After playing the part of a brilliant lawyer to perfection for six seasons of Better Call Saul, actor Patrick Fabian will next take on the role of the District Attorney of Gotham City. It was recently announced (per THR) that Fabian is among the voice cast members of the upcoming animated movie Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham. Fabian provides the voice of the iconic supervillain Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, one of the Dark Knight's most well-known adversaries. Clearly, Fabian couldn't be any happier about landing the role.
"Thrilled to be playing Harvey Dent!," Fabian said online while sharing the news.
The casting follows Fabian garnering great acclaim for his role as Howard Hamlin in the Breaking Bad spinoff series Better Call Saul. The show's sixth and final season, which concluded on AMC this year, featured Fabian at his very best, garnering him a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Fabian also has experience in the world of comic book adaptations with a role as a U.S. Senator in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he voiced Hank Henshaw in the animated movie The Death of Superman along with its follow-up, Reign of the Supermen.
Patrick Fabian Is Part of an Ensemble Voice Cast
David Giuntoli (A Million Little Things) also leads the cast of Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham as the voice of Batman himself. The voice cast also includes Tati Gabrielle (Uncharted) as Kai Li Cain, Christopher Gorham (The Lincoln Lawyer) as Oliver Queen, John DiMaggio (Futurama) as James Gordon, Brian George (Avatar: The Last Airbender) as Alfred Pennyworth, David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad) as Grendon, Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) as Lucius Fox, Jeffrey Combs (ReAnimator) as Kirk Langstrom, and Jason Marsden (Hocus Pocus) as Dick Grayson and Young Bruce Wayne.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is based on the original graphic novel that was published in 2001 by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, and Troy Nixey. Sam Liu and Christopher Berkeley are co-directing the film with a screenplay penned by Jase Ricci. Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau will produce while Sam Register and Michael Uslan will executive produce.
In the movie, per the THR report, "explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, and James Gordon."
The movie will be released in Spring 2023 on a date yet to be revealed by Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.