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A trailer for the new Batman podcast, written by David S. Goyer, has been released by Spotify, Warner Bros. and DC.

A serial killer terrorizes Gotham City, but Batman is not coming to the rescue. In fact, Bruce Wayne has no memory of being the Caped Crusader at all. To find out why, Barbara Gordon seeks help from Gotham’s second smartest detective: The Riddler.

Bruce Wayne is a forensic pathologist, working in Gotham Hospital when a serial killer — a new character created for the series and known as The Harvester — starts to wreak havoc on the city. As he performs the autopsies on the victims, Bruce Wayne becomes so obsessed that his father Dr. Thomas Wayne, the head of Gotham Hospital, forces him into a medical leave and to attend sessions with a psychiatrist. Meanwhile, with the Batman missing, and The Harvester still on the loose, Detective Barbra Gordon turns to The Riddler for help.

Winston Duke will star as Bruce Wayne, Jason Isaacs as Alfred, Gina Rodriguez as Barbara Gordon, Sam Witwer as The Harvester, Hasan Minhaj as The Riddler, Lance Reddick as Thomas Wayne, Toks Olagundoye as Martha Wayne, John Rhys-Davies as Dr. Hunter, Ashly Burch as Vicki Vale, and Jessica Marie Garcia as Renee Montoya.  Nine international versions of the series have been prepared – with local talent and cultural references rewritten. Those Batmen are Rocco Pitanga for Brazil, Dali Benssalah for France, Murathan Muslu for Germany, Amit Sadh for India, Ario Bayu for Indonesia, Claudio Santamaria for Italy, Ryohei Otani for Japan, and The Exorcist’s Alfonso Herrera for Mexico.

Dawn Ostroff, Chief Content & Advertising Business Officer, noted “With the global launch of Batman Unburied, we are excited to bring the iconic franchise and the legacy of Batman to our hundreds of millions of listeners around the world. Through our extraordinary partnership with Warner Bros. and DC, we have the unique opportunity to usher in a new era of the universally beloved DC Super Heroes through the world of audio, voiced by all-star casts. The power of podcasts has never been more evident than it is with David Goyer’s spine chilling soundscape masterpiece that tells the transcendent story of the one and only Bruce Wayne.”

Peter Girardi, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Warner Bros. Animation, added “David Goyer, this amazing cast and the entire Batman Unburied team have created a Batman experience that stretches the narrative podcast medium to new levels along with your expectations on how immersive and compelling a Batman story can be. I could not have asked for a better way to kick off our creative partnership with Spotify.”

Batman Unburied arrives worldwide on May 3.