…well, the voice cast is, anyway. Following up on yesterday’s announcement of a new Batman animated series called “The Batman”, Zap2it has posted an official cast list. Rino Romano of Spider-Man Unlimited (not the MTV Spider-Man show, as was originally thought) is confirmed as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and equally horrible is the news that the Joker will be voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson of Static Shock, and not Mark Hamill, who has been the voice on every series since the first Bruce Timm-designed Batman animated series nearly 12 years ago.


Sigh.


I wonder who’s actually working on this show? The Batman: TAS staff has branched out big time, and now you can find staffers on Justice League, Static Shock, X-Men Evolution, Teen Titans and others. All I really want are more episodes of the original series…I’m willing to accept that I won’t get them, but hopefully the rumored (or was that confirmed?) next direct-to-home video animated movie won’t be as dull as Mystery of the Batwoman was. That one was a real bore, and the suggestion of a romantic relationship between Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon really gave me the willies.