Warner Bros. Animation has announced the voice cast for Batman: Soul of the Dragon, an upcoming animated feature executive produced by Bruce Timm, which will take the Dark Knight back to the 1970s.
The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Grimm star David Giuntoli will headline the feature as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman alongside Arrow’s Michael Jai White who will reprise his role as Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger for the animated project, which also stars Mark Dacascos as the voice of Richard Dragon, Kelly Hu as Lady Shiva, James Hong as O-Sensei and Josh Keaton as Jeffrey Burr.
THR notes that Batman: Soul of the Dragon is an original story rather than an adaptation of a specific comic book storyline, with early plot details revealing that the 1970s-set adventure will see the titular DC hero unleash his martial arts skills to “face a deadly menace from his past with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.”
Bruce Timm, the man behind Batman: The Animated Series and so much more, is executive producing the picture, with Sam Liu, a DC animation veteran known for his work on the likes of Reign of the Supermen and Batman: The Killing Joke, directing and producing from a script penned by Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge writer Jeremy Adams.
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Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Batman: Soul of the Dragon is slated for an early 2021 release. This title joins a growing list of animated films in the DC pipeline, with Superman: Man of Tomorrow and Batman: A Death in the Family both scheduled for release later this year.
For more on those projects, read our breakdown of every animated DC movie that we know to be in development alongside Soul of the Dragon.
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Source: IGN.com Batman Voice Cast Set for 1970s Set Animated Film Soul of the Dragon