Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns Animated

[Marvel Spider]

I heard Batman sounds like Michael Ironside.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

No I meant the mutant leaders voice... Batman supposedly never spoke in the clip.

They might get Kevin Michael Richardson back.

 

[BH/HHH]

There's alot of twitter buzz on this saying it looks fantastic and someone reckons Michael Ironside is playing Batman. Suppose this would be a reprise from TNBA episode Legends of the Dark Knight.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Even though fans didn’t get a look at The Dark Knight Rises, early feedback on Twitter suggests that they were not disappointed by The Dark Knight Returns footage. Tweets about the Dark Knight Returns were overwhelmingly positive, describing the footage as “epic,” “awesome,” “perfect,” “really well done,” and “one of the best Batman animated projects yet.”

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/03/17/the-dark-knight-returns-footage-shown-at-wondercon/

Finally, once the discussion was over and the panel had fielded questions from the audience, we were given one last treat. A sneak peek at scenes from the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie, an adaptation of Frank Miller’s seminal work "The Dark Knight Returns," which fans have been demanding to see made into a film practically since DC started producing animated features. Some of the footage was finished and some of it was rough but the montage featured several iconic shots from the graphic novel including an older Bruce Wayne, the female Robin, and Batman flying through the rain, which is featured on the cover of the original comic. The Dark Knight Returns will be released in fall 2012 and while the voice cast has not yet been announced, it is rumored that long-time Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) will once again voice the Dark Knight.

http://www.iamrogue.com/news/wonder...012-superman-vs-the-elite-world-premiere.html

 

[BH/HHH]

I know that thing says Kevin Conroy but with someone saying they recognise the voice as Michael Ironside I'd bet on it been him. I wonder whose gonna voice Superman in Part 2.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

The footage started off with the silhouetted Mutant Leader giving his famed speech regarding Gotham City belonging to the mutants. What followed was an all-out blitz of action sequences featuring numerous iconic shots taken right from the source material (like the image above). There was a quick shot of Carrie Kelly as Robin and everything culminated in brief, and I do mean brief, highlights of Batman's fight with the Mutant Leader.

Batman had no dialogue in this footage, so we still do not know which actor will provide the voice. The art captures Frank Miller's character designs with remarkable accuracy, though the style isn't quite as rough around the edges. It's been "cleaned up" in order to be animated, which makes sense.

The crowd was very impressed by what they saw, myself included.

http://www.modern-myth-media.com/2012/03/dark-knight-returns-at-wondercon.html

I don't know were people are getting Michael Ironside from...

 

[BH/HHH]

http://www.modern-myth-media.com/2012/03/dark-knight-returns-at-wondercon.html

I don't know were people are getting Michael Ironside from...

Interesting, probably just BS unless someone has seen that Legends from the Dark Knight episode of TNBA and just assumed.

 

[Lord]

With this film i also wonder if after this project they will move to other superheroes, if they will try to adapt other Batman Classics like Killing Joke, or if they will even adapt Miller's other Batman more controversional stories like The Dark Knight Strikes Back or even All-Star Batman and Robin

 

[BH/HHH]

With this film i also wonder if after this project they will move to other superheroes, if they will try to adapt other Batman Classics like Killing Joke, or if they will even adapt Miller's other Batman more controversional stories like The Dark Knight Strikes Back or even All-Star Batman and Robin

Killing Joke would be awesome but I hope they give us another Superman then a Justice League DTV after TDKR part 2.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Mark Hamill has already put his name forward for an adaptation...

 

[BH/HHH]

Mark Hamill has already put his name forward for an adaptation...

Even sweeter, him and Conroy back for that would be awesome.

Also I'd love Bob Hastings to come back as Commissioner Gordon.

 

[Binker]

 

[EditNinja]

Not my fan art, but I saved this from somewhere (maybe these boards) a few years back and thought I'd share it now that the trailer has been shown at WonderCon. I think it's the style they might go for:

 

[EditNinja]

...or there's always this:
(again, this is not my fan-art. Credit to 'CALLEN')

 

[BaneOfTheDemon]

As long as Bruce Timm is producing I'm having high-hopes for this animated movie.

They really need to make animated movies of Knightfall and The Killing Joke/The Man Who Laughs, though.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Animation is looking pretty slick and almost Batman: TAS-esque with the shading there.

 

[theMan-Bat]

http://mightyaction.com/2012/03/18/wondercon-superman-elite-advanced-screening-review/

 

[theMan-Bat]

Japanese toy manufacturer Kotobukiya's DC Comics ARTFX Statue line is releasing a 12 inch tall Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Hunt the Dark Knight statue in September.

http://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/news/1469/kotobukiyas-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-artfx-statue

 

[theMan-Bat]

I'm still on the fence with this being a two-parter. I think i'll just try my best waiting for the Double-Blu-ray collection, because paying 40$ for 120 minutes (+the extras) is too much.

They would likely price a Blu-ray collection of both movies with a $40 price. I'm willing to buy both Batman: The Dark Knight Returns movies separately. Releasing the two movies separately also means there will be individual special features for each. I'm willing to pay extra in order to get extra, more than just 75 minutes of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and a smaller amount of special features. I'd rather see them do the material justice, rather than see the material butchered to fit the 75 minute time restrictions. As Bruce Timm said, "It was way too big to do it in one movie." A common complaint about the DC animated movies is that they are short, I am glad they are getting around that 75 minute limitation with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns released as two movies. Making it two movies is a cleaver way of getting around the arbitrary time limit restrictions.

I prefer the first half of the book to the second. I hate how Superman is potrayed in this book.

I prefer the second half with the Joker, and I don't hate how Superman is portrayed as a patriotic, law-abiding establishment figure, at odds with Batman's obsessive vigilantism. I'm a fan of both Superman and Batman and I am entertained by the tension and conflict between them. The conflict between Batman and Superman is more entertaining, interesting and believable to me than them portrayed as super-friends. They are very different in their approaches and their personalities. It is their differences from each other that make them such interesting, unique individual characters to me.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Japanese toy manufacturer Kotobukiya's DC Comics ARTFX Statue line is releasing a 12 inch tall Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Hunt the Dark Knight statue in September.

http://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/news/1469/kotobukiyas-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-artfx-statue

 

[Ponyboy]

Cool looking statue! Although, I can't tell if the Joker's whole body is there or not...(legs, feet?)... I may not buy one if Joker's lower half is just disappearing into the floor.

 

[The Joker]

That statue looks amazing.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Japanese toy manufacturer Kotobukiya's DC Comics ARTFX Statue line is releasing a 12 inch tall Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Hunt the Dark Knight statue in September.

http://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/news/1469/kotobukiyas-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-artfx-statue

Holy crap I need to own that!

 

[BruceWanner]

How fitting would this be as Kevin Conroy's swan song after voicing Batman for nearly twenty years and in three decades? However, I'd absolutely not argue with him voicing the character as long as he's able and wants to, of course!

 

[BruceWanner]

They would likely price a Blu-ray collection of both movies with a $40 price. I'm willing to buy both Batman: The Dark Knight Returns movies separately. Releasing the two movies separately also means there will be individual special features for each. I'm willing to pay extra in order to get extra, more than just 75 minutes of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and a smaller amount of special features. I'd rather see them do the material justice, rather than see the material butchered to fit the 75 minute time restrictions. As Bruce Timm said, "It was way too big to do it in one movie." A common complaint about the DC animated movies is that they are short, I am glad they are getting around that 75 minute limitation with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns released as two movies. Making it two movies is a cleaver way of getting around the arbitrary time limit restrictions.

I still don't understand why the straight-to-video DC Animated films have running time constraints at all. Shouldn't the straight-to-video format allow the filmmakers to make their movies as long as they want? Seriously, does anyone know the official reason behind this?