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West, Ward reprising Batman roles in animated movie

Posted at 4:55 PM, Aug 17, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-17 16:55:29-04
SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 19: Actors Burt Ward and Adam West of "Batman" pose in the press room at the 2006 TV Land Awards at the Barker Hangar on March 19, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)

SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 19: Actors Burt Ward and Adam West of “Batman” pose in the press room at the 2006 TV Land Awards at the Barker Hangar on March 19, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam West and Burt Ward are reprising their respective roles as Batman and Robin, but they won’t have to don tights this time around.

The actors are voicing the characters in the animated film “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” out this fall. Julie Newmar will also return as Catwoman.

The movie’s colorful style will recall the campy aesthetic of the 1960s live-action “Batman” TV series starring West and Ward.

A jokey trailer posted Wednesday on Entertainment Weekly’s site featured West’s Batman announcing that the dynamic duo will face “Joker, Riddler, Penguin and Catwoman on earth — and in space.”

The “Batman” TV series originally ran from 1966 to 1968

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is scheduled to release the film digitally Oct. 11 and on Blu-ray on Nov. 1.