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 sequence 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 continuing Batwheels sequence 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 turn 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 they usually roar off to save lots of the day. But wait! They additionally should deal 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 heart in this Secret Origin clip, as Batman pilots the Batmobile via the streets of Gotham in pursuit of the Clown Prince of Crime. And it seems that Batman is not the one one with fantastic toys — the Joker reveals his experience’s varied tips, 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 automotive again right down to Earth after which unleashes his personal counter-attack: a Batarang cannon that takes out one of many Joker’s units. “You never could take a joke,” Batman says as he speeds off to his subsequent vacation spot. Looks just like the Joker simply discovered 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.