The first trailer for Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One has been released, and it's clear now that we're going to be in for a treat with this one. Supernatural star Jensen Ackles (who voiced Jason Todd in Under the Red Hood) plays the Caped Crusader, and if what we see here is any indication, Warner Bros. Animation could not have found a better actor to take on this role.
The entire cast is impressive, though, and includes the late Naya Rivera as Catwoman alongside Josh Duhamel as Two-Face, Billy Burke as James Gordon, Titus Welliver as Carmine Falcone, David Dastmalchian as Calendar Man, Troy Baker as Joker, Amy Landecker as Barbara Gordon, Julie Nathanson as Gilda Dent, Jack Quaid as Alberto Falcone, Fred Tatasciore as Solomon Grundy, and Alistair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth.
It was recently reported that while "Part One" of the movie will be PG-13, "Part Two" is set to be R-Rated. Clearly, the language and violence in that instalment will be taken up a few notches.
Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One begins as a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham's young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city's only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family.
However, when more deaths occur on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it becomes clear that instead of ordinary gang violence, they're also dealing with a serial killer - the identity of whom, with each conflicting clue, grows harder to discern. Few cases have ever tested the wits of the World's Greatest Detective like the mystery behind the Holiday Killer.
The movie is set to be released this summer and was written by Tim Sheridan and directed by Chris Palmer (who previously collaborated on the recent Superman: Man of Tomorrow).
Check out the trailer for Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (via IGN) below: