First Look At Warner Bros. Animation's Batman: Year One!

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Here's a look at two scenes from Warner Bros. Animation's upcoming Batman: Year One film. It will be directed by WB Animation vets Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu, and star Bryan Cranston as Lieutenant James Gordon, Ben McKenzie as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Eliza Dushku voices Catwoman, and Katee Sackhoff as Detective Sarah Essen, Gordon's love interest. Additionally, Alex Rocco lends his pipes as crime lord Carmine Falcone. The film will be an adaptation of the 1987 Frank Miller comic book classic, and will follow a young Bruce Wayne first starting out as Batman. He creates an early bond with Lieutenant James Gordon, whose importance in the tale makes it as much as Gordon's story as Wayne's.

Tab Murphy wrote the script of this 12th entry in the successful series of DC universe animated originals.

The feature adapts the landmark four-issue story written by Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli that first appeared in 1987 on the heels of Miller's seminal work, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Those tomes, along with The Watchmen, helped elevate the comics medium, changing the public's perception of the art form and influencing Hollywood writers and artists to this day.

As one of the holy grails in comic books, Year One will be closely scrutinized for faithfulness, but superhero animation veteran Bruce Timm, who is exec producing, says there is very little in the movie that isn't in the comic.

"The source material is surprisingly cinematic; it's a pretty straight forward literal retelling," he says. "Mazzucchelli's artwork is beautifully composed and we were able to refer to the comic for about 80 percent of the camera setups."

Batman: Year One, which will be rated PG-13, is scheduled to be released on home video in the fall but will world premiere in July at Comic-Con.

Source: Hollywoodreporter.com