Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Release Date: September 18, 2025 (Theatrical, Mexico only), September 19, 2025 (Digital) and September 23, 2025 (4K and Blu-ray)
Streaming Date: To Be Announced (HBO Max)
Story By: Ernie Altbacker and Juan Meza-Leon
Screenplay By: Ernie Altbacker
Directed By: Juan Meza-Leon
Runtime: 89 Minutes
Heroes: Batman
Villains: Hernan Cortes, Pedro de Alvarado, Yoka, Tezcatlipoca, and Penguin
Supporting: Tzinacan, Toltecatzin, Toltecatzin's Wife, Forest Ivy, Acatzin, Jaguar Woman, King Montezuma, Huitzilopochtl, and Jaguar Warriors
Objects: Batbelt and Batglider
Places: Veracruz, Temple of Tzinacan, Tenochtitlan, Tlaxcala, and Cholula
References: Charles I, Castilla, Governor Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, El Dorado, Leonardo da Vinci, Toledo, Tonatiuh, Mictlan, Zempoala, Tloque Nahuaque, Yohualli Ehecatl, Ipalnemohuani, Itzcoatl, Cuba, The Dark Knight, Xicotencatl, and Quetzalcoatl
Opening Credits
In Association With: Anima & Chatrone
Warner Bros. Animation Presents
Horacio Garcia Rojas, Alvaro Morte, Omar Chaparro
Edited by: Diego Denardi
Music by: Ego Plum
Executive Producer: Sam Register
Executive Producer: Michael Uslan
Executive Producer: Tomas Yankelevich
Producer: Kimberly S. Moreau
Producer: Jim Krieg
Producers: Aaron D. Berger and Carina Schulze and Jose C. García de Letona and Fernando De Fuentes S.
History By: Ernie Altbacker and Juan Meza-Leon
Screenplay by: Ernie Altbacker
Based on Charaters From: DC
Directed by: Juan Meza-Leon
End Credits
Cast: Horacio Garcia Rojas as Yohualli aka Batman, Alvaro Morte as Hernan Cortes aka Two-Face, Omar Chaparro as Yoka aka The Joker, Cesar Beltran as Counselor and Tezcatlipoca, Humberto Busto as Moctezuma, Alex Ceron as Soldier 1, Hector Estrada as Noble, Jorge Gutierrez as Jefe Toltecatzin, Jesus Guzman as Young Yohualli, José C. Illanes as Pedro de Alvarado, Nacho Ladislao as Gonzalo, Elliot Leguizamo as Messenger, Ernesto Medrano as Soldier 2, Eligio Melendez as Old Guerrero, Regina Orozco as Yoka's Mother, Gerardo Reyero as Huitzilopochtli, Teresa Ruiz as Jaguar Woman aka Catwoman, Roberto Sosa as Acatzin, Edgar Wuotto as Jaguar Warrior, and Maya Zapata as Forest Ivy aka Poison Ivy
Additional Voices: Alejandro Ceron, Juan Jose Hernandez, Elizabeth Infante, Josep Linuesa, Rosalinda Marquez, Cuauhtemoc Miranda, Jose Luis Miranda, Scarlet Miuller, Miriam Ramirez, Sergio Ramos, Yukari Yussuee
Casting by: Sarah Noonan, CSA and Agnes Kim, CSA
Additional Casting by: Aqui Casting
Voice Direction: Alan Fernando
Batman Created by: Bob Kane with Bill Finger
Line Producer: Angela O'Sullivan
Supervising Animation Director: Mac Whiting
Co-Executive Producers: Alicia Nunez Puerto, Daniel Stellan Kendrick, and Rodrigo Olaio
Associate Producer: Peter Bevan
Anima
Art Director: Diego Andres Olascoaga Alba
Line Producer: Karin Salazar Gonzalez
Production Directors: Mariana Suarez Molnar and Anai Tirado Miranda
Production Coordinators: Tatiana Barragan Zorro, Martha Ceballos, Itzel Rivas
Production Assistants: Jaqueline Mondragon Soto, Nancy Ramirez Labrada
Production Team: Marilia Beck, Carolina Fregatti
Historical Consultant: Alejandro Díaz Barriga
Creative Development Coordinator: Irene Chica
Conceptual Character Design: Francisco Herrera
Additional Writing and Adaptation to Spanish: Alfredo Mendoza
Storyboard Director: Julio Cesar Villegas
Storyboard Artists: Marco Antonio Castellanos Ruiz, Brandon Lee McKinney, Ueliton Castro Pires, Paulo Crumbim, Magda Elisa Escobedo, Francisco Gonzalez, Abraham Juarez Arroyo, Isaac Israel Juarez Arroyo, July Catalina Lasso Figueroa, Francisco Munoz de Gregorio, Uziel Noguez Hernandez, Heitor Pinheiro da Costa, Eric Vanucci
Character Design: Marvick Nunez
Additional Character Design: Laura Renata de la Fuente Peralta, Anahid Alejandra Rios Cruz
Model Pack and Rigs Supervisor: Miguel Angel Espinosa Duran
Character Model Pack: Rene Cordova, Alfredo Cardona, Pedro Delgado, Renata Dolores Garcia Patino, Juan Jesus Morales Rios, Eder Gabriel Resendiz, Julian Van Bores
Model Pack Assistants: Jose Antonio Albuerne Torrescano, Moy Rojas
Character Rigs: Josue Martin Aguilar, Alexa Mariel Cayeros Navarro, Alam Gomca, Lucia Ramirez Gimate, Brandon Jetvide Ramirez Godinez, Alejandro Reyes Ramirez, Christian Salcido Preciat, Martha Rocio Salinas Morales
Prop Design: Areli Serrata, Luz Areli Urbina Guerrero
Prop Layout: Armando Hernandez Bautista
Prop Rigs: Miguel Figueroa Vega
Assistant Art Director: Juan Manuel Con Apellidos
Concept Artists: Juan Jacob Angeles Atexcanteco, Patricio Betteo, Gustavo Cardenas Bautista, Daniel Cruz (Patonegro), Alisson Ricardo Da Costa Pereira, Mauricio Deer Olague, Jesus Enrique Gil de Maria y Campos (Jesus Gil Art), Jose "Kuzeh" Iturriaga, Barush Merling,, Jose Luis Pescador, Monica Robles Corzo "Monarobot", Miguel Angel Sanches Garcia, Monica Sanchez Torres, Jose Manuel Jacobo Torrecilla, Pavel Valseca, Gabriel Vera Barcena
Additional Art: Maru B4ke, Jorge Carrera, Salvador Gonzalez Lopez, Yetzi Andrea Rivera Silva
Visual Effects Supervisor: Roberto Jaimes Romo
Visual Effects Artists: Alejandro Torres Andrade, Andreu Campos Ayala, Jose Miguel Del Castillo, Jose Maria Gonzalez Morera, Marco Ibarra, Rafael Luna Esparza, Manuel Antonio Ramirez Brezo, Manuel B. Ramos, Frida Ramirez Rebsamen
Scenario Previsualization: Gonzalo Saldana Salas, Roberto Carlos Silva Aguilar
Layout Supervisor: Felipe Gerardo Contreras Espinosa
Layout Artists: Alberto Arratia Gurza, Hugo Ivan Gomez Tagle Ayala, Ulises Hernandez Espinoza, Brian Quintanar Nava
Animation Directors: Beto Gomez, Yahir Lima, Juan Alejandro Sanchez Cadavid
Animation Supervisor: Eric D. Cabello Diaz
Animation: Luis Fernando Banuelos Capuchino, Esteban Cabarcas, Aaron Chiroque, Juan Manuel Cisneros Rivera, Matias Kopistinski Luque, Eduardo Rivero, Leonardo Jose Romero Zarza, Miryam Cristina Tellez Schmill, Edgar Vazquez Rojas, Santiago Yrigoyen
Coordination of Scene Assembly: Rebeca Espindola Recoder, Thaly Yukie Wachi Tamura
Scene Assembly: Laura Beatriz Rodriguez Lopez, Valeria Gutierrez Lugo, Leonardo A. Hernandez Hernandez
Colorists: Oscar David Balderas Sanchez, Gabriel Fernando Caballero Peza, Mavico Camvaz, Adriana Monserrat Cid Flores, Adrian Gabriel De La Rosa Galan, Venisa A. Del Aguila Castillo, Diego Megia Pacheco, Estrella Neri, Ricardo Ramiro Picazo Hernandez, Hernan Rodriguez Carrillo, Johar Sebastian Rodriguez Moya, Maria Luisa Soto Vasquez, Arturo Torres Jimenez
Technical Director: Daniel Carrillo Perez
AE Operators: Carlos Andres Alarcon Nieto, Cesar Alvarado Jimenez, Ivan Alvarez Remirez, Arthur Beristain Juarez, Maria Fernanda Chacon Ospina, Areli Gabriela Gonzalez Villa, Alfredo (8A) Hernandez Gonzalez, Mariana Lemus Aragon, Brenda Lizeth Lopez Becerra, Javi Javier Martinez Gonzalez, Lorena Raquel Otero Diaz, Michel Daniel Palafox Enriquez, Cesar Ivan Perez Cano, Diego Quito Ramos, Alan Rangel Lara
Credit Designer: Emmanuel Valtierra
Postproduction: Leonardo Del Rio Gomez
Offline Editor: Rhen Fontaine
Assistant Offline Editor: Carlos Dayan Motta
Additional Services
Storyboard Services: Monigotes Estudio 2.0, S.L., Maria Pagan Vicente, Francisco Alvarez Piris, Vittorio Pirajno, Queralt de Miguel Rosique
Scenario Previsualization Services: Norobot, S.C.
Additional Animation Services: Birdo
Line Producer: Carla Rodrigues
Animation Supervisors: Bruno Largura, Pedro Mendes, Luiza Moraes
Character Animators: Rafael Almeida, Luiz Alvares, Ali Bark, Pedro Barreiros, Pedro Costa, Stefani Ehmke, Andre Ferro, Beatriz Figueiredo, Leonardo Finocchi, Lena Franzz, Gabriel Galatola, Fernanda Gambini, Eder Gil, Pericles Ianuch, Felipe Insuela, Lais Isabela, Ester Kawai, Bruno Kongelino, Helena Korb, Shuggie Laufquen, Maurus Maciel, Mariana Marcondes, Joao Marcos, Luana S Matos, Jonas May, Henrique Melo, Fabio Mendes, Gustavo Mochiuti, Karina Monteiro, Bruna Nadal, Joyce Nagamura, Melissa Nagano, Rafael Orc, Rodrigo Pimentel, Pedro Puntel, Anne Rodrigues, Rafael Rosa, Natalia Sentanin, Caio Shimada, Kadu Soares, Rafael Sosnowski, Krystal Teodoro, Jose Vanildo Filho, Alexandre Tsukamoto, Marcela Werkema
Tie Down Animators: Ale Barreto, Luiz Batalha, Marcelo Fahd, Paola Hiroki, Weldner Marreira, Marcio Moa, Bruna Santana, Jose Vaamonde, Beemo Wave
FX Animation: Mano
Assistant Animation Supervisors: Jean Cavalcante, Pedro Vilas Boas
Art Supervisor: Aline Dutra
Character and Props Artists: Pedro D'Apremont
Setup Artist: Carolina Albuquerque
Production Executives: Luciana Eguti, Paulo Muppet
Production Manager: Chris Parentoni
Rigs Consultant: Denise Anger
Technical Directors: Ottoni Bastos, Leonardo Bazilio, Gabriel Camelo
Additional Animation Services: Apus Animacion y Contenido S.A.C.
Production Executive: Gabriel Bonilla Raez
General Production: Jantzen Rodriguez Estela
General Supervision / Production Supervision: Manuel Larios Labrin
Online Animation Producer: Adela Paola Yataco Vizcarra
Online Ink and Color Producer: Barbara Alexandra Linda Rios Tamayo
Production Assistance: Daniela Samantha Mayta Mendoza
Layout Supervision: Carlos Palacios Abregu
Layout: Addison Nadir Alzamora Manosalva, Helen De La Cruz Davila, Joel Saire Alcarraz
Animation Supervision Assistance: Alessio Del Pozo Temoche
Traditional Animation: Estefano Albano Huaman Bueno, Cristian Manuel Jimenez Rodriguez, Viviana Andrea Rodriguez Perez, Alexander Erick Quispe Valderrama, Fabricio Rancet Tapia Arteaga
Cut Out Animation: Pamela Nicole Aching De La Cruz, Paloma Del Rosario Carrasco Astiguetta, Mauricio Giuliano Chavez Vigil, Richard Forbes James, Alessandra Guerra Gamboa, Sandra Liliana Ramirez Vargas
Tie Down Animation: Victor Enrique Arriojas Hedderich, Pablo Cesar Ascencio, Acevedo, Naomi Grimaneza Borja Murgueitio, Andrea Antonia Canallero Salcedo, Angie Paola Cardona Garcia, Veronica Noemi Casimiro Rosales, Mayra Nicole Chalco Cespedes, Helen Daniela De La Cruz Davila, Melanie Gomez Solari, Claudia Alessandra Malqui Sanchez, Matheus Neilor Marques Silva, Miguel Alberto Mazza, Oscar Ospina Cortes, Ignacio Alonso Pena Varela, Gonzalo Rimoldi, Daniel Alejandro Saldana Perez, Hector Alexander Tapia Arteaga, Hector Segundo Veliz Campos, Rodrigo Villarreal Garcia
FX Animation: Manlio Fasce Fernandez
Ink and Color Supervision: Melci Geraldine Asto Reano, Ronny Jefferson Palomino Asencios
Ink and Color: Gabriel Alejandro Aguire De La Rosa, Jose Luciano Aquino Paucar, Rut Melissa Arevalo Diaz, Claudia Camila Onyka Armas Gonzales, Angely De Jesus Arriola Lopez, Valeria Alessandra Barrantes Hurtado, Andre Cavero Terrazas, Alejandra Cristina Eugenin De La Rivera, Diego Daniel Delgado Nizama, Edward Nicolas Kael Diaz Ayala, Chiara Guadalupe Escalante Hernandez, Ana Paula Gamarra Bazo, Lorena Garcia Garcia, Ximena Garcia Higginson, Fabian Marcelo Gavidia Plasencia, Jose Carlos Joel Gonzales Perez, Abril Gutierrez Reynoso, Sofia Monserratt Hernandez Virgen, Irene Del Carmen Herrera Perez, Sasha Helena Inga Barrios, Marco Antonio Levano, Alvaro Martinez Saavedra, Lucero Martinez Talaverano, Felipe Alonso Melgarejo Cueva, Mark Ilich Palomino Asencios, Gabriela Claudia Parraga Cornejo, nicolas Enrique Paz Y Mino Bernal, Berenice Noemi Polanco Pinto, Judy Valeria Polo Lopez, Solange Reyna Calderon, Yhus Nadia Susel Roque Pacheco, Allison Eliana Roman Condena, Mijahelo Liberio Romero Huamani, Ximena Ruiz Donoso, Kevin Alexis Sanchez Vicente, Soledad Sifuentes Ortiz, Manuel Antonio Solano Badilla, Diana Lorena Tinoco Ricapa, Maria Del Carmen Vasquez Barreto, Melissa Huaman Velasquez, Jose Ricardo Yuqui Mejia
Additional Animation Services: Pudoctopus; Ivan Alfonso Bravo Mora, Luis Esperguel, Andrea Elizabeth Hernandez Lara, Carlos Jesus Hernandez Valdez, Michele Alexandra Luna Caceres, Nicolas Alejandro Mora Leon, Alexis Andres Retamales Gonzales, Joice Madeleine Torres Rivera, Araceli Zapata Saez and Dogzilla Studio; Luciene Yuri, Walkir Fernandes, Francine Rodrigues, Aluisio Barbosa, Thais Circelli, Renato Leoncio, Larii Lucca, Angelo Alves, Serj Amorim, Thiago Baggins, Danilson Carvalho, Camila Cordeiro, Otavio Garcia, Vitor Hudson, Lucas Manika, Larissa Melo, Richardo Miyazaki, Andre Nucci, Jane Carmen Oliveira, Pri Parenzi, Thiago Soares Ribeiro, Giovana Rizzo, Gabriel Rocha Gurjao, Loyane D. Santos, Italo Shaberle, Jonatas Tobias, Georgia Noel Wolinski, Junior Araujo, Joao Kehrig, Saulo Nate and CV Orro Millennia Maima; Rico Sandyta, Lilo Cahyo Falih, Alif Muhamad Ferdiansyah, Azroi Hafidz, Ersan Hidayat, Mochammad Tony Indrawan, Galyh Putra Priyanto, Muhammad Izza Yunta, Sukaiman Dwi Putrantoro, Rengga Aditya, Rifqi Firdaus, Aisha Luna Ratimaya, and Aulia Vianda and 2D Nutz S.A.P.I. DE C.V.; Gilberto Iniguez Franco "Gilanimation", Manuel Gerardo Hi Chong Bastidas "Manuel G H Chong", Jose Uriel "Diablo" Ortega, Mario Joaquin Murieta Barrera, Cynthia Valdes Sanchez and Karina & Flavio Monteiro Animacoes and Cactus Kid LTDA; Juan Cunha, Luah Garcia, Tiago Grigor
Executive in Charge of DC Comics: Mike Pallotta
Executive in Charge of Production: Peter Girardi
Production Supervision: Bobbie Page, Cindy Rago
Post Production Executive: Greg Emerson
Production Accounting: Athena Wingate, Yadira Davis
Rights and Clearances: Derek Iverson
Post Producer: Kip Brown
Post Production Managers: Rebecca Sands Coutts, Brent Guido, and Marissa Llano
Creative Services Assistant Production Managers: Kenzie Bates and Charlie Carpenter
Recording Facilities: Plan B Entertainment, Mexico City, Mexico, Drax Audio Madrid, Spain, Igloo Music, Oddio, INC.
Huehuetl, Teponaztli, Tlapitzalli, Death Whistle, Coyoleras, Clay Flute, Ayotl, Performed by: Alfonso Guerrero, Ernesto Guerrero, Alen Morales Santillano Hansen, Moises Vasquez
Recording Machine Operator: Jeff O. Collins
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Mark A. Keatts
Dialogue/ADR Editors: Mike Garcia, Fred Salinas
Colorist/Online Editor: Darren Griffiths
Assistant Editors: Harrison T. Barth, Michele Beeson, and Gabriel Gianola
Post Production Sound Services: Input Post
Sound Design Supervisor / Sound Design: Rafael Benvenuti, Danilo Chen, Fernando Henna
Dialogue Editor: Alex Mascarenhas
Sound Effects Editor: Vinicius Bresser, Ricardo Chen
Re-Recording Mixer: Rene Hendrick
Postproduction Laboratory: Quanta
Colorist: Pedro Saboya
Color Assistant: Joao Teijido
Digital Intermediate Supervision: Martin Bendersky, Lucas Coimbra
Online Editor: Melissa Bavaro, Beto Waite
Asset Manager: Rachel Ryan
"New World": Written by Perez Gerardo and Performed by Heavenly Trip To Hell
"Arturo Huizar": Written by Perez Gerardo and Performed by Heavenly Trip To Hell
"The Batman Theme": Written by Danny Elfman
"Mexica Tiahui": Written by Jimmy Gomez and Performed by Taboo
Thanks to everyone at Warner Bros. Animation who supported this production.
Studio Management: Ed Adams, Cher Bentley, Kira Tirimacco
Artists Management: Patty Willert, Joe Huges, Jessie Juwono
Business & Legal Affairs: Shanon Muir, June Baumgart, Leslie Chinchilla, Denise Martinez, Ed Rivas, Alec Seagrave, Iman Wilson, and Valentina Zaldana
Business Operations: Lindsey Gui, Alexis Salmons, Colin Sommer
Casting Administration: Liz Carroll, Liam Farrel, Maria Millage
Corporate Finance: Mark Coker, Alex Avramchik, Brianne Towey
Current Programming: Vishnu Athreya, Jay Bastian, Allyson Clark, Daphne Fei, Kathy Travis, Daniel Wolfberg
Development: Elizabeth Cutbirth, Jason DeMarco, Shaleen Desai, Carrie DiGregorio, Jayro Giron, Jen Hurler, Stacy S. Kim, Jenna Levine, Eileen Nakamura-Smith, Katie Petrachonis, Eddie Ray, Niko Sumcad, Asalle Tanha
Musical Legal Affairs: Ari Taitz, Jennifer Coscia, Gillian Miller
Production: Biddy Bacos, Michael Baum, Jeff Deckman, Eileen Goldstein, Rossi Likomanova, Liz Marshall, Kaya Savas
Production Accounting: Jennifer Bondjoukian, Bo Faunce, Tamara Gonzalez, Carolyn Johnstone, Kristine Matevosian, Chaz Murphy, Celilia Rheins, Sharon Staine
Production Technology: Alan Pasman, Patrick Edquist, Creative Technical Solutions, Inc.
Studio Operations: Lalida Warmack, Olivia Castro, Mike Lagdamed
Authorized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History
We are grateful to the National Institute of Anthropology and History for its valuable advice and authorization to reproduce images of archaeological and historical monuments on which this work was inspired.
This Picture Made Under The Jurisdiction of: IATSE
Affiliated With: A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
Uncredited English Cast
English Cast: Christian Lanz as Hernan Cortes, Jay Hernandez as Yohu / Aztec Batman, Alejandro Antonio Ruiz as Young Yohu, Carlos Alazraqui as Acatzin, Raymond Cruz as Yoka, Jorge Gutierrez as Chief Toletecatzin, Jesse Corti as Moctezuma II, Brigitte Kali Canales as Jaguar Woman, Bayardo De Murguia as Pedro De Alvarado, Yareli Arizmendi as Forest Ivy, Luis Bermudez as Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca and Osolotl, Roxana Ortega as Yoka's Mother, Philip Anthony Rodriguez as Gonzalo, Rene Mujica as Old Warrior, and Additional Voiced by Tiana Camacho, Alain Mesa, Joe Hernandez, and Abbey Veffer
Details
Format: Animated, Close-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Language: English and Latin Spanish
Subtitle: English, Latin Spanish, French (Blu-ray and DVD), and Chinese-Complex (DVD)
Region: Not Applicable
Aspect Ration: Widescreen (2160p Ultra High Definition or 1080p High Definition 16x9 1.78:1)
Sound Quality: DTS-HD MA English 5.1 Dolby Digital Espanol 5.1
Number of Discs: 1
Rating: R (for some violence and bloody images)
Studio: Warner Bros. Animation
Release Date: September 18, 2025 (Theatrical, Mexico only), September 19, 2025 (Digital), September 23, 2025 (4K and Blu-ray), and To Be Announced (HBO Max)
Movie Run Time: 90 Minutes
Special Features
Special Feature: The Battle Cry of Aztec Batman (Featurette) - Go behind the scenes and inside the voiceover booth with Jay Hernandez as he fulfils a childhood dream and reveals the creative process of becoming Batman. Run Time: 3 minutes, 45 seconds
Special Feature: The Batman Mythology and Aztec Inspiration (Featurette) - Screenwriter Ernie Altbacker and Jay Hernandez reveal the film's approach to melding the historically accurate world of the Aztecs with the iconic cast of Batman conic book characters. Run Time: 6 minutes, 25 seconds
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