Spotify and DC brings back Batman/Bruce Wayne’s tortured soul, voiced by actors Colman Domingoin a second season of “Batman Unburied.”
“Batman Unburied: Fallen City” premieres on November 26th exclusively on Spotify – and promises to take listeners deeper into the history of the Dark Knight. The new season will consist of eight episodes, which will be released at once. The audio streamer bowed the first season with ten episodes of “Batman Unburied” 2022with Winston Duke voicing the title role and the show topped Spotify’s charts at the time.
Filmmaker and series writer David S. Goyer created the series and serves as executive producer. “Batman Unburied” reimagines the superhero in a world there Wayne is a black man instead of the rich white scion of one of Gotham’s elite families.
“This story, one that explores Bruce losing a friend and an emotional new discovery about his parents’ deaths, was exciting and challenging,” Domingo said in a statement. “I can’t wait for listeners to experience the twists and turns that await them.”
Here’s the description for “Batman Unburied: Fallen City”: As Gotham City is plagued by seismic tremors, Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent launch a social program that shames the city’s elites and yet earns praise from the city’s newest masked figure: the Oracle of Gotham. But when Harvey goes missing, Batman is forced to descend into the city’s labyrinthine underground, uncovering a terrible conspiracy by a secret society that has ruled Gotham for ages, one that has links to his parents’ tragic murder. While Two-Face works to establish law and order, Batman must defend his life – and his city – before everything he knows and loves is turned into rubble.
In addition to Domingo, “Batman Unburied: Fallen City” stars Gina Rodriguez (Barbara Gordon) and Jason Isaacs (Alfred Pennyworth), along with Morena Baccarin (Allie), André Holland (Harvey Dent/Two-Face), Cheech Marin (Jim Gordon). ), Tahar Rahim (The Patriarch) and Alan Ruck (Coby Williamson).
In the first season of “Batman Unburied,” a serial killer known as The Harvester terrorizes Gotham City, but Batman (Duke) doesn’t come to the rescue. In fact, Bruce Wayne has no memory of being the Caped Crusader at all. Instead, Bruce is a forensic pathologist performing an autopsy on the latest victim when he is attacked by the killer himself. As Bruce’s obsession with the reaper consumes him, Dr. Thomas Wayne, head of Gotham City Hospital, his son to take a medical leave and seek treatment from an unusual psychologist, Dr. Hunter. With Batman missing in action, Detective Barbara Gordon (Rodriguez) has no choice but to seek help from Gotham’s second-smartest detective: The Riddler (voiced by Hasan Minhaj).
“Batman Unburied: Fallen City” was written and produced by Saladin Ahmed, along with Jess Carson and Meghan Fitzmartin; and directed by Alex Kemp. Executive producers include Goyer, Keith Levine and Gracie Wheelan of Phantom Four; producers are Chica Barbosa, Alex Kemp and Winnie Kemp of Wolf at the Door Studios. The series was also produced in collaboration with Shaleen Desai, Tyler Dorson and Peter Girardi of Warner Bros.’s Blue Ribbon Content, and Spotify Studios executive producers Liz Gateley and Rachel Wolf. Executives in charge of production for DC are Mike Pallotta and Victor Diaz.
The music for the series is composed by Jonathan Snipes. Music from “Batman Unburied” will be available on Spotify starting in December.
Spotify has also released two related DC audio series set in the Batman universe: “The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark,” starring Minhaj as Riddler and Colman as Batman, and “Harley Quinn and the Joker” with Christina Ricci and Billy Magnussen (with Justin Hartley as the voice of Batman).
Listen to the trailer for the next season of “Batman Unburied: Fallen City”:
