About a month or two back celebrated television and comics writer J. Michael Straczynski released news about a new Babylon 5 animated movie to continue the story that he started back in the 1990s. The film, which is titled Babylon 5: The Road Home reunites original cast members with new cast members subbing in for the cast members that the series has tragically lost over the years.
As many fans will tell you. Babylon 5 when it was released back in 1993 helped to revolutionize the television landscape and was the first TV show to tell a story over a five-year story arc.
Yesterday, JMS released more information about the animated film on Twitter which we have reposted below:
Folks have been asking what style would be used for the #B5animatedmovie. During the Phoenix Fan Fusion convention, with Warners permission, I showed the first images from the movie seen anywhere. They have now kindly given the go-ahead to post them online as well, so here we go! pic.twitter.com/8bSS48bqw9
— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) June 9, 2023
The movie will see several roles recast due to the fact that we have lost a substantial portion of Babylon 5’s cast in recent years. To that end, Anthony Hansen has taken on the big job of voicing the role of Michael Garibaldi while Phil LaMarr, Andrew Morgado, Paul M. Guyet, and Rebecca Riedy will voice the parts of Dr. Stephen Franklin, G’Kar, Zafras, and Delenn respectively. In a tweet posted earlier today. JMS thanked these actors for having the bravery to fill such big shoes. As the actors who originated these roles were universally loved by fans and fellow cast members alike.
JMS further revealed that the movies trailer will be released in mid-June along with details on where fans can watch the movie.
As fans of the original run and most of the spin-off materials that have been released over the years. We here at SciFiPulse are thrilled that JMS has been able to produce a last hurrah for the remaining original cast of the show before he moves forward with the planned reboot of the show, which was originally in the works for CW, but is presently on hold for now.
