For the new Cartoon Network series “Justice League Action,” Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will provide the voices of Batman and The Joker, something they’ve been doing on and off since the 1992 episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series.”
Conroy and Hamill voiced the same roles in last year’s “Batman: Arkham Knight” video game and will voice them again in the fast-approaching straight-to-Blu-ray adaptation of Alan Moore’s “The Killing Joke.”
Though Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger may be more identified with the role, Hamill has likely played The Joker in more screen projects than any other actor alive. Hamill voiced the Clown Prince of Crime in the 1993 motion picture “Mask of the Phantasm,” in the 1994 videogame “The Adventures of Batman & Robin,” in three 1997 episodes of “Superman: The Animated Series,” in five episodes of “The New Batman Adventures” (1997-1999), in 2000’s “Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker,” in a 2002 episode of “Static Shock,” in two 2002 episodes of The WB’s live-action “Birds of Prey” series,” in six episodes of “Justice League” (2002-2006) and in array of video games far too numerous to mention.
Sadly, James Woods replaces Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. Booster Gold, voiced by Tom Everett Scott in eight episodes of “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” will now be played by Diedrich Bader (who played Batman in all 65 episodes of “Batman: The Brave and the Bold").
No premiere date has been for “Justice League Action,” which will feature an “always rotating team” and be comprised of a so-far unspecified number of 11-minute episodes.
