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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Rosario Dawson has joined the cast of Lego Batman. The 36-year-old actress will voice Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, in the forthcoming, animated Warner Bros. film. The project is a spinoff of The Lego Movie (2014), which starred Chris Pratt as Emmet.
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Arnett, who voiced Batman in the first film, will reprise the DC Comics superhero, with Michael Cera as Robin and Zach Galifianakis as the Joker. Seth Grahame-Smith wrote the script, and The Lego Movie animation supervisor Chris McKay will serve as director.
Dawson previously voiced Wonder Woman in the animated movie Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and Artemis in Wonder Woman. She plays Claire Temple in the Marvel/Netflix series Daredevil, and will also portray the character on Luke Cage.
The Lego Movie premiered in February 2014, and earned over $468 million at the box office. Warner Bros. will release a sequel May 18, 2018, and two other spinoff films are in the works. Lego Batman will open in theaters Feb. 10, 2017.
