Warner Bros. Animation is gearing up for the release of DC’s Legion of Super Heroes, the next of it’s DC animated movies and the first for release in 2023. But now the studio has confirmed another of its upcoming titles.
Via The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has confirmed that Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is coming in mid-2023. The film, which stars David Giuntoli as The Dark Knight, is based on the 2001 graphic novel by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey. It is also the next release from DC’s Elseworlds movies which has included such titles as Gotham By Gaslight.
In the film, Batman accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.
Starring alongside Giuntoli are Tati Gabrielle as Kai Li Cain, Christopher Gorham as Oliver Queen, John DiMaggio as James Gordon, Patrick Fabian as Harvey Dent, Brian George as Alfred, and Jason Marsden as Dick Grayson and Young Bruce Wayne.
Other members of the cast include Karan Brar as Sanjay “Jay” Tawde; David Dastmalchian as Grendon; Navid Negahban as Ra’s al Ghul; Emily O’Brien as Talia al Ghul and Martha Wayne; Tim Russ as Lucius Fox; Matthew Waterson as Jason Blood/Etrigan; Jeffrey Combs as Kirk Langstrom; William Salyers as Cobblepot; Gideon Adlon as Oracle; and Darin De Paul as Thomas Wayne.
Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau are producing, with Sam Register and Michael Uslan executive producing.
