DC’s animation universe is still thriving while their movie universe is in a waiting and seeing phase. The year 2023 will be a significant one for DC animation, and one of the most exciting projects we are currently aware of is Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham. The Batman tale is anticipated to release in the spring. Warner Brothers and DC have unveiled a number of fresh character photos that will delight any Batman fan as the new year approaches.
The three pictures portray the protagonists and antagonists of this next escapade for The Dark Knight. We have a great scene of Batman (David Giuntoli) rushing through the shadowy rooftops of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent, and Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow all dressed up for some sort of celebration, and Talia al Ghul reading a cryptic book. The 2001 miniseries by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, and Troy Nixey with the same name, in which an extraterrestrial Batman battled crime in a 1920s Gotham City, served as the inspiration for the movie.
Like that story the film will be an alternative take on the classic Batman origin story. Bruce returns to Gotham after being away for two years and accidentally unleashing an evil supernatural force. The story will have this steampunk Lovecraftian vibe to it. That should pique anyone’s interest who loves the more horror side to this iconic hero. The film will also have an epic scale to it with Batman meeting fellow DC heroes like the previously mentioned Green Arrow, Etrigan (Matthew Waterson) and Jim Gordan (John DiMaggio) while going up against staple villains like Ra’s al Ghul (Navid Negahban), Talia al Ghul, Killer Croc, Mr. Freeze and Two-Face. Since the new image of Two-Face shows him in his pre-villain Harvey Dent form it looks like he will be going through his tragic transformation in the film. Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat (Jeffrey Combs) and Cobblepot aka The Penguin (William Salyers) will be featured in the film as well. It’s also going to be exciting to see the al Ghuls and Mr. Freeze getting the spotlight again. Plus Killer Croc’s one of Batman’s most underrated foes.
