DC has announced a casting choice that you didn’t know you needed until now, with formerBaywatchandKnight Riderstar David Hasselhoff on board to provide the voice ofSupermanin an upcoming series of animated shorts based on the DC comics arcDark Nights: Death Metal. The rest of the cast was unveiled courtesy ofDark Nights: Death Metal#4, with Hasselhoff’sSupermanbeing joined byBlack Veil Brideslead singer Andy Biersack asBatmanand gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe asWonder Womanrounding out the DC trinity.
Along withDavid Hasselhoff, TheDark Nights: Death Metalvoice cast also includesWho Framed Roger Rabbitstar Charles Fleischer as The Joker and The Batman Who Laughs, Netflix’sThe Punisherstar Jason R. Moore as The Darkest Knight, and glam metal bandCinderella’sdrummer Fred Coury as The Flash. The shorts will even feature voice work from the creatives behind the comic book itself, withDeath Metalwriter Scott Snyder as Robin King, andDeath Metalartist Greg Capullo as Sgt. Rock.
Composer and producer Tyler Bates has crafted the soundtrack forDeath Metalalong with the score for the event. “I’ve invited artists on the soundtrack and pop-culture personalities alike to voice the characters illustrated in Scott and Greg’s masterful take on classicDC characters, which possibly has never been more relevant to real-life given the challenging time the world is currently experiencing,” Bates said in a statement. “We are all enjoying the camaraderie of working to bring a new dimension of these DC characters to life in a new medium.”
Dark Nights: Death Metalpicks up following the final battle betweenBatmanand The Batman Who Laughs. With the Source Wall shattered causing a chain of events that frees the villainous Perpetua from her cosmic prison, the Justice League must once again battle to not only save the world, but reality as we know it.
TheDark Nights: Death Metalanimated shorts are far from Davi Hasselhoff’s first foray into the comic book genre, with the formerBaywatchstar having starred as Nick Fury in the much malignedNick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.TV movie on Fox, and also had a cameo in Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
As for the wider adventures ofSuperman, rumors persist thatMan of Steelstar Henry Cavill will reprise the role on the big screen eventually. The most recent internet buzz claimed that Cavill will indeed be returning to the big screen as the Last Son of Krypton, with the 37-year-old actor reportedly having signed a new deal that includes three movies and options for cameos across other DC universe movies. It has also been alleged that interest in Henry Cavill returning was sparked by the successful announcement ofThe Snyder Cut, which is due for release on HBO Max next year, with Cavill himself reportedly pitching a take onSupermanto the studio that was very well received.
DC will release theDark Nights: Death Metalanimated shorts throughDCDeathMetal.worldand onthe official DC Youtube channel. TheDark Nights: Death Metalsoundtrack will follow in early 2021.
