Warner Bros. Animation kicks off 2021 with an all-new DC animated movie in the superhero martial arts flick Batman: Soul of the Dragon, bringing the Dark Knight and his allies to the 1970s.
The first trailer for the upcoming film has Bruce Wayne reunite with Richard Dragon in groovy vision of Gotham City, before Dragon discovers Bruce defends the city as Batman. As Kobra makes a play for Gotham, Batman unites with the martial artists he studied with years ago to drive them out.
While the green-band trailer stops just short of depicting Batman's allies employing lethal force to dispatch their opponents, the new film will be rated-R like previous animated films Batman: Death in the Family and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
Soul of the Dragon was first rumored this past June before being officially announced along with the rest of Warner Animation's planned slate of DC animated movies in August. The film is an all-new original tale, not directly based on any previous comic book stories.
Directed by Sam Liu and executive produced by Bruce Timm, Batman: Soul of the Dragon stars David Giuntoli as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Mark Dacascos as Richard Dragon, Kelly Hu as Lady Shiva, Michael Jai White as Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, James Hong as O-Sensei and Josh Keaton as Jeffrey Burr. The film arrives Jan. 12, 2021 on digital HD and on Jan. 26 on Blu-ray and 4K UHD.
Source: IGN