Jensen Ackles will supply the voice of the Red Hood in Batman: Under the Red Hood. Image courtesy of DC Entertainment.

In a couple of weeks, DC Comics fans will have a chance to take in the latest direct-to-DVD offering, the highly anticipated Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths animated feature. But the buzz today is coming from the next feature in queue for DC Entertainment.

According to The Los Angeles Times, details are emerging about the next animated feature, namely Batman: Under the Red Hood. The original comic book storyline will be adapted by animation legend Bruce Timm (as executive producer) and Brandon Vietti (as director). Vietti co-directed the 2007 animated feature Superman: Doomsday.

The Times is reporting that Bruce Greenwood will star as Batman. The cast will also include Futurama’s John DiMaggio as the Joker, Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles as the Red Hood, and Jason Isaacs as Ra’s Al Ghul. In the role of Nightwing will be the legend-”wait for it”-dary Neil Patrick Harris star of CBS’s How I Met Your Mother and the Joss Whedon Web sensation, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

Batman: Under the Red Hood will be adapted by Judd Winick and based on the “Batman: Under the Hood” storyline that Winick wrote in the Batman comic series with artists Doug Mahnke and Paul Lee. The story finds Batman contending with a figure from his past who has donned the identity of the Red Hood — a former alias of the Joker — in order to pursue his revenge against the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime.

A sneak preview of Batman: Under the Red Hood will  appear on the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths DVD when it is released on February 23.