The Road Home leads to streaming and home formats for Babylon 5 in mid-August.
Updated 14/08/23:Two further clips drop in the run up to the film’s release.
Ahead of the movie’s release tomorrow, although we understand some copies are already in the wild, here’s a roundup of two more promo clips for Babylon 5: The Road Home.
In the first, released via IGN, John Sheridan encounters his predecessor on an embattled Babylon 5 station.
The second brings him to a fateful, critical place in his own personal history – the home planet of the Shadows – Z’ha’dum.
Babylon 5: The Road Home is available to buy now on streaming, as well as Blu Ray and 4K.
Updated 06/08/23: Two further clips from the movie emerge…
The first, premiered by Screen Rant, sees Sheridan coming unstuck in time. It appears to visit a crucial moment during the show’s time-hopping season 3 story ‘War Without End’.
The second emerged via Bleeding Cool, and gives us a taste of those promised alternate realties as our John Sheridan meets another version of himself.
Updated 04/01/23: With a fortnight until its release, there’s a new clip from to set the scene.
As long-term fans we’ve been counting the days – the animated B5 movie lands on August 14th, 2023. Giving nothing away, Warner Bros. Entertainment have released a new clip which gives a flavour of Sheridan’s mood as he takes up his new responsibilities.
As well as giving us a further look at the animation style, this is another chance to hear Rebecca Riedy in the role of Delenn. She steps in to replace the much-missed Mira Furlan, who passed away in 2021.
Babylon 5: The Road Home is available to pre-order now on Blu-Ray, 4K and video-on-demand.
Original article (of 16/06/23) continues…
Babylon 5: The Road Home trailer and date confirmed
The Road Home leads to streaming and home formats for Babylon 5 in mid-August.
It’s been no time at all since the show creator J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) dropped the surprise news of an animated Babylon 5 movie.
The nineties science fiction show, which famously eschewed a monster-of-the-week format for an epic five-year story arc, returns as a feature-length animation. Penned by JMS, Babylon 5: The Road Home includes vocal performances for a number of the original cast, as well as some unfortunately necessary recasting.
Here’s the synopsis for Babylon 5: 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.”
Series stars Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy, Tracy Scoggins and Patricia Tallman all reprise their original roles. New voice talent will bring us characters such as Delenn, G’Kar, Dr Franklin and Michael Garibaldi, where the original actors have sadly passed away. For more information, check out our previous post.
The two-minute trailer gives us a taste of those other realities, as well as the return of the fan-favourite Zathras. We spotted the Icarus, the ill-fated ship which explored Z’ha’dum, the home planet of the Shadows, and Sheridan seemingly visits the darkest timeline where the allies lost the Shadow War.
It’s rumoured that the movie is receiving a premiere at the San Diego Comic Con in July. Then, it goes to streaming and home formats on August 14th, 2023.
Special Features
Thanks to Sci-Fi Bulletin, we’ve also leaned that the release will come with a new featurette ‘Babylon 5 Forever’, a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the animation. Plus, there’s an audio commentary track from creator/writer/executive producer J. Michael Straczynski, star Bruce Boxleitner and supervising producer Rick Morales.
In the UK, Babylon 5: The Road Home is already up for pre-order on Amazon, to purchase via Prime Video, as well on home formats. Frankly, we can’t wait!