dc20willsave Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Warner's super vision Studio ramps up effort to maximize DC's Justice League heroes via games, TV, pics By Marc Graser Until Warner Bros. assembles its creative team around a "Justice League" movie, the studio and DC Entertainment are focusing on getting audiences used to seeing the group's superheroes together in other ways. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash already appear in Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's "Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes," released in June, and will reunite for the videogame division's "Injustice: Gods Among Us," out next year. But Variety has learned that WBIE is expected to reteam some of the characters in some form for the next installment in Rocksteady Studios' gritty vidgame series that began with "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City." New, highly stylized title is being developed as a prequel that revolves around Batman's first meeting with the Joker. It's based on the Silver Age of DC's comicbooks from the 1950s when the Caped Crusader teamed with other heroes like Superman and founded the Justice League of America. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill voiced Batman and the Joker, respectively, in the previous games. Hamill has already said he won't be back to play the villain in the next game. Warner Bros.' games group introduced the gritty "Batman: Arkham Asylum" game in 2009, followed by last year's "Batman: Arkham City," which was heavily promoted at Comic-Con. Sequel sold 2 million units worldwide in its first week and quickly topped 6 million within the first month, besting the 4.3 million that the first sold overall. New game would likely bow in 2014 at the earliest. Title was not discussed during the E3 games confab in June, with WBIE focusing on unveiling "Injustice." Opening up Batman's world would make sense given that Warner Bros. is eager to replicate the success Marvel and Disney have had with "The Avengers," which has grossed $1.5 billion this summer at the worldwide box office and minted even more coin from the sale of toys and other licensed merchandise. Source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 If they're doing a younger Bats and Joker, I almost hope they don't use Conroy. Conroy without Hamill would just be weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Hamill said he wouldn't be back after Arkham Asylum. He's since said that he can't help but keep coming back whenever they ask him to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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