase (Licorice Pizza) reprises his role from Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Jason Blood/Etrigan.
• Constantine never hesitates to negotiate with anyone, regardless of whether or not he has a sliver of leverage – and that’s extremely evident when he visits the cosmos to seek a release from his otherworldly prison. Matt Ryan (Constantine, Legends of Tomorrow) reprises his live-action and animated role as the Hellblazer himself in Constantine - The House of Mystery.

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I absolutely love these DC animated shorts, I'm especially excited for pseudo-Watchmen, Charlton character short. Constantine is also very curious since it continues the previous DC animated universe.