From the Dark Lord to the Dark Knight, Ralph Fiennes has found a new noseless face to play. The english actor who terrorized the Wizarding World of Harry Potter for years as the Dark Lord, Lord Voldemort, has been confirmed to give voice to the part of the loyal and ever dependable butler and stand-in parent to billionaire Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth.
Even with an animated Alfred, the role of Batman's most loyal companion is still one that may be difficult to achieve since the character was played by the likes of Michael Caine and Jeremy Irons, but we think Fiennes will do a wonderful job considering Fiennes is a very notable Shakespeare interpreter. This will be Fiennes' second voice acting role with "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" as his first back in 2005.
The "LEGO Batman" film, scheduled for release in 2017, is a spin-off of the 2014 Oscar nominated animated "LEGO Movie" starring Chris Pratt as Emmet the LEGO construction worker who is on a quest as "the special" to stop President Business from supergluing the LEGO world.
Fiennes will join Will Arnett who will reprise his role as the raspy voice of LEGO Batman from the 2014 film, "LEGO Movie." "LEGO Batman" also welcomes the voices of Rosario Dawson as Batgirl and Michael Cera as Robin.
Since Batman's crime fighting team is complete, who will be the villain in the 2017 film? In answer to that, comedian Zach Galifianakis of "Hangover" fame is currently under negotiations to voice the character of, whom else but, The Joker. We'll be sure to find out soon if Galifianakis signs on for the role since the negotiations are in its finals stages.
Chris McKay will be directing the "LEGO Batman" movie with the script of Seth Grahame-Smith. Dan Lin and Roy Lee, as well as Phil Lord and Christopher Miller who directed the "LEGO Movie" will produce the "LEGO Batman" film.
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