Trailer For DC's Upcoming Animated Film BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN PART ONE
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for its DC animation’s latest film Batman: The Long Halloween Part One. The film is the first part of an adaptation of the classic comic that was created by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.
The story begins as “a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham's young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city's only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family. But when more deaths occur on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it becomes clear that, instead of ordinary gang violence, they're also dealing with a serial killer - the identity of whom, with each conflicting clue, grows harder to discern. Few cases have ever tested the wits of the World's Greatest Detective like the mystery behind the Holiday Killer.”
This is one of my favorite Batman stories, but this first trailer for the film doesn’t convince me that it’s going to do the story justice. It’s a pretty lackluster trailer.
The voice cast for Batman: The Long Halloween Part One includes Supernatural's Jensen Ackles in the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne after previously voicing Jason Todd/Red Hood in 2010's Batman: Under the Red Hood. The rest of the voice cast will include Naya Rivera, the late Glee star who died in July. Rivera completed her voice work as Catwoman/Selina Kyle for The Long Halloween.
Other stars include Josh Duhamel as Harvey Dent, Billy Burke as James Gordon, Titus Welliver as Carmine Falcone, David Dastmalchian as Calendar Man, Troy Baker as Joker, Amy Landecker as Barbara Gordon, Julie Nathanson as Gilda Dent, Jack Quaid as Alberto, Fred Tatasciore as Solomon Grundy and Alastair Duncan as Alfred. Other voice work was performed by Frances Callier, Greg Chun, Gary Leroi Gray and Jim Pirri.
The film is being directed by Chris Palmer (Superman: Man of Tomorrow) from a script that reteams him with Man of Tomorrow screenwriter Tim Sheridan. Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau are producing. Butch Lukic is the supervising producer, with Michael Uslan and Sam Register serving as executive producers.
The film is scheduled to drop on Digital and Blu-ray sometime this summer, with Part 2 releasing in the fall.