Warner Bros. will release "Batman: The Animated Movie" Christmas Day in hundreds of theaters nationwide.

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The new feature-length cartoon will use computer-generated animation, duplicating and visually expanding the TV series' look, which producer Alan Burnett describes as "dark deco."The picture will introduce several new characters to the Batman legend, among them a villain named Phantasm. Actors providing voices include Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred, the butler, and Mark Hamill as the Joker, the same roles they record for the weekly kiddie series.

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