'Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One' Reveals Voice Cast And Release Date

The animated adaptation of the most pivotal story in DC history starts in January

It was just about two weeks ago when DC and Warner Bros. released the first trailer for the direct-to-video animated trilogy of Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, adapting the original event comic limited series from Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. While it showcased the story as necessary and confirmed a 2024 release and implied it for all three films, it didn’t do much for production and release details. That changed Monday when IGN got the exclusive, along with a slightly narrower-focused trailer.

They do confirm that this will close out the Tomorrowverse continuity that only began in 2020 with Superman: Man of Tomorrow, and continued through Justice Society: World War II, the two-part Batman: The Long Halloween, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Justice League: Warworld, which ended with the Harbinger’s warning of this Crisis.

The synopsis for just Part One reads as follows:

Death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe! Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of Super Heroes ever assembled. But what can the combined might of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and hundreds of Super Heroes from multiple Earths even do to save all of reality from an unstoppable antimatter Armageddon?!

As far as the cast, the main trinity of Darren Criss as Superman, Stana Katic as Wonder Woman and Jensen Ackles as Batman/Bruce Wayne return of course, while Criss and Katic take on additional roles as the Earth-2 Superman and Superwoman (world unconfirmed) respectively. The cast also sees returnees in Matt Bomer as The Flash/Barry Allen, Meg Donnelly as Supergirl, Jimmi Simpson as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, and Zachary Quinto as Lex Luthor. Apparently Donnelly is taking over as Harbinger from Kari Wahlgren. But that’s not everyone of course. It’d be too small if that were the case. Aldis Hodge is back as Green Lantern John Stewart and voices his Power Ring too, Alexandra Daddario as Lois Lane, Ike Amadi as J’onn J’onzz the Martian Manhunter, while also taking on Amazing Man (in his first film or TV appearance ever!) and Professor Ivo, Alastair Duncan as Alfred, a role he first played in the 2004 The Batman animated series, Ashleigh LaThrop as Iris West, Keesha Sharp as Vixen, Nolan North as Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Amazo & Homeless Man, and Liam Mcintyre as Aquaman and takes on Johnny Quick. From the Legion of Super-Heroes we have the returning Cynthia Hamidi as Dawnstar and Harry Shum Jr. as Brainiac 5. Matt Lanter, the Aquaman of the previous continuity, voices Blue Beetle & Ultraman, while new cast also includes Ato Essandoh as Michael Holt aka Mr Terrific, Erika Ishii as Doctor Light/Dr. Hoshi & Huntress, David Kaye as The Question, and Lou Diamond Phillips as The Spectre & Owlman.

Jonathan Adams, who was Vaatu on The Legend of Korra, and some of comics’s most imposing figures including Kang the Conqueror on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Darkseid on Justice League Action, voices The Monitor and The Anti-Monitor, and seeing his first action in an adaptation of the source material, we have Geoffrey Arend as Psycho Pirate, who only delivered the comics famous “Worlds will live. Worlds will die…” tagline at the end of the Arrowverse’s Elseworlds crossover that announced its Crisis adaptation, but did not actually reappear for it. Arend, who voiced the Earth-2 doppelgänger known as the Advisor in Justice Society: World War II is also voicing Hawkman. Zach Callison, who previously voiced young Bruce Wayne in The Long Halloween and was Damian Wayne and Jimmy Olsen in the standalone Injustice adaptation, among roles in other unrelated DC media, now voices Dick Grayson Robin.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One is directed by Jeff Wamester from a script by Jim Krieg, who produces with Kimberly S. Moreau. Wes Gleason did casting and voice direction. The film will have two special features shared between its physical and digital releases. The first is called “Crisis Prime(r)” where the filmmakers reveal how they planned and built the Tomorrowverse as its final story begins. The second, “The Selfless Speedster” gives its own primer on The Flash’s pivotal role in the original story and how they bring it to life here with the animation, writing, and acting. The digital version will include an exclusive clip, called “Silent Treatment” from Part Two. Part One will be available to purchase on digital on January 9 and on 4K UHD in limited edition SteelBook and Blu-ray two weeks on January 23. The subsequent two parts will release later in the year, with at most 335 days of realistic real estate to consider.

Source: IGN