{"id":3781,"date":"2012-05-23T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2012-05-23T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:36:52","slug":"peter-weller-to-voice-batman-in-animated-dark-knight-returns-spinoff-online-tv-film-and-entertainment-news-daily-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/peter-weller-to-voice-batman-in-animated-dark-knight-returns-spinoff-online-tv-film-and-entertainment-news-daily-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Weller to Voice Batman in Animated Dark Knight Returns \u00ab Spinoff Online \u2013 TV, Film, and Entertainment News Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RoboCop star Peter Weller provide the voice of Batman in Warner Bros.\u2019 animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns, the seminal 1986 miniseries by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, Heat Vision reports. Ariel Winter (Modern Family) will play Robin.<\/p>\n

First rumored about a year ago, and then officially announced in July at Comic-Con International, the direct-to-video adaptation will be released in two parts under the DC Comics Premiere Movie banner, which apparently will replaced the five-year-old DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Part 1 will debut in the fall, with Part 2 arriving in early 2013.<\/p>\n

Weller and Winter will be joined by veteran actor David Selby (Dark Shadows), Wade Williams (Prison Break) as Two-Face\/Harvey Dent, and Michael McKean as Dr. Wolper, the psychiatrist who releases the Joker from the asylum.<\/p>\n

The films are directed by Jay Oliva, who not only storyboarded Zack Snyder\u2019s Man of Steel, but also helmed Green Lantern: Emerald Knights and several episodes of Cartoon Network\u2019s Young Justice. Oliva also has in his corner exectuive producer Bruce Timm, who has overseen most of DC\u2019s animated projects since Batman: The Animated Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cDark Knight Returns is the granddaddy of beloved comics properties that we\u2019ve ever attempted [to adapt],\u201d Timm said. \u201cThere is definitely the imperative to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set a decade after an aging Bruce Wayne quit crimefighting in the wake of Jason Todd\u2019s death, The Dark Knight Returns brings Batman out of retirement to save Gotham from sinking deeper into decay and lawlessness. With the help of a new, female Robin, Carrie Kelly, the Dark Knight ends the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city and confronts two of his greatest enemies. But then he must face his former ally Superman in a battle that only one will survive.<\/p>\n

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via Peter Weller to Voice Batman in Animated Dark Knight Returns \u00ab Spinoff Online \u2013 TV, Film, and Entertainment News Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RoboCop star Peter Weller provide the voice of Batman in Warner Bros.\u2019 animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns, the seminal 1986 miniseries by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, Heat Vision reports. Ariel Winter (Modern Family) will play Robin. First rumored about a year ago, and then officially announced in July at Comic-Con International, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-YZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5272,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/michael-emerson-takes-on-the-joker-in-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-comic-book-resources\/","url_meta":{"origin":3781,"position":0},"title":"Michael Emerson Takes on the Joker in “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” – Comic Book Resources","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"September 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Lost\" alum Michael Emerson will voice the Joker in the second part of \"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns,\" Warner Bros. upcoming direct-to-DVD animated adaptation of the influential 1986 miniseries by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. \"Hes one of those great villains that an actor like me likes to play because\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1490,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/frank-millers-the-dark-knight-returns-to-be-animated\/","url_meta":{"origin":3781,"position":1},"title":"Frank Miller\u2019s The Dark Knight Returns to be Animated","author":"AJ","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It looks like work has started on the grim and gritty animated movie adaptation of\u00a0Frank Miller andKlaus Janson\u2018s classic\u00a0The Dark Knight Returns. \u00a0With recent adaptations of\u00a0New Frontier,\u00a0Under the Red Hood,\u00a0All Star Superman, and\u00a0Year One it\u2019s not that\u00a0surprising\u00a0that\u00a0The Dark Knight Returns will be getting its own treatment from\u00a0DC Universe Animated. \u00a0Word\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nerdreactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/dark_knight_returns-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5199,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-to-premiere-in-new-york-and-los-angeles\/","url_meta":{"origin":3781,"position":2},"title":"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns to Premiere in New York and Los Angeles","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"August 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Warner Home Video and The Paley Center for Media announced earlier today a pair of bi-coastal World Premieres for the forthcoming direct-to-video\/video-on-demand movie Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1. 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