Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released another brand new clip from the previously announced DC Showcase –Batman: Death In The Family. The interactive film will arrive from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray and Digital on October 13, 2020. This interactive story allows viewers to choose and change directions of the story in retelling the landmark DC Comics event. The interactive component is only available on the Blu-ray. The Digital version of “Batman: Death in the Family” offers four fully-played out linear versions of the short.
The clip features Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Jason Todd planning their attack on Ra’s al Ghul and The Joker. Bruce Greenwood (The Resident, Star Trek) voices Batman/Bruce Wayne and Vincent Martella (Phineas & Ferb) voices Robin/Jason Todd.
Batman: Death in the Family will have a spotlight panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday, October 10 starting at 1:20pm PT/4:20pm ET. Here is the link to view the panel (it will go live a few minutes prior to the panel start time): https://youtu.be/iTLeKlQc-PQ
Produced, directed and written by Brandon Vietti, Batman: Death in the Family offers an inventive take on the long-demanded story. In the new animated presentation, the infamous murder of Batman protégé Jason Todd will be undone, and the destinies of Batman, Robin and The Joker will play out in shocking new ways as viewers make multiple choices to control the story. And while Batman: Under the Red Hood provides a baseline, the story also branches in new directions and features several characters previously unseen in the original film. Bruce Greenwood (The Resident, Star Trek, iRobot), Vincent Martella (Phineas and Ferb) and John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time) reprise their Batman: Under The Red Hood roles of Batman, young Jason Todd and The Joker, respectively. Other featured voices are Zehra Fazal (Young Justice) as Talia al Ghul and Gary Cole (Veep) as Two-Face and James Gordon.
The interactive Blu-ray presentation offers many different ways for viewers to tell the Batman: Death in the Family story, with numerous twists and turns in the middle, and several possible endings. The choices along the way put greater weight on the viewers’ decisions and result in even stronger stories. Viewers can also choose to allow the story to tell itself, as there is an option to let the Blu-ray decide its own path.
Packed with Easter Eggs, the centerpiece short’s story – with its foundation grounded in the original “Batman: A Death in the Family” comic run, and the acclaimed Batman: Under the Red Hood animated film – balances a number of integral themes within its entertainment, including fatherhood, mental health, death, rebirth, revenge and redemption. Along the route, viewers encounter new, surprising looks at some classic DC characters.
DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family Special Features – Blu-ray
- Audio Commentaries – Commentary tracks on Rock, Adam Strange, Death and The Phantom Stranger, plus one of the linear “Death in the Family” shorts (Under the Red Hood: Reloaded), by DC Daily hosts Amy Dallen and Hector Navarro.
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