All Hallow s Eve is arriving a little early this year.
Batman: The Long Halloween Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale s seminal comic book storyline from 1997 comes to life in the first trailer for a two-part film adaptation hailing from DC Animation and Warner Bros, Home Entertainment. After voicing Jason Todd in
Under the Red Hood, Jensen Ackles (
Supernatural) steps into the role of Batman, who finds himself on the trail of a holiday-themed killer.
Watch the trailer now:
The voice cast also features Naya Rivera (
Glee) as Catwoman/Selina Kyle (one of the actress s final roles, as she passed away last year), Josh Duhamel (
Boardwalk Empire,
The Ritual and creator of
Giri/Haji) will now oversee the project, which is centered around the Gotham City Police Department during Bruce Wayne s first year as masked crime-fighter.
“This is an amazing opportunity, not only to expand the vision of the world I am creating in the film, but to explore it in the kind of depth and detail that only a long-form format can afford and getting to work with the incredibly talented Terence Winter, who has written so insightfully and powerfully about worlds of crime and corruption, is an absolute dream, executive producer Matt Reeves (also director and co-writer of