To summarize a Key & Peele sketch, Batman is now steampunk
Over the decades, animation featuring Batman has taken the Dark Knight down some interesting avenues. Beyond seeing him at best and most green, we’ve seen him get out of his relative comfort zone by singing or becoming a ninja. For his next animated venture, he’ll be winding back the clock all the way back to the 1920s.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, which was announced earlier this week, will see an alternate version of the character (as voiced by David Giuntoli, who returns from 2020's Batman: Soul of the Dragon) in the Gotham of that time period attempt to push back an ancient evil that he accidentally awoke in the first place. The entrance of that creature, known as the Lurker on the Threshold, culminates in the appearance of a slew of supernatural entities in Gotham, including Ra's al Ghul (Navid Negahban) and Jason Blood (together with Blood's demonic alter ego Etrigan, both voiced by Matthew Waterson). Other characters slated to appear include Dick Grayson (Jason Marsden), Oracle (Gideon Adlon), Grendon/Mr. Freeze (David Dastmalchian), and Kai Li Cain (Tati Gabrielle).
The film is based on Hellboy creators Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Troy Nixey, and Dennis Janke's three-issue 2000 miniseries of the same name. That comic, which was part of DC's alternate reality "Elseworlds" line, was heavily inspired by the works of author HP Lovecraft and featured Lovecraft versions of various DC and Batman characters, so expect the film to follow suit. It's been a while since a "Elseworlds" comic book was turned to film—Superman: Red Son was released in 2020, while the last one starring Batman was Gotham by Gaslight in 2018. WB Animation puts out DC animated films at a reliable clip, so hopefully this one finds (and lands with) its intended audience.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham will be released in spring 2023.
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