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If you look at a lot of the best films in the superhero genre, a common denominator is Batman. The Caped Crusader's 80+ year legacy makes him one of the comic book heroes most open for interpretation. Different filmmakers have produced widely different, yet equally excellent, Batman movies. 1966's "Batman: The Movie" is a camp classic. "Batman Returns" is a gothic German Expressionist melodrama only Tim Burton could have made. Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" and Matt Reeves' "The Batman" are both fantastic crime dramas with big ideas most superhero movies don't even reach for.

But it'd be a big mistake to leave animation out of this conversation. "Batman: The Animated Series" is generally considered the finest Batman adaptation ever, proof positive the Dark Knight can excel on film no matter the medium. There are also many more animated Batman movies than live-action ones at this point. Many of them...

The latest Warner Animated DC feature film adapts the 2000-2001 Elseworlds miniseries Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham. The fun of the Elseworlds comics, and soon the live-action versions under the new artistic regime, is taking the familiar and imagining them in other times and other places. Here, we do back to the early 20th century and overlay it with a dose of Loftcraftian horror.

Cowritten by Mike Mignola and Richard Pace, two men better known for their artistic skills, this story was designed for visual impact, something Troy Nixey did well in print, and the animators from Jase Ricci’s script and co-directed by Sam Liu and Christopher Berkeley, replicate nicely.

Basically, an arctic expedition headed by Bruce Wayne (David Giuntoli), sent to check on a previous team led by Professor Oswald Cobblepot (William Salyers) reveals horrors and a missing professor. The only surviving is Grendon (David Dastmalchian...

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham Is Available On Blu-ray And DVD From 27th March, And On Digital Download From 28th March. To celebrate its release, we’re giving one lucky winner a copy of the latest DC Animated Movie, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham on Blu-Ray!

Batman’s rational mind and unparalleled fighting skills are put to the ultimate test when an ancient force threatens his world and everyone he holds dear. Batman finds himself up against Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham as he’s aided and confronted along the way by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and more…

David Giuntoli reprises his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as the voice of the Dark Knight in this all-new 1920s-based DC Elseworlds tale.

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from the newest DC animated movie, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, which is making its way to digital and home release on March 28. Another entry into the animated Elseworlds canon, The Doom That Came to Gotham is three-issue comic book miniseries written by Mike Mignola and Richard Pace. Set in 1920s Gotham, the story is inspired by Lovecraftian horror and sees Batman accidentally awaken a powerful entity called the Lurker on the Threshold.

Batman's new enemy in The Doom That Came to Gotham counts with warped versions of iconic villains as his minions, which means Bruce will have to pull in some allies of his own to protect his city. The talented voice cast includes David Giuntoli (A Million Little Things), Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Kai Li Cain, Christopher Gorham (The Lincoln Lawyer) as Oliver Queen,...

Features the voices of: David Giuntoli, William Salyers, David Dastmalchian, Emily O’Brien, Navid Negahban, Patrick Fabian, Jason Marsden, Jeffrey Combs, Christopher Gorham, Gideon Adlon | Written by Jase Ricci | Directed by Christopher Berkeley, Sam Lui

Based on a 2001 three-issue comic book miniseries written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Richard Pace, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is an alternate-world tale that introduced an alternate version of Bruce Wayne and the residents of Gotham to Lovecraftian horrors. It’s the most overtly horrific entry in the animated Batman franchise as well as the strangest.

In the 1920s an expedition led by Bruce Wayne arrives in Antarctica looking for another expedition, this one led by Professor Cobblepot. What he finds instead are mutated creatures and the professor’s undead assistant Grendon whom he brings back to Gotham.

This sets into motion a plot by Talia al Ghul to bring back Ra...

"Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham" is the latest DC animated feature, directed by Christopher Berkeley and Sam Liu, starring David Giuntoli, David Dastmalchian and Tati Gabrielle, available on Digital, 4K and Blu-ray, March 28, 2023:

"...a 1920s-based tale finds explorer 'Bruce Wayne' accidentally unleash an ancient evil, expediting his return to 'Gotham City' after a two-decade hiatus.

"The logic/science-driven 'Batman' must battle 'Lovecraftian' supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including 'Green Arrow', 'Ra’s al Ghul', 'Mr. Freeze', 'Killer Croc', 'Two-Face' and 'James Gordon''.

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"Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham" is a new DC animated movie, directed by Christopher Berkeley and Sam Liu, starring David Giuntoli, David Dastmalchian and Tati Gabrielle, available on Digital, 4K and Blu-ray, March 28, 2023:

"...a 1920s-based tale finds explorer 'Bruce Wayne' accidentally unleash an ancient evil, expediting his return to 'Gotham City' after a two-decade hiatus.

"The logic/science-driven 'Batman' must battle 'Lovecraftian' supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including 'Green Arrow', 'Ra’s al Ghul', 'Mr. Freeze', 'Killer Croc', 'Two-Face' and 'James Gordon''.

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Burbank, CA – Batman’s rational mind and unparalleled fighting skills are put to the ultimate test when an ancient force threatens his world and everyone he holds dear in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Blu-ray on March 28, 2023 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. The all-new, feature-length DC Animated Movie puts Batman up against Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham as he’s aided and confronted along the way by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and more.

David Giuntoli reprises his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as the voice of the Dark Knight in this all-new 1920s-based DC Elseworlds tale. Tati Gabrielle makes her DC animated debut as Kai Li Cain, Batman’s closest ally.

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The Dark Knight is headed to the 1920s in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, with A Million Little Things actor David Giuntoli starring as Batman.

The actor leads a voice cast that includes Tati Gabrielle as Kai Li Cain, Christopher Gorham as Oliver Queen, John Dimaggio as James Gordon, Patrick Fabian as Harvey Dent, Brian George as Alfred and Jason Marsden as Dick Grayson and Young Bruce Wayne.

The film is inspired by the 2001 graphic novel by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey. It is part of DC’s Elseworlds line, which tells stories set outside the DC universe. Sam Liu produces and co-directs, with Christopher Berkeley also co-directing. The film has a script from Jase Ricci.

In Doom That Came to Gotham, explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades.

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Blu-ray | DVD | Video On Demand

Directed by: Chris Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery, Jay Oliva

Written by: Eddie Berganza, Alan Burnett, Todd Casey, Dave Gibbons, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, Kelly Hu, Arnold Vosloo, Grey DeLisle, Steve Blum, Henry Rollins, Roddy Piper

DC Entertainment/Warner Bros.

Release Date: June 8, 2011

DC's animation department has done a terrific job with all of their animated features showcasing some of the biggest names in DC's library, and the next film in this legacy is the anthology style film, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. When I popped this into my Blu-ray player, honestly, I wasn't sure to expect. I've been a fan, overall, of the DC animated films and their adaptation of All-Star Superman was almost perfect, it captured the heart and story of the comic while also making things cohesive for the animated medium.

Chicago – Superheroes may appear relatively sure-footed, but they are on shaky ground with modern audiences. The sense of awe evoked so effortlessly in Richard Donner’s 1978 classic “Superman” is practically impossible to pull off these days. Comic book adaptations have to be entrenched in realism (as in “The Dark Knight”) to truly wow audiences. Fantastical superpowers and pure-hearted morality just seem so passé.

It’s unclear whether Martin Campbell’s upcoming reboot of DC’s “Green Lantern” franchise will follow in line with the Marvel series, which has uneasily melded self-referential humor with its hokey fantasy (with the exception of the first “Iron Man”). Filmmakers can’t act hipper than the material and still expect audiences to sit through it. Hopefully Campbell’s film will have some semblance of the spirit so vibrantly evoked in DC’s latest original movie, “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.”

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0

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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the eleventh film to be released by DC Universe Animated Original Movies, is an interesting new idea for the studio and for DC Comics. The timing is hard to ignore -- the Ryan Reynolds-starring live-action motion picture, Green Lantern, gets released this Friday, while Emerald Knights came out last week -- just in time. This is particularly notable since Emerald Knights is, while not an origin story of Hal Jordan (that tale can be found in the rather unremarkable Green Lantern: First Flight), something of a primer for the universe of the Green Lantern Corps. It's almost like an extended, animated introduction.

Instead of being a conventional narrative like most of the other DC Animated films, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is more like an anthology. There's a single, overarching storyline, which involves the reappearance of Krona, an ancient enemy of the Green Lantern Corps that...

Sneak Peek the new trailer supporting the animated feature "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights", an anthology film that tells a series of stories featuring various members of the 'Green Lantern Corps', including the aliens 'Abin Sur', 'Sinestro', 'Kilowog', 'Mogo' and 'Rori Dag'.

Directed by Chris Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery and Jay Oliva, the 'DC Universe Animated Original Movie' is a direct-to-video film project created by Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, and DC Comics, produced by Bobbie Page.

The film features the voice talents of actors Nathan Fillion as 'Hal Jordan' aka 'Green Lantern', Elisabeth Moss as 'Arisia Rrab', Jason Isaacs as 'Sinestro', Kelly Hu as 'Laira', Henry Rollins as 'Kilowog', Roddy Piper ("They Live") as 'Bolphunga', Arnold Vosloo ("The Mummy") as 'Abin Sur' and Wade Williams as 'Deegan'.

"Green Lantern: Emerald Knights" will be released June 7, 2011.

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