During the exciting panel, the casting was revealed alongside series talent Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Executive Producers James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne
From Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, all ten episodes will premiere July 31, on Prime Video
SAN DIEGO, California—July 23, 2026 —Today, Prime Video revealed Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon) as the voice of “The Joker” during the Batman: Caped Crusader Season Two panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The panel for the highly anticipated animated noir series kicked off the world premiere screening of the first episode from Season Two. Following the screening, executive producers James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne and series voice cast Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung, and Needham had a lively conversation about the show and what fans can expect for this thrilling new season.
At the end of the panel, Amazon Luna shared the trailer for their upcoming Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles game which will launch on July 31, to coincide with the Season Two premiere. Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles will be available to Prime members and Luna subscribers on the Luna app in the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Batman: Caped Crusader Season Two will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on Friday, July 31. Season One of the series is critically acclaimed and Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with all episodes available to stream now.
The series stars the ensemble cast of Hamish Linklater, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, Jason Watkins, Gary Anthony Williams, Ronan Raftery, Jamie Chung, Matthew Needham, Wunmi Mosaku, Laraine Newman, Grey DeLisle, John DiMaggio, Zach Hoffman, William Salyers, Josh Brener, Bumper Robinson, Cedric Yarbrough, Tom Kenny, Roger Craig Smith, Blythe Melin, Fryda Wolff, Kevin Michael Richardson, Juliet Donenfeld and Robin Atkin Downes.
About Batman: Caped Crusader
Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years. Forged in the fire of tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human–the BATMAN. Night after night, against overwhelming odds, he wages his relentless one-man war on crime.
The series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm. Based on DC characters, Batman: Caped Crusader hails from Warner Bros. Animation, DC Studios, Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Reeves’ 6th & Idaho. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne, Sarah Geismer, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.
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