Michael Emerson Takes on the Joker in "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"

[CBR News]

"Person of Interest" star Michael Emerson will voice the Clown Prince of Crime in Warner Bros. upcoming direct-to-DVD animated adaptation of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.


Full article here.

[MattBearPig]

Perfect! I'm getting more and more excited for these movies.

[bsmithy]

I hope they bring back the DC Showcase shorts though. Been awhile. Sometimes they're better than the actual long movies they play in front of!

[Congo Jack]

Pretty great casting.

[Mr. Holmes]

Harold Finch is Joker!

[Vakanai]

I hope they bring back the DC Showcase shorts though. Been awhile. Sometimes they're better than the actual long movies they play in front of!

Nope, they stopped making those and won't return to it. Apparently they were hoping people would pay to get all those shorts together on one DVD or something. Anyways, the sale of Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam didn't sell well enough. So they made the Catwoman one I guess because it was already planned, and that's it.
And yeah, that sucks.


I really want to see this movie. It looks like it will be awesome.

[Mr_Wayne]

How real is that rumor that the DCUAM would be canceled soon?

[Thad]

How real is that rumor that the DCUAM would be canceled soon?

If WB were looking to cancel the line, I find it hard to believe they'd give the okay to an R-rated two-parter. Batman or no.

Per Wikipedia, Flashpoint and Brainiac have already been mentioned as upcoming -- I don't know if they've been officially confirmed, but Conroy said he'd already recorded for the former, so it's unlikely they'd scrap it at that stage.

[Vakanai]

If WB were looking to cancel the line, I find it hard to believe they'd give the okay to an R-rated two-parter. Batman or no.

I thought this was PG-13?

[Mat001]

All of the animated features that are in various stages of development will be finished. And as it is, Warner Brothers doesn't need Warner Premiere. It certainly didn't with all the previous direct to video animated films. Five Batman features, an "Animaniacs" one, a Superman one and several Scooby-Doo films were all made prior to the creation of WP.

[JusMe6]

First Reaction:
I guess Mark Hamill had to quit eventually. RIP greatest Joker voice EVER."

After seeing Michael Emerson's picture:
"HOLLY CRAP! Ben Linus is the new Joker!?!?!?"

Absolutely can't wait. Will probably be a more Heath Ledger type joker that's very dark, twisted, and calculating. What a twist!

[hulahulk]

He'd make a good Riddler, too.

[Vakanai]

First Reaction:
I guess Mark Hamill had to quit eventually. RIP greatest Joker voice EVER."

Well, they've been using different voice actors for these things. Under the Red Hood had a different Joker too.
Hamill might still do it again, kind of like how Conroy does Batman every once in a while.

[Mr. Holmes]

Well, they've been using different voice actors for these things. Under the Red Hood had a different Joker too.
Hamill might still do it again, kind of like how Conroy does Batman every once in a while.

I thought Hamil said he was done after Arkham 2.

[Vakanai]

I thought Hamil said he was done after Arkham 2.

That's what he said, but I think he said similar things for similar projects, so there's always a chance.
Maybe an Arkham 3, who knows.