Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns Animated

[marvelrobbins]

The problem here Is no Kevin Conroy or No Michael Ironside voicing batman.So much for the talk of past vets Involved here.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

The problem here Is no Kevin Conroy or No Michael Ironside voicing batman.So much for the talk of past vets Involved here.

The work of previous Batman veterns was referring to the crew I believe.

It was pretty obvious from the moment we got word of this that Kevin wouldn't be doing it. I KNEW Bruce Timm wouldn't have cast him.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Decent Batman voice, weak Leader voice.

 

[EliteF50]

The work of previous Batman veterns was referring to the crew I believe.

It was pretty obvious from the moment we got word of this that Kevin wouldn't be doing it. I KNEW Bruce Timm wouldn't have cast him.

Same, but I was still holding out some hope for Michael Ironside.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I would have went with Ironside personally... but maybe he is just too busy these days.

If it is Miguel Ferrer (which my ear is telling me) then I'm sure he'll do a fine job overall.

 

[marvelrobbins]

well I always figured with Kevin doing Justice leagueoom he wouldn't also do this.Warner brothers will only let them use Kevin occassionly.

 

[Bat-Mite]

IMDB claims it's Ironside. However, he's also the only member of the cast that it has listed, which makes that claim suspicious, IMO.

Everything looks great, but the voices sound bad, imo.

I agree. I actually laughed out loud when I heard Gordon's voice, and Alfred didn't even sound British to me.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

IMDB claims it's Ironside. However, he's also the only member of the cast that it has listed, which makes that claim suspicious, IMO.

A poster over at ToonZone... Otaku-Sempi... submitted Ironside as the actor himself.

He was only guessing. So yeah.

And don't despair Kevin fans... we have him in Arkham 3 and Flashpoint soon at least. And maybe even Lego Batman 2.

 

[mr jinx]

Looks like another hit!

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[Sky Captain]

Was nobody able to snatch the actual trailer?

 

[Hamill-Joker]

Not a fan of the voice acting.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Can't see the trailer.

 

[gkokujin]

did anyone grab the trailer before it was taken down?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I don't think anybody did sadly... but I think an official premiere and press release is imminent.

 

[The Guard]

That doesn't sound like Ironside, who obviously voiced this version before in TNBA.

The trailer was okay. I think they may have been a bit too slavish to Klaus's artwork. It's like an animated series hybrid of it. Batman sounds okay. The Mutant Leader sounds kind of silly. Gordon sounds good, though. I don't know...it's not as atmospheric as I'd have hoped.

 

[Binker]

Is there anyway someone could PM me the trailer and images? I didn't even know they were here!

 

[D.P.]

Is there anyway someone could PM me the trailer and images? I didn't even know they were here!

^^^

 

[Rockbottom]

Yeah can I get a PM too please?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Nobody managed to pull it in time, but some did take screengrabs. The best we have at the moment. However, I'm sure an official release is imminent...

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?285558-quot-Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Returns-Parts-1-2-quot-%28Animated-Feature%29-quot-News-amp-Discussion-Thread-%28Spoilers%29&p=3998206#post3998206

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-knight-returns-peter-weller-327960

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

- Peter Weller voices Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Ariel Winter voices Carrie Kelly/Robin
- Wade Williams voices Harvey Dent/Two-Face
- Michael McKean voices Dr. Wolper
- David Selby also voices a character (probably Alfred)

Bob Goodman wrote the script
Jay Oliva directs.

Warner Bros. has set the voice cast for its upcoming animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic 1986 Batman tale The Dark Knight Returns, from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home Video.

Peter Weller (Robocop) will star as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Modern Family’s middle child Ariel Winter will play Robin.

Warners and DC are splitting up the adaptation of the dense four-part graphic novel into two animated features titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 and Part 2. The first movie, which will be released under the DC Comics Premiere Movie brand, will hit shelves in the fall. Part 2 will be released in early 2013.

Also in the cast are David Selby, the veteran actor who starred in the original Dark Shadows soap opera as well as the classic 1980s soap Falcon Crest; Wade Williams (Prison Break) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face; and Michael McKean as Dr. Wolper, the psychiatrist who releases the Joker from the insane asylum.

Jay Oliva, who storyboarded Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel and who previously directed sequences of Warners and DC’s animated feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, is helming. Bob Goodman, a writer on Syfy’s Warehouse 13 and a veteran of many DC cartoons, penned the script.

One of the most influential comics of all time, the Dark Knight Returns is set in a near future where Batman is retired and Gotham City has slid into a dystopian state ruled by a gang of hooligans called The Mutants. The 55-year old Bruce Wayne is forced to don the cape once more, this time partnering with a female Robin to not only stop the Joker but keep the peace when the city falls into chaos after being hit by an electromagnetic pulse.

The four-book mini-series, along with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, also published that year, was praised for its mature and psychological take on superheroes. It set a violent and realistic tone in superhero comics and served as a big influence on Christopher Nolan's Batman movie trilogy, the last of which opens July 20.

“Dark Knight Returns is the granddaddy of beloved comics properties that we’ve ever attempted (to adapt),” said Bruce Timm, the veteran animation guru who has exec produced all of DC’s animated movies. “There is definitely the imperative to get it right.”

On the voice front, Timm described Weller a having “the proper weight to his voice. He definitely brings all of the world-weariness of the character and inner core of optimist covered in a cynical shell.”

Winter says she prepared for the role by seeing other Batman movies and asking, “How can I maker her different from the other Robins, other than just being female? She’s really tough and she needs to have an edge in her voice so I tried a lower register for her.”

The movie will be the 15th in DC’s best-selling line of animated movies, many of which have translated storiesseen in the comic books. Miller’s other seminal Batman story, Batman: Year One, was made into animated feature in 2011. (The line was called DC Universe Animated Original Movies but will now be called DC Comics PremiereMovies.)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-knight-returns-peter-weller-327960

 

[Eddie Dean]

PETER WELLER!!!!!!!

Pretty cool.

 

[Figs]

Love the Peter Weller casting, not sure about everyone else though.

 

[Hush]

This has possibly the weakest cast of all the DTV's. I hope it turns out good but this cast doesn't really excite me in anyway.

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

stan smith is everywhere.