Matthew Needham to voice The Joker in “Batman: Caped Crusader”

Prime Video announced Matthew Needham will voice The Joker in season two of Batman: Caped Crusader, which will debut July 31, 2026 on Amazon’s streaming service. All ten episodes from the show’s second season will be dropped on the same day. Amazon also announced a tie-in video game called Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles, which will also drop on July 31. Continue below for images and further press details.

Prime Video revealed Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon) as the voice of “The Joker” during the Batman: Caped Crusader Season Two panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The panel for the highly anticipated animated noir series kicked off the world premiere screening of the first episode from Season Two. Following the screening, executive producers James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne and series voice cast Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung, and Needham had a lively conversation about the show and what fans can expect for this thrilling new season.

At the end of the panel, Amazon Luna shared the trailer for their upcoming Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles game which will launch on July 31, to coincide with the Season Two premiere. Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles will be available to Prime members and Luna subscribers on the Luna app in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Batman: Caped Crusader Season Two will be available to stream as a binge release on Friday, July 31, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Season One of the series is critically acclaimed and Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with all episodes available to stream now.

The series stars the ensemble cast of Hamish Linklater, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony Williams, Ronan Raftery, Jamie Chung, Matthew Needham, Wunmi Mosaku, Laraine Newman, Grey DeLisle, John DiMaggio, Zach Hoffman, William Salyers, Josh Brener, Bumper Robinson, Cedric Yarbrough, Tom Kenny, Roger Craig Smith, Blythe Melin, Fryda Wolff, Kevin Michael Richardson, Juliet Donenfeld and Robin Atkin Downes.

About Batman: Caped Crusader
Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years. Forged in the fire of tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human – the Batman. Night after night, against overwhelming odds, he wages his relentless one-man war on crime.

The series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm. Based on DC characters, Batman: Caped Crusader hails from Warner Bros. Animation, DC Studios, Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Reeves’ 6th & Idaho. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne, Sarah Geismer, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.

About Prime Video
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, and live events – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Fallout, Heads of State, Reacher, Red One, Road House, The Accountant 2, The Boys, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and The Summer I Turned Pretty; licensed fan favorites; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, NBA, WNBA, NASCAR, NWSL, and the Masters Tournament, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry, Kelce, and Earnhardt. Prime members in the U.S. can share many benefits, including Prime Video, with Amazon Family. Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment, as part of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not can access programming via Prime Video subscriptions such as MGM+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, FOX One, and Crunchyroll, as well as more than 800 free ad-supported (FAST) Channels, rent or buy titles, and enjoy even more content for free with ads. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access, and watch and shop their favorite titles with the fan-fueled shopping experience Shop the Show in the U.S. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current slate include Bat-Fam, Batman: Caped Crusader, Batwheels, Creature Commandos, DC Super Powers, Get Jiro!, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Krypto Saves the Day, Mister Miracle, My Adventures with Green Lantern, My Adventures with Superman, Starfire!, Teen Titans Go!. The studio has also produced a slate of theatrical feature films including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with New Line Cinema (December 2024), The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie with Ketchup Entertainment (March 2025) and Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (July 2018). As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films – including the DC Universe Movies – for DVD, Blu-ray and digital media. Recent releases include Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires. Upcoming slate for Warner Home Entertainment include Batman: Knightfall.

Amazon also released press details for the above-mentioned Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles video game, which will be available on Amazon Luna starting July 31, 2026. Continue below for more.

Gotham City needs you! Amazon Luna announced Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles, officially licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, will launch on July 31 to coincide with the Season Two premiere of the acclaimed Batman: Caped Crusader animated series on Prime Video. Prime members can jump into the game on Luna at no additional cost. Play alongside iconic DC characters, featuring voice performances from some of the series’ original cast, in an 11-episode adventure packed with challenging minigames that put your detective skills to the test.

Prime members with a Fire TV in the U.S. and U.K. can play Luna games directly on the Prime Video alongside shows, movies, and live sports. That means Batman fans will be able to access the new game and the TV series in one app, making it easier to jump straight into the action after watching the show. Play solo or with friends, using your smartphone as the controller, with no extra hardware and no downloads required.

“PLAY” THE SERIES
One hard-fought truth Batman has revealed over the years, Gotham City’s darkest crimes won’t solve themselves. In this cooperative party game for 1 to 4 players, you and your crew will step into the noir-drenched Gotham City of Batman: Caped Crusader the animated series, where every alley hides a secret and every case leads deeper into the shadowy depths of the city’s criminal underworld.

By playing alongside “Detective Montoya” as part of “Batman’s” inner circle and GCPD taskforce, players will decode evidence, chase leads, and confront iconic DC Super-Villains across 11 gripping episodes. Along the way, each episode serves up new sleuthing minigames that will put your detective skills to the test. Investigate, interrogate and deduce your way through the tangled crime webs woven by Gotham City’s most devious criminals, including “Scarecrow”, “Babyface”, “Tweedledee and Tweedledum”, “Dollmaker”, “Lynx”, “Music Meister”, and of course, the maniacal “The Joker”.

To offer fans the ultimate connection between the show and the game, series stars Hamish Linklater and Michelle C. Bonilla reprise their roles as Batman and Detective Montoya in Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles. And, Prime Video announced Matthew Needam as the voice of “The Joker” for Season Two of Batman: Caped Crusader, and he will also be voicing the notorious DC Super-Villain in the game.

“We are excited to unveil the Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles game for Amazon Luna, launching in tandem with Season two of the hit Prime Video series, Batman: Caped Crusader,” said J.C. Connors, Director of Amazon Game Studios. “And now with Luna’s newly expanded availability through Prime Video, players with a Fire TV will be able to jump straight into the game seconds after watching the show, all within one unified entertainment experience.”

How the Iconic Show Got a New Crime Fighting Partner
Season One of Batman: Caped Crusader struck a chord with audiences, climbing as high as #1 on Prime Video’s global Top 10 list. With anticipation for Season Two running high, and Batman’s following as strong as it’s ever been, Amazon Luna and Prime Video created an opportunity for fans to inhabit and play inside Gotham City, as well as watch it.

Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles is a major new addition to GameNight, a growing collection of games only available through Amazon Luna and free for Prime members. Designed to make group play easy, Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles will turn game night into a Gotham City stakeout, all enjoyed on the biggest screen at home. Your phone is your controller. No extra hardware. No downloads. No skill gap. Whether it’s family or friends game night, everyone can jump in and play, from first-time players to seasoned detectives.

Launching in Multiple Countries
On July 31, Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles will be available to Prime members and Luna subscribers on the Luna app in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Grab your crew, put on your detective hat, and get ready — Gotham City’s case files are about to open.

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The second season of Batman: Caped Crusader debuts July 31, 2026 on Prime Video. For more on the Batman: Caped Crusader animated series, including reviews and media, check out The World’s Finest Batman: Caped Crusader subsite. Stay tuned for further news and updates right here at The World’s Finest.