Following up on last month’s first-look reveal, Prime Video has announced the voice cast for its upcoming adult animated series Batman: Caped Crusader. Set to premiere August 1 on the streamer, the Warner Bros. Animation series is described as “a reimagining of the Batman mythology” and is set to premiere on August 1.
Leading the cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne is Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass, The Big Short). To the public at large, Bruce Wayne is a shallow dilettante, apparently wasting his parents’ vast fortune on frivolous pursuits and hedonistic pleasures. In fact, he’s an elaborate facade, carefully constructed to divert attention from his activities as Batman.
Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles) will be voicing Catwoman/Selina Kyle, a blithe and pampered heiress whose family lost their fortune after her father was imprisoned for embezzlement. Despite having the silver spoon yanked from her mouth, Selina refuses to quit living in the lap of luxury and becomes Catwoman as a “fun” way to maintain her lavish lifestyle.
Jamie Chung (Stone Cold Fox, Junction) plays Harley Quinn/Dr. Harleen Quinzel. Despite a personable and bubbly demeanor, Dr. Quinzel is a brilliant psychiatrist who treats some of Gotham’s elite. However, as Harley Quinn, she is a different person, entirely. A creepy, quiet, calculating menace who secretly dispenses her twisted justice to the truly despicable among her elite clientele.
The core cast is rounded out by prolific voice artist and actor Diedrich Bader (Harley Quinn, Better Things) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. Talented, great-looking, and charismatic, D.A. Dent is also ruthlessly ambitious, arrogant, short-tempered and a dangerous person to cross. After a vengeful criminal disfigures half his face with acid, the two sides of his nature are separated … and exaggerated. The scarred half of his face comes to represent his compassion, sorrow and decency, while the handsome half now represents his rage and sense of entitlement.
The ensemble cast also includes:
- Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen, SuperMansion)
- Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)
- Eric Morgan Stuart (Another World, Life Is Strange v.g.)
- Michelle C. Bonilla (ER, The Casagrandes)
- Krystal Joy Brown (The Equalizer, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- John DiMaggio (Futurama, Disenchantment)
- Paul Scheer (The League, Star Trek: Lower Decks)
- Reid Scott (Veep, Curses!)
- Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants, Adventure Time)
- Jason Watkins (The Crown, Watership Down)
- Gary Anthony Williams (Hailey’s On It!, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
- Dan Donohue (For All Mankind, Yasuke)
- David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer, The Deuce)
- Haley Joel Osment (Comedy Bang Bang, Dogs in Space)
- Toby Stephens (Black Sails, Jane Eyre [2006])
The series is executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series). Based on DC characters, Batman: Caped Crusader is a production of Warner Bros. Animation, Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Reeves’ 6th & Idaho. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include Ed Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich and Warner Bros. Animation / Cartoon Network Studios / Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe President Sam Register.
Synopsis: Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human — the Batman. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.
In other Bat-news, WEBTOON and DC announced the Eisner-nominated digital comic series Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is returning to the platform for a third season, with a new season-long arc. Three free mini-episodes and the first full episode of S3 are available to read now exclusively on WEBTOON.
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is one of the most successful digital comics to come out of WEBTOON and DC’s collaboration since its initial launch in September 2021 as the first-ever content collaboration between the two companies. The digital comic has amassed millions of views on WEBTOON and has received critical industry acclaim, earning an Eisner Award nomination in the Best Webcomic category in 2022.
S3 Synopsis: The Batfamily has conquered many foes, but none so deadly as The Joker. When the Clown Prince of Crime returns to Gotham City, Bruce and his children will find their skills as vigilantes and their bonds as family tested. As The Joker’s dark plan takes its toll, the Batfamily must learn if they are ready to fly together — or fall alone.
