A new trailer for Warner Bros.' DC League of Super-Pets features a surprise cameo from another famous cartoon pet: Garfield.
Shared on Reddit, the brief television spot for Warner Bros. and DC's upcoming animated movie shows the League of Super-Pets in a car. When PB, a potbellied pig that can change sizes at will, grows to fill the car and squish the rest of the pets against the windows, Merton the turtle sees a Garfield window toy and asks, "What's happening handsome?"
Created by Jim Davis, Garfield is a comic strip originally published in 1976, which chronicles the life of an orange, lasagna-loving cat named Garfield, his owner Jon Arbuckle and Odie the Dog.
Loosely based on the Legion of Super-Pets, introduced in Adventure Comics #293 by Jerry Siegel, Curt Swan and George Klein in 1962, DC League of Super-Pets stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the voice of Krypto the Superdog, Superman's canine sidekick. The film will follow Krypto and Batman's canine companion, Ace the Bat-Hound (voiced by Kevin Hart) as they form their own superhero team of shelter pets after the Justice League is taken captive by Lex Luthor. The League of Super-Pets will be comprised of PB (Vanessa Bayer), Merton, a turtle with superspeed (Natasha Lyonne) and an electric squirrel named Chip (Diego Luna). PB, Merton and Chip will become the respective pets of Wonder Woman, the Flash and Green Lantern.
A New Kind of Justice League
Along with this new trailer, Warner Bros. also released a series of posters showcasing the Justice League as they will appear in the upcoming film, each with a personalized tagline, including John Krasinski as Superman/Clark Kent, Keanu Reeves as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Olivia Wilde as Lois Lane, John Early as The Flash, Jameela Jamil as Wonder Woman, Jemaine Clement as Aquaman, Daveed Diggs as Cyborg, Dascha Polanco as Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern, and Marc Maron as Lex Luthor.
The first League of Super-Pets trailer which was released by Warner Bros. in November 2021. "It's a lot of fun," producer Hiram Garcia said of the animated film in August 2021. "As a Superman fan and a huge dog lover, having the ability to tell the story of Krypto and Superman is a dream come true! It's such a charming story, and then in addition we get to introduce the League of Super-Pets and all those wonderful characters. We have such an amazing cast of actors, and anytime you can get Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart together doing what they do, you know it's going to be a big, fun ride for audiences."
League of Super-Pets is expected to arrive in theaters Friday, July 29. The theatrical release of the animated adventure was delayed along with another Warner Bros. project starring Johnson, Black Adam. League of Super-Pets took the original release date of the live-action DC Extended Universe film, and Black Adam is now expected to hit theaters Oct. 21. A reason for the delay was not provided.
DC League of Super-Pets releases in theaters on July 29.
Source: Reddit