(Photo by: WBD)
A Babylon 5 reunion is on the way. The sci-fi series ran for five seasons from 1993-98 and returned for five TV films and a straight-to-DVD project. Members of the cast have reunited for a new animated reunion movie which is set for release this August.
Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy, Tracy Scoggins, and Patricia Tallman are returning to voice their characters from the original series with series creator J. Michael Straczynski writing the story. The rest of the movie’s voice cast includes Paul Guyet, Anthony Hansen, Mara Junot, Phil LaMarr, Piotr Michael, Andrew Morgado, and Rebecca Riedy.
The following was revealed about the project in a press release.
The highly anticipated continuation of the beloved series is finally here with an all-new original animated movie! Arriving on August 15, 2023, Babylon 5: The Road Home will be available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski returns with a story about the iconic Babylon 5 space station and its inhabitants as they take a journey through the past to determine the future.
Babylon 5 celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and returning to voice their characters from the original series are Bruce Boxleitner as John Sheridan, Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari, Bill Mumy as Lennier, Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley, and Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander.
The film also stars Paul Guyet (World of Warcraft) as Zathras and Jeffery Sinclair, Anthony Hansen (God of War) as Michael Garibaldi, Mara Junot (Green Lantern: Beware My Power) as Reporter and Computer Voice, Phil LaMarr (Futurama) as Dr. Stephen Franklin, Piotr Michael (Hogwart’s Legacy) as David Sheridan, Andrew Morgado (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) as G’Kar, and Rebecca Riedy (Magic: The Gathering Arena) as Delenn. Babylon 5: The Road Home was written and Executive Produced by series creator J. Michael Straczynski. The film was directed by Matt Peters (Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons), Supervising Producer is Rick Morales (Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind) and Executive Producer is Sam Register.
Babylon 5: The Road Home will be available on August 15 to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Discs will be available to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.
SYNOPSIS:
Return to Babylon 5 as the epic interstellar saga continues with The Road Home. Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.
The key art and trailer for the new Babylon 5 film are below.
(Photo: WBD)
What do you think? Do you plan to watch the new Babylon 5 reunion film when it is released? Were you a fan of the original series?
look how the massacred my boy.
animation style looks cheap and the opposite of immersive. why shadows look like mindless zergs?
B5 my favorite scifi show of all time and I’m not looking forward to what if? version of it in 2023.
We were told a new Babylon 5 series was being planned for release in fall 2023. Instead, it seems we are getting a cartoon movie. Damn you, CW, damn you to hell!
If this sells well it’ll bode well for future franchise releases in both animated movie set in this continuity and the reboot series I’ve heard from people involved.
To tell the story of Babylon 5 with the limited budget and CGI capabilities was a marvel. And still all too relevant, even to this day. If one is able to look through those things, they will recognize a great story.
So I will be interested in what the animation brings to the canon of Babylon 5. It is such a shame though that so many of the original cast have passed away, some far too young.
Let’s see how their replacements will do. There are quite some shoes to fill, all of them large.
it will not bring anything to the canon, it’s a multiverse **** that no one asked for.