BrutalGamer Bringing you Brutally Honest feedback from today's entertainment industry.
An Elseworlds tale in the classic DC Comics style, Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a supernatural Eldritch romp filled with reimaginings.
Heed the call
We’ve been showing off Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham for a while and the animated feature keeps on looking better and better every time. It’s a complete reimagining of the Bat-mythos, and now officially has the “Elseworlds” banner attached.
That of course, was a category recently brought back to life by the new DCU bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. While they’re very much working on a cohesive universe, the two have also brought the classic comic book Elseworlds name into the film world for those movies that don’t fit into the overall plan.
Longtime comics fans will recall that Elseworlds was a DC staple in the 80s and 90s. It was so popular that it even had its own toy line from Kenner for a while, and spawned the vampiric-Batman stories, among others. But before it can even get applied to a DCU film, it’s making its way to animation with Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham.
This new feature casts the Dark Knight and his allies and enemies as Lovecraftian figures. And it looks like it includes all the supernatural mystery, horror, and action that term entails.
Here’s the latest drop of images, including a very mutated Penguin (and penguins).
As an Elseworlds take on Mr. Freeze, Grendon appears to Bruce Wayne and his family as a frozen, undying corpse who is devoted to the evil entity unleashed upon the unsuspecting world. DC Animated Movies veterans David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) and David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man) give voice to Bruce Wayne/Batman and Grendon, respectively, in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham. 
Where Professor Oswald Cobblepot’s expedition ends is where Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham begins as Bruce Wayne and his crew discover Cobblepot’s abandoned ship, including his detailed journal. But the Wayne expedition can find no sign of the professor, even while the evolving Cobblepot and his penguins watch them intently from high above. David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) reprises his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as the voice of Bruce Wayne & the Dark Knight, while William Salyers (The Regular Show) voices yet another rendition of the Penguin as Cobbelpot. 
Killer Croc’s Elseworlds version might be even more menacing than his usual appearance, particularly as the massive creature operates under the merciless command of Talia al Ghul – or looming tall over Batman in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham. David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) gives voice to Batman/Bruce Wayne. 
Talia al Ghul seems to be integral to the troubled shadows overtaking the city in Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham. Three-time Emmy Award nominee Emily O’Brien (Constantine: City of Demons, Days of Our Lives) reprises her Gotham Knights video game role as Talia al Ghul.
Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce’s beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.
Warner Bros Discovery press release
Lots more to come on this, so stay tuned. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is heading towards release this month, on March 28th.
