Kevin Conroy explains how Warners Bros. wanted to FORBID him from doing Cons!

[@itsrectimemedia]

My heart is broken. I’ll miss Kevin deeply. I will always remember him as a True Gentleman.

[@killerclone2177]

same here my friend, i miss the batman

[@SuperSonicWarrior93]

Same here. I really wanted to meet him. R.I.P. Kevin Conroy. Long Live Batman.

[@williamhood8640]

Even in his regular voice you can still hear Batman in his voice I find it cool

[@dragonballspaghetti154]

Bruce wayne

[@williamhood8640]

@@dragonballspaghetti154 No I hear Batman and Bruce Wayne.

[@parsa2176]

no no you hear bruces voice

[@williamhood8640]

@@parsa2176 I hear what I hear You hear what hear

[@Gareth-410]

Well...yeah?

[@kingcash55]

Have a lot of respect for this man. My dad managed to contact him and asked him if he could record a message to lift the spirits of my brother who has cancer, as a birthday present. He went beyond our expectations by sending us a video recording of himself presenting a heartfelt message, showing that he cares about his fans and truly wants my brother to keep going strong. What a great batman and even better human.

[@T3rm3nator]

Salam How is your brother doing? Hope he is ok...

[@NOMADinteractive]

Bro that actually puts a tear in my eye

[@kingcash55]

@@T3rm3nator He's recovering well, thanks. Still a long journey ahead of him to regain normal fitness.

[@khoile8415]

sheeeshhhh glad your brother is doing better!!! i wish your family the best!

[@kingcash55]

@@khoile8415 Thanks, really do appreciate the kind words. Hope ur doing well yourself!

[@Fusionater]

Man makes one genuine mistake in over 20 years of voicing Batman at that point and they release the hounds on him.

[@pokemontas8025]

right?! like this is the best most beloved batman and they were willing to ban him doing free promotion...for them! absolute clowns

[@Hypno_BPM]

it’s WB/show biz lol

[@allypezz]

To be honest he more or less has tenure with playing batman in one shape or form.

[@deesniper]

Wb would get smashed by the media and the fans if they tried to do this man wrong. More than they're already are now. Conroy is the voice of batman.

[@Nobodyshoes]

@@deesniper Do him wrong? He gave away something he shouldn't have. He did it!

[@AgentRedgrave]

Sounds like it's WB's fault for not letting him know in-case of questions like that.

[@livingcheese2910]

That's true but WB would never talk about it cause that would mean that they have to admit making a mistake. Something WB rather avoids. You can call that doing a mistake too, but that's the thing. They won't.

[@peepsg]

WB: Kevin Conroy now please calm down (Kevin Conroy using Batman special movements) WB: AHHHHH!!!! Kevin Conroy: I am Batman! 😠 (WB shocked and scared)

[@scottmiles824]

That was so shitty of WB, they should’ve told Kevin that there was going to be a Arkham Origins so he wouldn’t get mixed up, considering how many panels he goes to they should’ve known he’d get a question like that, and then they seriously try and ban him from comic cons?! Bunch of idiots thank God AT&T is in charge of things now

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

Hopefully Discovery will be less of a morons

[@silentkaine9352]

So much better.....

[@mitchjames9350]

You think AT&T will be better.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@mitchjames9350 I mean they invented UNIX…

[@mitchjames9350]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated so back decades ago, plus it’s a totally different company back than to it is now.

[@itsrectimemedia]

This was back in 2018. I’d recently saw Kevin at LA Comic Con 2021, his line was packed all weekend.Even if Warner Bros. stopped using him, he’ll always draw a big crowd!

[@evanbao93]

Was this from the SF Comic Con? I recall around 2018, I heard that same story with Kevin Conroy.

[@itsrectimemedia]

@@evanbao93 yep! I was doing press at one.

[@CdrChaos]

Of course he’ll always draw a line; he is vengeance, he is the night, he…is…BATMAN!

[@JnEricsonx]

@@CdrChaos ::::got that on video a few years back finally:::

[@Designsecrets]

Well he is batman's real voice.

[@possumlodge5368]

So because WB had no communication between its development teams, a very easily avoidable leak was done because their own employees didnt know there was more going on, and its Kevin's fault? Seems fair.

[@scottmiles824]

This is WB we’re talking about there’s no logic or decency

[@primusfan87]

Wb is garbage, they lost my respect when swampthing was cancelled, sure that’s a different property, but the least they could’ve done is prevent the show from going bankrupt

[@ericm5315]

@@primusfan87 WB definitely has some issues going on at the executive level. Not sure I'd call them garbage though, when they get out of their own way they release quality games, tv and movies. Swamp Thing is a great example of that, that show rocked - but executives pulled the plug before it had a chance to even finish a season.

[@axolet]

Actors are expected to say "I don't know", whenever presented with a question they aren 100% sure about So if he wasn't sure that Arkham Knight was being released, he should have just shrugged and left. Would have saved a lot of trouble.

[@GGGmod1]

Im pretty sure this is illegal. What does he mean "forbidden to go to a comic con again"

[@gauthampalaniandy7331]

RIP Kevin. You will be missed.

[@fresh10]

I've seen a ton of Kevin's interviews on KZbin and he seemed like a lovely person. I hope he didn't suffer too much in the end... The world is a little darker knowing Batman is no longer with us. Rest In Peace Kevin, and thank you for everything 🙏

[@swetnamministries9705]

They would lose a big fan base by losing Kevin

[@trashygamer7014]

Not real batman fans :/

[@Nebenjob123]

@@trashygamer7014 Kevin konroy has voiced Batman apparently for over 30 years. He’s voiced longer than majority of Batman fans have been alive. I’d say they’re justified to stop being interested in dc if they kick the official face of batman

[@gasparguruoftime5475]

Yeah if that no Comic-Con rule actually went through the backlash would have been so bad that they would probably have backed down anyway honestly. You can't just stop supporting Kevin Conroy at Comic-Cons. The man is built for them and I don't know a person alive that dislikes the man. He would have gotten so much vocal support.

[@johnnysilverhand9790]

Right? I refuse to even watch animated Batman movies that don’t involve him

[@Jose-se9pu]

Kinda. Conroy is *the* Batman voice, but other actors had done a good job in the role...Roger Craig-Smith included.

[@jordankoss6081]

WB's response seems pretty excessive, it's not like they made the game to not tell people about it. Let's face it Kevin Conroy has done more for WB & Batman than most people ever will.

[@TheSymbiot3Venom]

" they'd stop using me" That would of gone horribly wrong for WB

[@Mlatif-z4m]

2:22- how nice of the joker to pop in 👍

[@tmrevenge]

I mean this guy is Batman. I'm kind of pissed at wb for not showing any respect/love towards a legend like him. So what you messed up just be more careful next time please!

[@IPEsometimes]

What makes it worse is that WB shares way to much of the blame for the whole situation.

[@princeosop]

That's just it. He couldn't be careful about something he had no idea about lol

[@chrisjones7300]

Was playing Multiverses with my daughter. Just hearing his voice, along with the nice score of the game really made me miss him lots today. He was so good to my daughter when we met him. He did Batman’s voice and asked her for help to stop the Joker. Hearing one of my heroes do that for my daughter just blew my mind. A couple of months later, he died. 😔 RIP sir.

[@SithDestroyerVideoProductions]

Rest In Peace Kevin.

[@NRG_Studios]

I wish I could have met him, I can tell from videos and stories about him that he was a great person

[@itsrectimemedia]

Kevin was a True Gentleman, every single time I saw him

[@irish7460]

@@itsrectimemedia I'm so jealous.

[@spengler2258]

I remember when this happened- it was early/mid 2013, not long after the game had been announced (like Kevin said). Knight wouldn’t be properly announced until a year later. But in all that time, thanks to Kevin’s slip up, everyone knew that Rocksteady’s next project would be a proper Arkham game, with Kevin returning. It wasn’t his fault, but yep... it was basically an informal announcement.

[@gobgaming2725]

I mean, but who didn’t already know rocksteady was making another Arkham game.

[@Jose-se9pu]

I remember they tried to do some "damage control", and Conroy was listed as "older Bruce Wayne" on the Origins IMDB page.

[@Jose-se9pu]

@@gobgaming2725 When City came out, they said it was the last, with Mark Hamill even saying he was retiring from playing Joker.

[@iReiGNxx]

Good times.

[@spengler2258]

@@gobgaming2725 Rocksteady could’ve been making a new game in between City and Knight- maybe they wanted a short break from Batman. I know that’s what some people thought. This, however, confirmed that it would be the third proper Arkham game,

[@JnEricsonx]

I am so happy I've met this man, he was cool as hell. I figured I was just getting a autograph, and then he asks, "you want a photo?" Um..hell yes. Also happy I finally at one point had my phone ready for him to say that iconic line and record it. And we know the line.

[@benman1577]

How could WB blame him for something that was obviously their fault!!!!

[@carl_consumer.of.reality]

That's how corporations work

[@LuqmanHakim-xi9qz]

Yeah big corp execs will blame anything but themselves when they screw up.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

That’s WB

[@dankmoon949]

Was threatened to be fired at my warehouse job on my Monday back because I was doing something my boss praised me for doing on the friday before basically corporations will find anyone to blame but themselves and all you can do is take it and use if u have the ability or just find a new job

[@Grinningfartking6969]

@@dankmoon949 your job is safe just tell the higher ups your boss told you to do it that way

[@jacksongreene6122]

And we would have listened to you in another Arkham game. We would have listened to you forever💔

[@NexGenStriker]

Classic WB at work lol. This kind of "leak" actually causes speculation and excitement. Plus it was pretty obvious there would be another Arkham by Rocksteady after the way City ended.

[@Shadow558TheBoss]

Rest in Peace buddy

[@Eric_1991]

So if you ever saw a red dot on Kevin’s head, this is the explanation

[@mohammadjavadmonjezi]

bless his heart, he can still make us laugh and make us happy as I'm sure he forever will continue to do as we have so many great content with his presence in them (games, animations, interviews/cons etc) losing Kevin hurt and continues to hurt all barman fans and everyone who loved him... RIP legend💔

[@pikkon899]

For a long time, I didn't even know that Origins didn't have Kevin Conroy as Batman until 2 years after the game was released. Roger Craig Smith did a good job. I thought it was Kevin Conroy the entire time. I don't read blogs or posts or watch video game interviews or other media when a game is going to be released. While agree that every game should have Kevin Conroy as Batman, I'll also be the first to say that when Conroy steps down, the mantle should go to Roger Craig Smith based on his work in Origins. His Batman voice is the closet to Conroy's, hands down. Warner Bros. screwed up but not telling Conroy about Origins. Why do that?

[@hmmallo_2477]

Roger was great as Batman really but there is a pretty big difference from him and kevin and since he was playing a younger Batman that is a good thing but I could definitely tell the difference ya know?

[@jacktoma21]

I don’t feel like Kevin can voice a young Batman at this point, his voice is to grizzled. Same with Hamill playing a young Joker. Their voices have aged too much.

[@brandonramos7295]

It was Chris Redfield in a batman cowl for origins

[@dadtaro9202]

troy baker works too for the telltale games, which is probably one of the best adaptations i seen

[@jacktoma21]

@@dadtaro9202 Troy Baker is best when you want something similar to Hamill buy young sounding. Mark Hamill’s voice has aged to much to do a young joker anymore

[@prrocker9637]

Long story short WB is 100% at fault and Kevin had a simple misunderstanding due to WB refusing to pick up the phone to give everyone a quick heads up of hey don't spoil this cause we have 2 games being made at the same time

[@lonecolamarine]

1:58 DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IVE SACRIFICED

[@BenJabituya]

Heaviest of hearts today, after finding out that Kevin Conroy had died. Playing the Arkham and Injustice video games. What a talented man. “I am vengeance. I am the night. I AM BATMAN!”

[@ComiccollectorGamer]

I Replayed Arkham city using the animated series skin in his honor

[@abramsullivan7764]

Even watching The DCAU only for Kevin Conroy as well?

[@SirLightsOut99]

Love how Warner Brothers threatened to drop Kevin Conroy despite the fact that they could never let go of somebody with so much nostalgia attached to their name. Just empty threats all around. Kevin knew what power he had.

[@q.h.s5051]

That’s hilarious and really obnoxious of WB. I love Origins but man, it caused a lot of issues

[@screwthenet]

Rest IN Power, Kevin Conroy! T

[@SkylightCiel]

No matter what I'm so glad he got to keep going to conventions.

[@blazewolf6464]

There's no way KZbin isn't intentionally recommending this video to me.

[@djkrueger1595]

Batman will never be the same without Kevin.. 🦇

[@InsaniaTHEGREATONE]

Does not surprise me, on mortal kombat 11 they literally didn't even call the real voice of scorpion to do the voice, he didn't even knew the game was in development. Sometimes companies shit on voice actors really bad and its sucks.

[@Reidy77]

Nice to hear joker laughing in the background too

[@minecraftmaniac84]

It’s almost like this was completely WB’s fault due to not telling one of the most famous people attached to their games about the games

[@JoeyPistachio]

idk why that was a problem honestly tho, its building hype for the game and everybody knew another arkham game was coming

[@Samuel152]

Arkham Knight wasn't announced and Kevin signed a contract stating he wouldn't reveal details of an upcoming project, hence why the phone call from WB states he's 'breach of contract.'

[@Astropeleki]

No wonder AT&T sold them to Discovery. There's a special amount of arrogant turnips at WB right now: the leak was entirely their fault for not telling Kevin about Arkham Origins and expecting him to keep up with part of their work when he is not involved in.

[@ThatOneDoesntCount]

He said all of this knowing that SSKTJL was in the works and that there would, in fact, be another Arkham Game. What a legend

[@futuretrunks9257]

100% WB fault for not communicating but he gets punished wtf.

[@peepsg]

Right shamed for WB for not putting Kevin Conroy in Arkham Origins

[@Samuel152]

​@@peepsgWB didn't force him away from Origins. The devs wanted a younger voice for Batman, plus Kevin was too busy with Arkham Knight so he probably wouldn't have been able to do it.

[@peepsg]

@@Samuel152 well I guess, but it would been great if he did Origins like did for movie X-Men Origin of Wolverine

[@Kyrieru]

I assume the reason they don't want things being announced early is probably because marketing's whole job is the find the "sweet-spot", where announcing it will hold the most attention, and have the most impact. That said, man we're blessed to have a guy like this in voice acting.

[@nicolasandrew1987]

Correction: Some of the cast from the Arkham Trilogy reprised their roles in the Arkham Origins game. Tara Strong, Nolan North, CCH Pounder, Peter MacNicol, Grey Griffin, Mark Rolston, Maurice LaMarche, and Martin Jarvis all reprised their iconic roles for Arkham Origins. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill were the two main Arkham trilogy voice actors who were not in Arkham Origins. However, Kevin Conroy should have been informed of the existence of Arkham Origins by the studio. The fact he was not informed was a real disservice by the studio. And they punished him for not knowing? How absurd and disrespectful.

[@GriffonGaming8888]

I don’t think people know the scale of an Arkham game and the amount of energy put into the game creation

[@Samuel152]

As Kevin once said about the Arkham games, "they're fantastic, but incredibly expensive - more so than a movie's budget."

[@hmw4166]

I think the reason why WB didn't use Kevin Conroy or Mark Hamill in Arkham Origins is because recording Arkham Knight spends Too much time. I don't think even in the case Kevin Conroy was aware of Arkham Origins, him and Mark could have time to do it. Arkham Origins was released in 2013, and in that period, Arkham Knight was in production, so I guess that's the real reason why

[@coldweekeneds4324]

WMH WHM Warner Bros. Montreal wanted to get different younger voice actors for Batman and joker

[@plzstop8975]

yes so WB montreal wanted a new batman game pushed out every two years but arkham knight was going to take 4 years to make so WB made arkham origins to stick to the schedule

[@savannahp6359]

that's literally what he said... why would you comment this??

[@skyry101]

@@savannahp6359 😂😂

[@josephmassaro]

@@coldweekeneds4324 As I recall, Conroy once said that WB referred to him as "classic Batman" which he said was code for "old."

[@xsoultillerx]

this story has the same energy as vergil's VA leaking DMC5 at a power rangers convention.

[@AgentRedgrave]

Dante and Nero's VAs weren't much better.

[@patrickmcgregor5168]

Difference being Dan legit didn't know DMC5 was happening and was making a joke

[@AgentRedgrave]

@@patrickmcgregor5168 If the convention was after 2015 he knew. DMC5 may not have been announced until 2018. But it had been in development since 2015

[@krypto_7155]

I love and respect Kevin, but I do love Roger Craig smith’s performance in origins

[@SourRobo8364]

WB: You're not going to cons. Kevin Conroy: Mine are bigger than yours.

[@GrimmWF]

that kind of comes down to warner bros not making sure their contractors were aware of the impending announcement of a game in the same series that they weren't used on.

[@grandpapoison]

i personally loved arkham knight even though the vehicular combat wasn't very favourable but it was still a masterpiece but any standards today

[@PizzaDad]

At this point, accidental announcements are just a staple for Batman games. I love it.

[@DrDolan2000]

Kevin made a mistake, alright? Cut him some slack!

[@boomingbob1579]

This guy is Batman most people know him for Batman Without him there wouldn’t be nearly as success ( still some ) Abs marketing for dc

[@NotAGarage]

RIP Kevin 💔

[@Gearless13]

this is why Andrew Garfield kept lying even after the Spider-Man leaks, because he knew he would get in trouble.

[@333yuichi]

I wish his responds would be like "You're not gonna stop me, I'm Batman."

[@futurereflectionsmedia8391]

Joaquin in the crowd at 2:22

[@BurgerSoup]

Lol

[@devilukeking]

Lmao

[@Gojiro7]

Head of Warner Bros: "Kevin, we blame you for spilling the beans on this game!" Kevin Conroy: "You fuckers didn't even tell me there even was another batman game that I wasn't involved in!!" Head of Warner Bros: "Now now, placing blame on us like isn't gonna solve anything" Kevin Conroy: " -_-.........I fucking hate you right now"

[@junoknobloch3830]

Arkham city was the last game i remember being genuinely excited and hyped about

[@vijaysabarish9600]

So u weren’t excited when they announced knight?

[@junoknobloch3830]

@@vijaysabarish9600 kind of but iwas still a kid when city came out

[@RedhoodBeyond]

City and Origins were the first 2 Arkham games I played when I was a kid so I know the feeling

[@jerryvang1994]

That's what I was curious about of why they didn't added his voice in that Arkham origins game he should have been in it since he's the top main character for Batman's voice compares to others who couldn't get to him to making the perfect Batman and Bruce Wayne voices too

[@PigDan]

Cool stuff!

[@pixelart59]

Now I see why WB was sooo desperate to replace him with others.. but it just never worked. No voice actor can be Batman other than KC. Once KC isn't on a Batman release, it flops.. with the exception of red hood and dark knight returns

[@oynamalan]

I would not have played any arhkam games if Batman wasn't voiced by This LEGEND. Period.

[@Samuel152]

Arkham Origins is a great game.

[@realjglizzy]

i couldn’t get into origins just because the fact conroy wasn’t the voice in origins 😭

[@Samuel152]

That's so petty. Roger Craig Smith did a great job as Batman.

[@nikgokuhil]

stop using him...HE IS GODDAMN BATMAN!!

[@mango-rodrigo]

Absolute legend. They better do him well in the Suicide Squad game, that's all I'm saying.

[@Facade953]

Kevin Conroy: YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED???

[@peepsg]

WB: It Over man you finished! I WILL GET ADAM WEST to role USING 60s theme song

[@marcushamner5994]

“OUT AM I??”🤣🤣🤣

[@Ven0m1999.]

Oh they could totally do another Arkham game just continue where Arkham origins left off

[@cheese_lover123]

I miss this guy so much.

[@andywalsh5883]

Always been my Batman. Ugh I want to see/hear him in more

[@StudMacher78]

What a great guy.

[@kaungpyae6554]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢#ripkevinconroy

[@FrankHampton-t7m]

Kevin is Batman and Mark is The Joker. Period, end of debate

[@slycat128]

I know while some people didn’t want the Suicide Squad game, I’m glad Kevin got his wish and was able to do one final Arkham game🥲 To Kevin Conroy 🥂🫡

[@korbique]

i hope its good but its probably gonna be garbage

[@DH_Artist]

I feel like after the slip up WB told Rocksteady “aight, start this fucking game with ‘this is how the Batman died’”

[@OreganoParsley]

LMAOOOOOOOO

[@UndertakerU2ber]

Sounds like Warner Bros. is the one to blame for this situation for getting different voice actors for Origins and not making the original actors aware of Origins’ existence. If you keep your employees in a bubble and they’re asked “Are you in the next Arkham game?” and the actor asks “Did they even announce it yet?” and when fans truthfully answer yes, you can expect that the actor would be under the impression that what he’s talking about isn’t confidential at that point. But why should any of the execs care? They can blame the employees under them even if they didn’t do anything wrong. But then again, he’s the definitive voice of Batman, so it’s not like they can fire him.

[@Potato_n_Tomato]

If I was Conroy I would've been like "Oh that's the new/official title, it was a work in progress"

[@Samuel152]

But then he would have lied to the person by saying he was in Arkham Origins.

[@chacharoni9638]

WB is stupid

[@MuscleM100]

Thank you so much for you're effort sir ❤️

[@Michael-hc2vs]

His real voice reminds me of batman combined with Jeff Goldblum

[@raffy9841]

I gotta see that interview he is talking about. This is the first time I'm hearing about this

[@captaincbt]

in about 2017 or 2018 went to a con in okc he was there and i couldn’t afford to go see, but then i caught him leaving and got a picture and he was happy to talk for a bit one of my best memories

[@zerocks88]

it was their fault for not telling him about everything he could talk about!

[@zackbrown117]

I always thought he got the Arkham games confused with injustice when he announced it it was right before the first injustice game came out but turns out I was wrong lol

[@dylanmatthew4160]

It sounds like Rich Evans is in that audience....

[@kelvinnguyen6048]

Best Batman voice EVER!

[@danielacedillo3714]

Not his fault they didn't tell him. They set him up to be entrapped knowlingly or not.

[@Jellybob69]

I swear I heard the Rich Evans laugh

[@Kanovskiy]

wait a minute...isn't he the Captain from the series 'Tour of Duty' ??

[@JnEricsonx]

Yup. Didn't realize that until a year ago watching clips, cause I realy didn't watch that show as a kid, probably on too late for me.

[@laserbeamlightning]

1:30 Harley laughs

[@RileyShorette1026]

R.I.P to this absolute legend

[@FizzyS0da]

Thanks for sharing this story. When was this clip recorded?

[@itsrectimemedia]

Back in 2018.

[@Zapatozi]

Kevin Conroy's natural voice is exactly how Batman sounds like.

[@JnEricsonx]

Bruce Wayne, yeah. But he shifts and gruffy-s it a bit for Batman.

[@Zapatozi]

@@JnEricsonx True. His natural voice is still the closest one to Batman's voice compared to other voice actors.

[@dksoulstice6040]

This man's voice is beyond God-tier.

[@whytide.]

God I remember this, right before Origins came out he did a panel talking about the work he's doing on "Arkham 3." Shit made me so hyped

[@notrdy4thisjelly546]

Charming as hell. The best.

[@KDBTV]

At one of the early Dublin Comic Cons has Kevin there but he wasn't allowed to do a QnA bit only Autographs. Warner Bros didn't want him to do a QnA in case things leak.

[@docicusalignjon]

WB stupid and disrespectful as always. Kevin made them BILLIONS, the Batman character would be immensly less that what he is without him.