Batman Year One. Just those words can evoke all types of emotions from a true fan of either Frank Miller or Batman. There’s a lot of interest in exploring the latter years of Batman’s career in animated form that it’s easy to overlook how things are developing regarding Batman’s first year.
Source: Comingsoon.net
Heat Vision reports that Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff will provide their voices for Batman: Year One, the animated adaptation of the Frank Miller classic from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu are directing from a script by Tab Murphy…
…Cranston is playing Gordon, while McKenzie is Wayne/Batman. Dushku voices Catwoman, while Sackhoff is Detective Sarah Essen, a Gordon love interest. Additionally, Alex Rocco lends his pipes as crime lord Carmine Falcone.
I don’t dislike this cast, but I’m openly biased to Kevin Conroy’s portrayal of the Dark Knight. I appreciated his and Tim Daly’s return in Superman/Batman Apocalypse and hoped it was a sign that they may return as the recurring voices for these character. Oh well.
I really can’t get a good feeling or make a good judgement of the art style for this flick from these screen shots. What I really want to see is how David Mazzucchelli’s art translates into animation. I was really impressed with how they preserved the late great Michael Turner’s art style with Batman/Superman and hope to be equally impressed with this flick.
