Based on the acclaimed comic book arc by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, the movie stars Southland’s Ben McKenzie as a young Bruce Wayne at the beginning of his caped crusade against crime in Gotham. The cast also includes Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston (as Lieutenant James Gordon of the CGPD), Battlestar Galactica vet Katee Sackhoff and Dushku as Selina Kyle, a prostitute-turned-thief who becomes one of Batman’s most notorious foes.

Batman Year One The Animated Movie will premier at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, and will be available for purchase on October 18, 2011.

via TV Guide: Eliza Dushku is getting catty this fall. The Buffyand Dollhouse alum provides the sultry voice for Catwoman in the animated DVD-movie Batman: Year One and as an added bonus will headline a short film included as a DVD extra. In Catwoman, the femme fatale tangles with crime boss Rough Cut (a brand-new character created for this short, voiced by Futurama‘s John DiMaggio) in a breathless and brutal 15-minute chase through Gotham City tracking down a mysterious cargo shipment.