Gotham by GaslightTrailer Pits the Bat and the Cat Against a Serial Killer

It ’s Batman : The Steampunk Series . The first full trailer is out for Warner Bros. ’ next DC animated moving-picture show , Batman : Gotham by Gaslight , where the Dark Knight ( in a fancy cravat ) goes up against one of the most notorious serial killers in history .

The prudish alt - realism tale , drawn by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola , meat around Batman trying to take down Jack the Ripper , the material - life serial sea wolf who drink down and mutilate at least five woman in London in 1888 , and was never found . In this variation , Jack the Ripper is threatening Gotham City , and it ’s up to Bruce Wayne and Selena Kyle to track him down . Only problem is , the city thinks Bruce Wayne is in reality the sequent killer , or else of the masked squash racquet who ’s trying to trance him .

After we ’re done visit Gotham in the 19th century , Warner Bros. will be releasing Suicide Squad : netherworld to Pay , the first Suicide Squad pic coiffe within the shared continuity of the DC Universe Original Movies . Then , we ’ll get Death of Superman , the first half of a two - part adaptation , followed by the second half sovereignty of the Supermen . But first , we ’ve got Gotham by Gaslight , which comes out sometime in 2018 . you may watch the trailer below .