Coming off the success of the recent All-Star Superman adaptation into animation, Warner Brothers announced their next direct-to-disc project would be Frank Miller’s acclaimed Batman: Year One, but beyond that, there were no details. Thankfully, that’s no longer true. Courtesy of Hollywood Reporter, we have some casting news, as well as a look at the film’s visual style. As always with WB/DC animation projects the cast is top notch. Lending their talents to the film are:
- Ben McKenzie – Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Bryan Cranston – Lieutenant James Gordon
- Eliza Dusku – Selina Kyle/Catwoman
- Katee Sackhoff – Detective Sarah Essen
- Alex Rocco – Carmine Falcone
Pretty impressive if you ask me. The adaptation is also said to be very faithful to the source material, Which originally appeared in Batman #404-407 and features the artwork of David Mazzucchelli as well as Miller’s writing. When asked about it, executive producer Bruce Timm had this to say:
“The source material is surprisingly cinematic; it’s a pretty straight forward literal retelling, Mazzucchelli’s artwork is beautifully composed and we were able to refer to the comic for about 80 percent of the camera setups.”
While the movie won’t be released until the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year, attendees to the San Diego Comic-Con can see it in July, where it’ll premiere. It sounds good, but how does it look? Luckily, we have a couple of shots to show you, tell us what you think!
