Ricky Church chats to David Guintoli about Batman: Soul of the Dragon…
The first of Warner Bros. Animation’s DC films of 2021 will be released in just a couple weeks with
Batman: Soul of the Dragon. Taking place in the 1970s, the film takes a look at Batman’s days training in the martial arts with his fellow students and how they must come together again to defeat a powerful threat to the world. Starring alongside Batman (David Giuntoli) are Richard Dragon (Mark Dacascos), Lady Shiva (Kelly Hu) and Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White), some of the most skilled and deadly fighters in the DC Universe.
Batman s had a lot of adventures through the DC Universe Animated Movies, and one of the joys of that line of films has been watching him journey not just through some of his classic comic book tales, but well beyond where the main comics continuity has ever taken him. We ve seen everything from adaptations of
The Dark Knight Returns and
The Killing Joke to a film based on the
Gotham by Gaslight Elseworlds story. Now, as 2021 dawns, Batman s taking on another Elseworlds adventure, and we ve got an exclusive clip.
Batman: Soul of the Dragon will transport the Dark Knight and his friends back to the 1970s for what looks to be an
Batman: Soul Of The Dragon First Clip Released
The first clip from
Batman: Soul of the Dragon has been released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment - and you can watch it above! The clip follows Bruce Wayne (voiced by actor David Guintoli) as he reaches his martial arts training destination, and has his first encounter with master O-Sensei. For context, this is a scene set during Bruce s time of training to become the ultimate crimefighter (who would later be Batman).
Soul of the Dragon will examine the martial arts side of Batman s life (and bring together some of his deadliest opponents) in this 70s-style ode to Bruce Lee s