It was announced at Comic-Con that Minnie the driver is ready to play The Penguin in Bruce Tim’s imminent Batman: Caped Crusader animated series.
This is a fascinating and surprising casting choice for this iconic Batman villain! There are no other details to share, but Driver is playing a female version of The Penguin. You can see a first look at the character above battling Batman.
She previously teased her role, saying, “Literally, there’s going to be some kind of alarm going off and I’m going to be taken away in the back of a van if I tell you anything about who I’m playing. But I have to tell you, it’s so cool. The whole show is cool, it’s great.”
The series description reads: “Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals are rampant, and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear.
“Forged in the fires of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something more and less than human: BATMAN. His single-handed crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions have deadly and unforeseen ramifications.”
This series will be a completely new take on the Batman mythology, and the series is set in the very early years of Batman’s crime-fighting career. Timm said, “Batman is so early in his career that in the first episode he’s still an urban legend.”
He continued saying: “It is not Year One,” referring to the Frank Miller AND David Mazzucchelli Batman source comic. “It’s more like ‘Second Week.'”
Not only will Bruce Wayne be trying to figure out how to become Batman, but this will be a different Batman than the versions we’ve seen before.
Timm explained, “I wanted to make it a little weird and creepy. If you’re stuck in a room with Batman, whether you’re Commissioner Gordon or Barbara Gordon or Renee Montoya, you don’t feel comfortable. You’re like, ‘What is this guy? What is he about?'”
The rest of the cast includes Hamish Linklater (Midnight snack) like Batman, Christina Ricci like Selina Kyle / Catwoman, My Friend Jamie Chung is Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn, and former voice actress of Batman Diedrich Bader will play Harvey Dent / Two-Face.
Other cast members include Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Grace McKenna, Written by Jason Watkins, Paul Scheer, Answers, by Gary Anthony Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel OsmentAND Toby Stephen.
This animated series has been in development for some time with Timm, The World of JJ Abrams, Mattia Reevesand comic book writer And Brubaker leading the charge.
Batman: Caped Crusader will debut on Prime Video on August 1st.
by Joey Fear
Source: Geek Tyrant
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