The grey knight: Burt Ward and Adam West announce animated Batman film
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Version 0 of 1. Rumour has it that the new Batman movie will borrow from iconic graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, featuring a grey-haired and jaded caped crusader. But 42-year-old Ben Affleck won’t be the oldest superhero around when he debuts in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice next year, as original crime-fighting duo Adam West and Burt Ward have announced they’ll also be returning in a new feature-length film. West, 86, and 69-year-old Ward starred as Batman and Robin in a highly popular TV show between 1966 and 1968, followed by a movie which marked the feature-length debut of the dark knight in cinemas. Now they are to return to provide voice work for a new Batman film. Related: Christopher Nolan's Batman movies will endure | Ben Child “You can look forward to a new animated Batman full-length 90-minute feature coming out on the 50th anniversary,” Ward told an audience at Carolina horror convention Man Monster Party. “One of possibly two – but for sure one – that Adam and I are going to be doing the voices for.” No official announcement has yet been made by Warner Bros with regard to a new Batman film, but the feature is likely to be a home entertainment release rather than a theatrical one. The studio has delivered a number of animated superhero films on the small screen in recent years, including adaptations of classic Frank Miller graphic novels Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, starring Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman, as well as Jesse Eisenberg as villain Lex Luthor, is due in cinemas in March 2016. Man of Steel’s Zack Snyder returns to direct a film which is expected to introduce superhero combo Justice League to cinemas, with Warner planning a slate of 10 films based on its rights to the DC Comic back catalogue between next year and 2020. |