Ethan Hawke makes his debut as Batman in new ‘Batwheels’ clip (unique)

Straight outta the Batcave, right here comes Ethan Hawke as Gotham City’s newest Caped Crusader in the new animated collection Batwheels. Yahoo Entertainment has your unique first have a look at Hawke’s Batman and his modern Bat-ride in an action-packed clip from the half-hour particular Secret Origin of the Batwheels, which premieres Sept. 17 — aka Batman Day — on Cartoonito on HBO Max. (Watch the scene above.)

Secret Origin is the prelude to the continued Batwheels collection that launches this fall on Cartoonito on Cartoon Network and Cartoonito on HBO Max. Aimed at car-crazy preschoolers, the present follows the adventures of the Bat household’s varied autos — together with the Batmobile (voiced by Jacob Bertrand), Robin’s Redbird (Jordan Reed) and Batgirl’s Bibi (Madigan Kacmar) — after they develop into sentient crimefighters themselves.

The circumstances surrounding their evolution are revealed in Secret Origin, which finds Batman, Robin and Batgirl being captured by Gotham’s infamous rogues. With the human heroes out of fee, that Batcomputer brings their autos to life and so they roar off to save lots of the day. But wait! They additionally must cope with the Legion of Zoom, a line of villain-centric vehicles starting from Harley Quinn’s Jetstah to the Joker’s Prank.

Speaking of the Joker (Mick Wingert), he is entrance and middle in this Secret Origin clip, as Batman pilots the Batmobile by means of the streets of Gotham in pursuit of the Clown Prince of Crime. And it seems that Batman is not the one one with great toys — the Joker reveals his trip’s varied methods, together with outsized Jack in the Boxes that actually knock the Batmobile into the sky. “Pop goes the weasel,” boasts the grinning villain.

Naturally, Hawke’s Batman retains his cool. “You’ll have to do better than that,” says the Moon Knight star, who equips a parachute to carry his automobile again right down to Earth after which unleashes his personal counter-attack: a Batarang cannon that takes out one of many Joker’s gadgets. “You never could take a joke,” Batman says as he speeds off to his subsequent vacation spot. Looks just like the Joker simply realized firsthand why actuality bites.

Secret Origin of the Batwheels premieres Sept. 17 on Cartoonito on HBO Max. Batwheels premieres later this fall on Cartoonito on Cartoon Network and Cartoonito on HBO Max.