Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's The Long Halloween is still considered one of the greatest Batman stories of all time, and we recently got word that a two-part animated take on the classic tale was finally in the works.
Now, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (via THR) has announced the principal voice cast for Part One.
Supernatural star Jensen Ackles will lead the cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and he'll be joined by Josh Duhamel as Harvey Dent, 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, Fred Tatasciore as Solomon Grundy and Alastair Duncan as Alfred.
Late Glee star Naya Rivera completed her voice work as Catwoman/Selina Kyle prior to her tragic death last July.
Chris Palmer is directing from a script by Superman: Man of Tomorrow collaborator Tim Sheridan. Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau are producing.
No release date has been set, but just in case you're unfamiliar with the story, you can check out a synopsis below.
“Christmas. St. Patrick’s Day. Easter. As the calendar’s days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. In a mystery taking place during Batman’s early days of crime fighting, Batman: The Long Halloween is one of the greatest Dark Knight stories ever told.
Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman’s deadly enemy, Two-Face.“