Rumored for months as an upcoming title in the direct-to-video DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, Warner Home Video has confirmed Batman: Under the Red Hood will be the next animated feature installment in the popular home video series spotlighting DC Comics properties. The upcoming animated feature will be the focus of a “first look” bonus featurette included on the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Blu-ray and Two-Disc Special Edition DVD home video releases, arriving February 23rd, 2010 from Warner Home Video.
The featurette will look at the upcoming animated feature, including behind-the-scenes production work, interviews with the cast and crew, images and a look at the comic book story-line that inspired it. Batman: Under the Red Hood is based on the popular Judd Winick story of the same name, which ran in the Batman comic series from 2004 to 2005. This dark story features Batman at odds with the Red Hood, a mysterious new vigilante leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake throughout Gotham. Winick is also listed as writer for the animated adaptation.
The Batman: Under the Red Hood direct-to-video animated feature is directed by Superman Doomsday co-director Brandon Vietti, and features the voice talents of Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) as Batman, Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) as Red Hood, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) as Nightwing, John DiMaggio (Batman: The Brave and The Bold) as the Joker and Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter film franchise) as Ra’s Al Ghul. Bruce Timm is the executive producer.
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