Batman: The Killing Joke will be released on August on Digital and Home Media

Finally getting an official release date of early August and coming to Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD formats, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have released details on their next upcoming DC Universe Original Movie that adapts Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's seminal Batman & Joker story called "Batman: The Killing Joke".
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Official Trailer (2016)
According to Amazon, the Blu-Ray and DVD releases will be out on August 2, with the Digital Release hitting earlier on July 23. More details on the features, as well as other companion pieces on the release, can be found on Comic Book Movie.

Batman: The Killing Joke will make its debut on this year's San Diego Comic Con before it hits digital and home media.

ICYMI: Batman: The Killing Joke trailer released

After lots of teases, snippets of footage, and announcing that the film will premiere on this year's San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have officially released the trailer to "Batman: The Killing Joke" - featuring Kevin Conroy back as Batman and taking on Mark Hamill's insane portrayal of The Joker in the groundbreaking story based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland!


Batman: The Killing Joke hits Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital later this year!

Batman: The Killing Joke Animated Movie has been rated "R"

It looks like Batfans and viewers anxiously awaiting the animated movie release of "Batman: The Killing Joke" are going to get the mature content and rating they desire, as Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have officially announced that the upcoming DC Universe Animated Original Movie that's based on the classic graphic novel story by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland has been "Rated R"!

According to the report by Entertainment Weekly (via Superherohype), the film's producers were adamant at remaining faithful to the source content, so all of the adult themes and situations that were felt in the story will be seen in the animated film and then some! Plus the addition of Batman: The Animated Series voice actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as Batman and The Joker respectively only make this upcoming adaptation all the more exciting to watch, along with a 15-minute prologue that sets things up nicely!

Batman: The Killing Joke - Official Trailer No 1
Batman: The Killing Joke hits Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital Media later this year, with the film debuting at this coming San Diego Comic Con!

DC Universe Animated Original Movies: Batman: The Killing Joke could get an "R" rating

Looks like one of the most anticipated DC Universe Animated Original Movie adaptations may be getting a more mature setup, as upcoming DC Animated film director James Tucker announced during the "Batman: Bad Blood" First Look Panel at the New York Comic Con that the animated film adaptation of "Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's "Batman: The Killing Joke" may be getting an "R Rating".

According to the story Comic Book.com, Tucker commented that Warner Bros. may allow more mature content to be done to the treatment of the film: "You know, they (WB) said we could make it R. Not saying that's what it will be, but we'll see."

Set for release sometime in 2016, The Killing Joke is hailed as one of the best Batman stories of all time, centering on one strong possible origin of his greatest nemesis  - The Joker. The graphic novel also details the Clown Prince of Crime's random and sinister attacks on The Dark Knight and his closest allies, which includes the shooting and paralysis of Barbara Gordon.

ICYMI: Mark Hamill WILL voice The Joker in "Batman: The Killing Joke" animated film

Finally confirming the longstanding rumors and petitions to get the perfect man to play the role of the Clown Prince of Crime once more, Collider has broken out the news that veteran actor Mark Hamill will be returning to voice The Joker for the much anticipated animated film adaptation of "Batman: The Killing Joke" - which is widely considered to be the one if not THE greatest Joker story ever told.

Voicing his enthusiasm to "unretire" the role of Mistah J if a Killing Joke movie were to happen, Hamill last voiced Batman's greatest nemesis in the Batman Arkham games, and recently featured again in Batman: Arkham Knight, where he was a hallucination brought to life in The Dark Knight's mind that constantly hounded him like so (SPOILER WARNING):

Batman: Arkham Knight - Joker 'Who's Laughing Now?'
Now all we need is an exact release date and Kevin Conroy to return as Batman too.

SDCC '15: Batman: The Killing Joke and new DC Universe Animated Original Movies announced

In San Diego Comic-Con, anything can happen at a moment's notice... And after screening the newest DC Universe Animated Original Movie in this July's "Justice League: Gods and Monsters", Bruce Timm and the rest of the panel of Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment took the opportunity to announce the next upcoming project they have in store... And it's none other than the long awaited animated adaptation to Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's seminal Batman/ Joker story that is "Batman: The Killing Joke"!

As one of the most requested adaptations to be made, The Killing Joke is a story that has been incorporated into existing Batman canon, and sees Joker's possible origin explored as well as the paralysis of Barbara Gordon/ Batgirl and the torture of her father Commissioner Gordon.

Other DC Animated movie projects that were announced was another Batman movie in Batman: Bad Blood, as well as an epic Justice League vs Titans movie in the cards. For more information, visit the source post at Superherohype.