Batman: Death in the Family - Exclusive Official Trailer

IGN is pleased to debut the exclusive trailer for DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family, the next animated DC Universe movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, and the first to feature interactive storytelling elements. You can watch the trailer in the player above or embedded below. DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family will debut on Blu-ray and Digital HD in Fall 2020. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name, Death in the Family chronicles the tragic death of second Robin Jason Todd at the hand of the Joker. The film is essentially a prequel to 2010's Batman: Under the Red Hood and will feature several returning voice actors, including Bruce Greenwood as Batman, Vincent Martella as Jason Todd, and John DiMaggio as Joker. The cast also includes Zehra Fazal (Young Justice) as Talia al Ghul and Gary Cole (Veep) as both Two-Face and Commissioner Gordon. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/28/dc-showcase-batman-death-in-the-family-exclusive-official-trailer"] However, Death in the Family isn't a straightforward prequel, but rather an interactive short film with multiple branching story paths (a la Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). Viewers will be presented with choices at pivotal moments in the story, allowing them to decide whether Jason lives or dies and determining the course of Jason's life. The trailer hints at some major deviations from established continuity, with Jason returning to Gotham as a bandaged assassin and taking up the mantle of Red Robin. This interactive element is likely a callback to the original comic's infamous fan-voting campaign. DC established a 1-900 number, allowing fans to call and vote on whether they wanted Jason to live or die. The "die" vote narrowly won out, though DC did eventually resurrect the character in 2005's Batman: Under the Hood (the inspiration for the Under the Red Hood movie). DC also called back to that poll following an episode of Titans: Season 2 last year. [caption id="attachment_2385344" align="alignnone" width="720"] Batman: Death in the Family is the DC's first interactive animated film.[/caption] Similar to 2010's Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, Batman: Death in the Family will include several other DC animated shorts to make up for its shorter runtime. Also included in this set are the previously released Sgt. Rock, Death, Adam Strange, and The Phantom Stranger short films. 2020 has been a busy year in terms of new animated DC movies. WBHE has already released Superman: Red Son and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.  In our Apokolips War review, we praised the film's narrative for veering "into some very surprising and compelling directions, and somehow it manages to pay off on loose ends from across the DCU while still chronicling the final battle between the Justice League and Darkseid." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-dc-animated-movie-in-development&captions=true"] DC's next animated movie will be Superman: Man of Tomorrow, which features a new take on the Man of Steel's origin story. Man of Tomorrow will release on Digital HD on Sunday, August 23 and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD on Tuesday, September 8. And be sure to check out our roundup of every DC Universe Movie review in the 15-film continuity that recently ended with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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