Last month Warner Bros. Animation announced that is was bringing The Batman cartoon series to Blu-ray for the first time with a brand new remaster. All 65 episodes of the classic series, which rand from 2004-2008, had been set for release on February 1 2022 but now we’re hearing the set has been delayed.
Overnight the team was WB has confirmed the set will now shift back one month to a March 1 release date. The change has been made in order to “enhance the visibility of the box set in retail outlets.”
The series starred Rino Romano (Spider-Man: Unlimited) as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Alongside Romano was Alastair Duncan (Batman: The Long Halloween) as Alfred Pennyworth, Danielle Judovits (Naruto: Shippûden) as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and Evan Sabara (The Polar Express) as Dick Grayson/Robin. Batman’s rogue gallery was brought to life by an all-star voice cast including Kevin Michael Richardson (American Dad) as the Joker, Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) as The Penguin, Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption) as Mr. Freeze, and Gina Gershon (Riverdale) as Catwoman.
The fully remastered set will retail in the US for $69.99 and comes packed with every episode on disc with an additional digital copy. The set also contains a mix of old and new bonus featuring including:
- The Dark Dynasty Continues (New Featurette) – Explore the relationship between The Batman and his allies as he evolves from mysterious vigilante to the World’s Greatest Detective.
- Joining Forces: The Batman’s Legendary Team-Ups (Featurette) – How the series’ producers adapted the DC “Team-Up-Tales” approach from the comic books to the screen.
- The Batman Junior Detective Challenge (Quiz) – Alfred tests your detective skills with The Batman: The Complete Series challenge.
- The Batman Junior Detective Exam: Level 2 (Quiz) – Pass The Batman test of knowledge with the level 2 exam.
- Building Batman (Featurette) – Detective Ellen Yin investigates The Batman’s true identity.
- Gotham PD Case Files (Featurette) – Highly confidential profiles of The Batman’s most dastardly foes.
- New Look, New Direction, New Knight (Featurette) – Go behind the scenes to explore the development of The Batman television series.
- The Batman: Season 3 Unmasked (Featurette) – Supervising Producer Duane Capizzi talks about the animated series.
- The Batman: Season 4 Unmasked (Featurette) – A behind the scenes look into the making of Season 4.
As always, we’ll keep you posted for details on a UK release for the set as soon as we have them.
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